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Net2Phone and ADIR Reach Settlement in Lawsuit Against Cisco
Newark, NJ - July 31, 2002 - Net2Phone, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTOP), the
leading provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) services, and ADIR Technologies,
Inc., a provider of VoIP enabling software solutions, today announced
that they have settled a lawsuit against Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
CSCO) filed by Net2Phone and ADIR in the New Jersey Federal Court
on March 19, 2002. The complaint sought both compensatory and punitive
damages on the following claims; misappropriation of trade secrets,
fraud, unfair competition, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary
duties. The settlement resolves all pending litigation between the
two companies and is subject to a confidentiality agreement.
"Both Net2Phone and ADIR are very pleased that we achieved
a satisfactory resolution of this dispute so expeditiously."
said Stephen Greenberg, CEO of Net2Phone.
Founded in 1995, Net2Phone is a leading provider of voice services
over IP networks to consumers and businesses worldwide. With millions
of users around the world, Net2Phone enables toll-quality calls
between computers, telephones, and broadband devices utilizing IP
networks. Recognized as the first company to bridge the Internet
with the public switched telephone network, Net2Phone has routed
billions of minutes of traffic over its award-winning network. Traded
on the NASDAQ under the symbol NTOP, Net2Phone's strategic partners
and investors include Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: LMC.A; LMC.B),
AT&T Corporation (NYSE: T), and IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT;
IDT.B). For more information about Net2Phone's products and services,
please visit www.net2phone.com.
About ADIR Technologies
ADIR Technologies, Inc. offers proven, carrier-scale VoIP management
software and complete VoIP solutions for telecommunications, Internet,
wireless, broadband and next generation service providers and enterprises
worldwide. ADIR's technology is based on the proven, industry-leading
VoIP network that Net2Phone has been operating since 1995, a network
that currently handles millions of VoIP calls per day. In August
of 2001, ADIR expanded its set of exceptional VoIP offerings when
it acquired NetSpeak Corporation of Boca Raton, Florida. Today,
ADIR prides itself on creating a company that offers one-stop shopping
to services providers seeking the building blocks to build reliable,
scalable, manageable, and always-available VoIP networks. More information
about ADIR can be found at www.adirtech.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward- looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
and actual results could differ materially from those discussed
in the forward-looking statements. For this purpose, any statements
contained in this press release that are not statements of historical
fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Factors which
may affect the Company's results include, but are not limited to,
the Company's ability to expand its customer base, the Company's
ability to develop additional and leverage its existing distribution
channels for its products and solutions, dependence on strategic
and channel partners including their ability to distribute the Company's
products and meet or renew their financial commitments, the Company's
ability to address international markets, the effectiveness of the
Company's sales and marketing activities, the acceptance of the
Company's products in the marketplace, the timing and scope of deployments
of the Company's products by customers, fluctuations in customer
sales cycles, customers' ability to obtain additional funding, technical
difficulties with respect to the Company's products or products
in development, the need for ongoing product development in an environment
of rapid technological change, the emergence of new competitors
in the marketplace, the Company's ability to compete successfully
against established competitors with greater resources, the uncertainty
of future governmental regulation, the Company's ability to manage
growth, obtain patent protection, and obtain additional funds, general
economic conditions and other risks discussed in this Report and
in the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. All forward-looking statements and risk factors included
in this document are made as of the date hereof, based on information
available to the Company as of the date thereof, and the Company
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or
risk factors.
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