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 Net2Phone, Biztro Announce Relationship To Offer Valuable Internet
Telephony Services To Small Businesses
Biztro Business Operations Platform(TM) Expands Services To Include
Net2Phone Communications Products and Services
Hackensack, NJ.-- March 22, 2000 -- Net2Phone , Inc., a leading
provider of voice-enhanced Internet communications services to individuals
and businesses worldwide, and Biztro(TM) Inc., a leading provider
of Web-enabled back-office services for small businesses, today
announced a relationship to provide diversified IP telephony solutions
for small businesses through the Biztro Business Operations Platform.
Net2Phone will be fully integrated into this platform to further
enhance back-office administration via the Web.
Net2Phone will provide Biztro's clients with a suite of low-cost,
high-quality IP-based services including:
- Phone-to-phone Internet telephony services, with both phone
cards and long distance services
- Free, unlimited PC-to-PC calls to other Net2Phone users
- PC-to-phone and Web-to-phone service with rates averaging 50%
less than traditional carriers
- IP Telephony Hardware
"Telephone and fax communications are the heart of small business
operations," said Navin Chaddha, Chairman and CEO of Biztro. "Through
this relationship, Biztro customers will benefit from a leading-edge
Internet telephony solution that is fully-integrated with their
back-office environment through the Biztro Business Operations Platform.
Net2Phone's diversified services will improve business communications
while at the office or working remotely."
"Biztro has built their company on improving the efficiencies
of small businesses, and we are happy to be servicing their customers'
multiple business needs on the Internet today through best-in-class
services using PCs and telephones," said Jonathan Fram, President
of Net2Phone .
The Biztro Business Operations Platform provides access to best-of-class
goods and services in insurance, benefits, payroll, communications
and other areas, integrated with management applications, productivity
tools and information sources. These applications streamline and
automate small business operations and enable employee self-service.
The Biztro Business Operations Platform is delivered through the
Web sites of a rapidly expanding network of Biztro channel partners.
About Net2Phone
Net2Phone is a leading provider of voice-enhanced Internet communications
services to individuals and businesses worldwide. Net2Phone enables
people to place low-cost high quality calls from their computer,
telephone, or fax machine to any telephone or fax machine in the
world. Net2Phone develops and markets technology and services for
IP voice and e-commerce solutions for the web and other IP networks.
For more information about Net2Phone 's products and services, please
visit www. net2phone .com.
About Biztro, Inc.
Biztro, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., was founded
in March 1999 to address the fastest-growing segment of the B2B
eCommerce and eServices marketplace: small business. Biztro is transforming
the way small businesses run their operations by integrating leading
service providers into its powerful Business Operations Platform,
which dramatically increases small business buying power and improves
back-office administration. Biztro distributes its Business Operations
Platform through a network of channel partners. Biztro's supplier
partners, key to Biztro's business model, include best-of-class
companies in various industries that service the small business
market. Biztro is funded by leading organizations, including SOFTBANK
Venture Capital and Marsh & McLennan Capital. For more information,
visit http://www.biztro.com or contact Biztro public relations at
pr@biztro.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking
statements include, among other things, Net2Phone 's expected operating
performance in the future. Actual results could differ from those
projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors.
Such factors include, among others, the inherent uncertainty of
financial estimates and projections, the competitive environment
for Internet telephony, changes of rates of all related telco rates
and services, legislation that may affect the Internet telephony
industry, and Net2Phone 's ability to operate the services described
on a large scale commercial level. The forward-looking statements
are made as of the date of this press release, and Net2Phone assumes
no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update
the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected
in the forward-looking statements.
Investors should consult all of the information set forth herein
and the other information set forth from time to time in Net2Phone
's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
CONTACT: Biztro Media Contacts -- Imagio Technology Public Relations
Sara Garrettson, 206/625-0252 sarag@imagio.com or Biztro, Inc. Melanie
De Luca, 408/653-4453 melanied@biztro.com or Net2Phone Media Contacts
-- Net2Phone Corp. Communications Sarah Hofstetter, 201/928-2882
sarah@ net2phone .com or Net2Phone Inv. Relations Chris Wozny, 201/530-4064
cwozny@ net2phone .com 09:19 EST MARCH 22, 2000
Contact: CONTACT: Biztro Media Contacts -- Imagio Technology Public
Relations Sara Garrettson, 206/625-0252 sarag@imagio.com or Biztro,
Inc. Melanie De Luca, 408/653-4453 melanied@biztro.com or Net2Phone
Media Contacts -- Net2Phone Corp. Communications Sarah Hofstetter,
201/928-2882 sarah@ net2phone.com or Net2Phone Inv. Relations Chris
Wozny, 201/530-4064 cwozny@ net2phone.com
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