(COMTEX) B: (NTOP) Mail.com and Net2Phone Team to Provide Internet Ph
B: (NTOP) Mail.com and Net2Phone Team to Provide Internet Phone Service to
Mail.com Members
NEW YORK, Dec 14, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Agreement Allows Mail.com Members to Make Domestic
and International Phone Calls Over the Internet
Mail.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAIL) a leading global provider of Internet
messaging services, today announced a three-year agreement with
Net2Phone (NASDAQ: NTOP), a leading provider of voice-enhanced Internet
communication services to individuals and businesses worldwide. The
agreement allows Mail.com members to make both domestic and
international telephone calls over the Internet through their Mail.com
e-mail account saving up to 95 percent off the cost of traditional long
distance calls.
In an ongoing effort to provide expanded communications tools to its
member base, Mail.com will integrate Net2Phone's "Click2Talk"
technology into the address book of its millions of mailboxes, allowing
members to place Internet phone calls simply by clicking on their
address book entries.
"Consistent with our strategy of becoming a fully integrated
communications portal, Mail.com will now offer advanced IP telephony
services to its member base. These value-added services benefit not
only our members, but also give Mail.com a competitive edge in the
marketplace," said Lon Otremba, chief operating officer of Mail.com.
Net2Phone lets any Mail.com member with a sound-equipped PC initiate
phone calls from a computer and transmit them over the Internet through
Net2Phone's switches. Net2Phone allows users to place telephone calls
from their PCs to any telephone, fax machine, or multimedia PC anywhere
in the world over the Internet.
"Partnering with Net2Phone allows Mail.com to provide its members with
advanced telecommunications technology that is not only convenient, but
cost effective, further demonstrating our commitment to making Mail.com
a one-stop resource for all of its members communications needs," added
Otremba.
Through this partnership, Mail.com and Net2Phone will offer Mail.com
members four advanced IP telephony services: PC to phone, phone to PC,
phone to phone and PC to PC. The Net2Phone dialer also includes
advanced features such as integration with leading instant messaging
applications.
"Mail.com has built a robust customer base with millions of mailboxes
and we are looking forward to offering our PC-based Internet telephony
services to these Internet-savvy users," said Cliff Sobel, Chairman of
Net2Phone. "By integrating Net2Phone's services into Mail.com's suite
of services, we can provide Mail.com's users with the value-added
benefits of adding the voice component to communications on the Web."
About Mail.com
Mail.com, Inc. (http://corp.mail.com) is a leading Internet Messaging
Company serving all four market segments that provide e-mail services:
direct to consumers, Web sites, ISPs and corporations. Mail.com serves
the consumer market through the Mail.com flagship site, www.mail.com,
and over 40 high traffic partner Web sites such as CBS SportsLine,
CNET, DellNet, NBC, CBS' iWon and Snap.com. The Company's ISP and
corporate partners include AT&T, Continental Airlines, EarthLink, GTE,
Juno and Prodigy.
About Net2Phone
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. Net2Phone develops and markets technology and
services for IP voice and e-commerce solutions for the web and other IP
networks.
This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature
relating to the future events or the future financial results of
Mail.com and Net2Phone. Investors are cautioned that such statements
are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ
materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should
specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual
events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such
forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in
Mail.com's and Net2Phone's reports and documents filed from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CONTACT: Media Contacts:
Mail.com, Inc.
Holly Lehr, 212/425-4200 x422
hlehr@staff.mail.com
or
Net2Phone
Sarah Hofstetter, 201/928-2882
sarah@net2phone.com
or
Investor contact:
Mail.com, Inc.
Kathleen Holmes Robb, 212/425-4200 x376
kholmesrobb@staff.mail.com
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