 Mail.com and Net2Phone Team to Provide Internet Phone Service
to Mail.com Members
Agreement Allows Mail.com Members to Make Domestic and International
Phone Calls Over the Internet
New York-- Dec. 14, 1999 -- Mail.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAIL) a leading
global provider of Internet messaging services, today announced
a three-year agreement with Net2Phone (NASDAQ: NTOP), a leading
provider of voice-enhanced Internet communication services to individuals
and businesses worldwide. The agreement allows Mail.com members
to make both domestic and international telephone calls over the
Internet through their Mail.com e-mail account saving up to 95 percent
off the cost of traditional long distance calls.
In an ongoing effort to provide expanded communications tools to
its member base, Mail.com will integrate Net2Phone's "Click2Talk"
technology into the address book of its millions of mailboxes, allowing
members to place Internet phone calls simply by clicking on their
address book entries.
"Consistent with our strategy of becoming a fully integrated communications
portal, Mail.com will now offer advanced IP telephony services to
its member base. These value-added services benefit not only our
members, but also give Mail.com a competitive edge in the marketplace,"
said Lon Otremba, chief operating officer of Mail.com.
Net2Phone lets any Mail.com member with a sound-equipped PC initiate
phone calls from a computer and transmit them over the Internet
through Net2Phone's switches. Net2Phone allows users to place telephone
calls from their PCs to any telephone, fax machine, or multimedia
PC anywhere in the world over the Internet.
"Partnering with Net2Phone allows Mail.com to provide its members
with advanced telecommunications technology that is not only convenient,
but cost effective, further demonstrating our commitment to making
Mail.com a one-stop resource for all of its members communications
needs," added Otremba.
Through this partnership, Mail.com and Net2Phone will offer Mail.com
members four advanced IP telephony services: PC to phone, phone
to PC, phone to phone and PC to PC. The Net2Phone dialer also includes
advanced features such as integration with leading instant messaging
applications.
"Mail.com has built a robust customer base with millions of mailboxes
and we are looking forward to offering our PC-based Internet telephony
services to these Internet-savvy users," said Cliff Sobel, Chairman
of Net2Phone. "By integrating Net2Phone's services into Mail.com's
suite of services, we can provide Mail.com's users with the value-added
benefits of adding the voice component to communications on the
Web."
About Mail.com
Mail.com, Inc. (http://corp.mail.com)
is a leading Internet Messaging Company serving all four market
segments that provide e-mail services: direct to consumers, Web
sites, ISPs and corporations. Mail.com serves the consumer market
through the Mail.com flagship site, www.mail.com, and over 40 high
traffic partner Web sites such as CBS SportsLine, CNET, DellNet,
NBC, CBS' iWon and Snap.com. The Company's ISP and corporate partners
include AT&T, Continental Airlines, EarthLink, GTE, Juno and Prodigy.
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.
This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature
relating to the future events or the future financial results of
Mail.com and Net2Phone. Investors are cautioned that such statements
are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ
materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically
consider the various factors which could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking
statements, including the matters set forth in Mail.com's and Net2Phone's
reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Sarah Hofstetter
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Net2Phone
201-928-2882
sarah@net2phone.com
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