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 Net2Phone Signs Major International Distribution Agreement
Software to be distributed to more than 12 million users
throughout Europe
Hackensack, NJ. - March 18, 1999 - IDT's Net2Phone (NASDAQ:
IDTC) today announced that it has signed an agreement with MEE S.p.A.,
a full service multimedia company based in Italy and France, to
have Net2Phone software bundled into its CD-ROMs.
Under the terms of the deal, Net2Phone will be bundled onto CD-ROMs
created by MEE S.p.A. and readily available to more than 12 million
customers throughout Europe. The CD-ROMs will be distributed through
MEE S.p.A's existing partnerships with European computer and trade
magazines, Internet service providers and hardware manufacturers.
"Net2Phone's bundling agreements enable easy access to our products.
We look forward to working with MEE S.p.A., an experienced bundler
with broad distribution channels throughout Europe, to get our product
out to more Internet users around the world," said David Greenblatt,
Chief Operating Officer of Net2Phone.
"By working with Net2Phone, we make it easy for our customers
to save money using Net2Phone, the premier PC-to-telephone service
over the Internet," said Riccardo Levi, President of MEE. "MEE S.p.A.
is very excited about the opportunity to provide the latest Net2Phone
software to our international market."
Net2Phone enables voice data to be carried over the Internet's
packet switched network until it reaches traditional telephone infrastructure.
There the signal is converted to the circuit switched network used
by telephones, enabling the signal to be received by any phone worldwide.
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, please
visit www.net2phone.com.
MEE is a Floppy Disk and CD-ROM replicator that provides a turnkey
software service to software developers (such as Symantec, Lotus,
Trend Micro, Micrografx), hardware manufacturer (IBM, Digital, Hewlett
Packard, Olidata) and Internet Service Providers (Telecom Italia
Net, Italia On Line). With three production plants in Italy, France
and Israel, MEE offers high-quality and cost effective solutions
for printing, packaging, warehousing and fulfillment operations.
In the last two years the company established a new division to
provide contents through international OEM agreements with major
software companies. For more information about MEE's software services,
please visit www.mee.it.
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.
Sarah Hofstetter
Vice President, Corporate Communications
IDT Corporation
201-928-2882
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