Hackensack, NJ and New York, NY - December 14, 1998 - Bigfoot and IDT (NASDAQ: IDTC) today announced that IDT's Net2Phone will become the exclusive IP telephony provider to Bigfoot's web site. Under the agreement, IDT's Net2Phone will be completely integrated into Bigfoot's directories, enabling one-click PC-to-phone dialing from all telephone numbers listed in Bigfoot's directories utilizing IDT's Net2Phone service. Now, users looking up phone numbers on Bigfoot's white pages directories will be able to phone other individuals through the Internet and save up to 95% on long-distance phone calls.

 

Net2Phone is IDT's pioneer Internet telephony product, enabling computer
users around the world to place telephone calls over the Internet to any
telephone around the world at significantly reduced rates. Introduced first
in July 1996, more than 1,000,000 users have placed telephone calls using
IDT's proprietary PC-to-phone technology. Companies such as IBM Global
Services (NYSE: IBM), Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Excite (NASDAQ: XCIT), and Creative Labs (NASDAQ: CREAF) either bundle or resell Net2Phone services to their customer base. Users can download Net2Phone PC free at www.net2phone.com.

Net2Phone will be seamlessly integrated into Bigfoot's directories, allowing
individuals to find a person's phone number in the white pages directory and
then automatically call that person by clicking on the phone number using
IDT's Click2Talk technology. The call is then seamlessly routed over the
Internet from the consumer's PC to a live representative at that telephone
number, enabling toll quality, full-duplex real-time conversation.

 

"We are very excited to be partnering with Bigfoot, who has established both itself as well as its directories as an integral site to find people on the
Internet," said Jonathan Reich, Senior Vice President of Marketing and
Business Development. "Integrating Net2Phone into Bigfoot's directories will
make the directories much more useful because now people won't have to get offline in order to place a telephone call."

"By incorporating IDT's Click2Talk technology directly into the Bigfoot
directories, we are able to offer an end-to-end communications service,"
said Lenny Barshack, CEO and co-founder, Bigfoot International. "Users can now search the most accurate national white pages listings on the Web and instantly call their friends and relatives with just a click and make those
calls at a significantly reduced cost."

 

Recipients on the other end of the call do not need to be online to receive
Net2Phone calls. They can answer their telephone just like they would a
regular phone call. Because the calls are placed through the Internet
directly, phone rates are not based on the country of origin, but on the
low-cost pricing structure set by IDT for the number being called. This
results in cheaper long-distance phone calls both nationally and
internationally for users of the Net2Phone service.

IDT is a leading emerging multinational carrier that combines its position
as an international telecommunications operator, its experience as an
Internet service provider and its leading position in Internet telephony to
provide a broad range of telecommunications services to its wholesale and
retail customers worldwide. The company provides its customers with
integrated and competitively priced international and domestic long
distance, pre-paid calling cards, Internet access and, through its Net2Phone product offerings, Internet telephony services including Net2Phone Direct, Net2Fax, and Click2Talk. For more information about IDT's Internet telephony services as well as rates, please visit www.net2phone.com.

Bigfoot is dedicated to personalizing the Web experience for each and every
user. With its free Bigfoot for Life permanent e-mail address, NeoPlanet
Web Browser and Bigfoot Directories, Bigfoot turns the Internet into a
simple, personalized information and communications tool. Bigfoot was
founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York City. Bigfoot's World Wide Web address (URL) is www.bigfoot.com, e-mail should be sent to
dfinkel@bigfoot.com. Bigfoot is a service mark of Bigfoot International,
Inc.

Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks
and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from such forward-looking statements, include, but are not
limited to, the competitive environment for Internet telephony, changes of
rates of all related telco rates and services, legislation that may affect
the Internet Telephony industry, IDT's ability to operate the services
described on a large scale commercial level. For additional information
regarding these and other risks associated with the Company's business refer to the Company's reports filed with the SEC.