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 IDT's Net2Phone Subsidiary Files for an Initial Public Offering
of Common Stock
Hackensack, NJ -- May 18, 1999 - IDT (NASDAQ: IDTC) today
announced that its subsidiary, Net2Phone, Inc., has filed a registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial
public offering of common stock.
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. By routing calls via the Internet, Net2Phone enables users
to save up to 95% off international phone rates. Net2Phone develops
and markets technology and services for IP voice and e-commerce
solutions for the web and other IP networks.
A registration statement relating to Net2Phone 's common stock
has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet
become
effective. Shares of common stock of Net2Phone may not be sold nor
may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement
becomes effective. The offering will be made only by means of a
prospectus.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation
of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the common stock
in any
state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state.
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, and Internet access.
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. These statements, made
as of the date of this press release, are based upon current expectations
and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected. IDT 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 IDT's reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended July 31, 1998,
and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended
October 31, 1998 and January 31, 1999.
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