Go2Net Announces Agreement With
Net2Phone to Distribute Internet Telephony
Services
Go2Net to Offer Unified Messaging and Communications Center
SEATTLE, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Go2Net, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNET - news), a network of branded,
technology- and community-driven Web sites ( go2net.com ), today announced a three year
agreement with Net2Phone, a leading provider of voice-enhanced Internet communications services, under
which Go2Net will exclusively integrate Net2Phone's PC-to-phone technology and other communications
services throughout the Go2Net Network.
Go2Net and Net2Phone will create a new unified messaging and communications center on the Go2Net
Network, where users and online businesses will have the ability to send and receive voice mail, faxes,
email, and telephone calls from a single, integrated Web-based environment. According to Media Metrix,
the Go2Net Network reached approximately 10 million unique users in September. Through the
communications center, Go2Net's users will be able to download Net2Phone's PC-to-phone software and
place calls to any telephone in the world at low rates. Net2Phone's IP telephony services will also be
integrated into Go2Net's HyperMart ( hypermart.net ) and Virtual Avenue (
virtualave.net ) business hosting services, to provide their online member businesses with
access to the one-stop communications center.
The Go2Net Network's communications center will also integrate custom email and related products from CommTouch Software (Nasdaq: CTCH - news), a leading provider of outsourced email for corporations and consumers. For broadband and wireless environments, Net2Phone will have rights to distribute its services through Go2Net's portal services offered to third parties. When Go2Net provides start pages or customized portal offerings to third parties distributed through set-top devices, cellular phones and PDAs, Net2Phone has the exclusive option to incorporate its IP telephony services in those offerings where Go2Net has the right to include such services.
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