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 IDTs Net2Phone Signs Agreement with broadcast.com (Formerly
AudioNet)
Broadcast.com to provide Net2Phone on its web site; Click2Talk,
new voice-enabled E-Commerce solution, to be incorporated into broadcast.coms
live broadcast of IDTs earnings conference call
Hackensack, NJ May 20, 1998 IDT Corporation (NASDAQ:
IDTC) today announced that they have signed an online marketing
agreement with broadcast.com, formerly AudioNet, whereby Net2Phone
will be the exclusive provider of Internet telephony services on
the broadcast.com web site. Users will have direct access to download
the Net2Phone free software enabling anyone in the world to place
calls over the Internet to any telephone around the world. Net2Phone
will also have targeted banner advertising across certain broadcast.com
web sites. Broadcast.com is the leading aggregator and broadcaster
of streaming media programming on the Web. To kick off the new agreement,
IDT will broadcast the audio feed of the first Internet telephony
earnings conference call for its impending 3Q FY98 earnings, to
be held Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 4:30 PM EST via broadcast.com.
Users can access the live conference call at http://events.broadcast.com/events/idt,
and will be able click on IDT's "Click2Talk" icon and
call into the conference through their PCs with questions to executives.
Not only will this allow for voice interaction, but it will also
enable those outside the U.S. to call into the conference call for
free. This service will soon be available commercially to all broadcast.com
business services clients. "This agreement is part of our mission
to identify and maximize opportunities to expand our market base
and grow the Net2Phone brand," said Jonathan Reich, VP of business
development at IDT. "Harnessing broadcast.com's dynamic audience
will help us reach new customers and further position Net2Phone
as the leading provider of telecommunications services over the
Internet. Additionally, visitors to the broadcast.com web site are
ideal users of Net2Phone as they already have a sound card and speakers
in their computer, which will make them more targeted customers."
"We are pleased to work with IDT to add their Internet telephony
products to the extensive Internet and intranet broadcasting and
distribution services we currently provide to businesses and other
organizations," said Todd Wagner, CEO of broadcast.com. "Our
users will benefit from the ability to interact through voice participation
in addition to listening to the broadcast." 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, Internet access and, through its Net2Phone product
offerings, Internet telephony services including Net2Phone Direct
and Net2Fax. Broadcast.com (formerly AudioNet) is the leading aggregator
and broadcaster of streaming media programming on the Web. The company
has the network infrastructure and expertise to deliver or "stream"
hundreds of live and on-demand audio and video programs over the
Internet or intranets to hundreds of thousands of users. The broadcast.com
Web sites offer a large and comprehensive selection of programming,
including sports, talk and music radio, television, business events,
full-length CDs, news, commentary and full-length audio books, serving
an average of over 400,000 unique users per day. Broadcast.com broadcasts
on the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and its programming
includes more than 310 radio stations and networks, 17 television
stations and cable networks, and game broadcasts and other programming
for over 350 college and professional sports teams. Broadcast.com
also provides Internet and intranet broadcasting services to businesses
and other organizations, including turnkey production of live and
archived press conferences, earnings conference calls, investor
conferences, trade shows, stockholder meetings, product introductions,
training sessions, distance learning telecourses, and media events.
For more information on broadcast.com and its live and on-demand
programming, visit www.broadcast.com. 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.
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