HERZLIYA, ISRAEL and TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 1998-- VocalTec Communications, Ltd.
(NASDAQ:VOCLF - news), the IP Communications Company, today announced it has established VocalTec Communications
Japan KK, a fully owned subsidiary located in Tokyo aimed at serving the IP telephony demands of the growing Japanese
corporate market.
VocalTec also announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Japan's Fujitsu Business Systems Ltd. to bring the full range
of VocalTec IP telephony network solutions to mainstream, national and multi-national corporate customers worldwide. Fujitsu
Business Systems will start by focusing on distributing VocalTec's IP telephony network solutions in Japan.
''VocalTec is proud to open its new office in Tokyo, in a country known as a leader for adopting cutting edge technologies like
Internet telephony,'' said Dr. Elon Ganor, chairman and chief executive officer for VocalTec. ''This new subsidiary will facilitate
our entry into a marketplace which holds tremendous potential. And through strategic partnerships with leading companies such as
Fujitsu, we look forward to accelerating IP telephony's development and the introduction of Internet and intranet solutions
throughout the world.''
VocalTec Communications software enables audio, video, data, text and collaborative communications between personal
computers and other devices over the Internet. The company is a leader in developing innovative, open standards products that
bridge the Internet and the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) and drive the convergence of computing and
telephone technologies.
Based in Herzliya, Israel, VocalTec's Japan Subsidiary, VocalTec Communications Japan KK, is located at 1-8-9 Hirakawacho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 107-0093 Japan. To contact this office, please call +81-(0)3-5215-1572, fax +81-(0)3-5215-1573, or e-mail
vered@vocaltec.com.
NOTE: VocalTec(R), Internet Phone(R), Internet Phone Company(tm), Community Browser(tm), Atrium(tm), VocalTec
Telephony Gateway(tm), Surf&Call(tm), VocalTec Gatekeeper(tm) and VocalTec Network Manager(tm) are trademarks or
registered trademarks of VocalTec Communications Ltd. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
Certain statements contained in this release, may contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or future
performance of this Company, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, product
and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, competitive products, product development, commercialization and
technological difficulties and other risks detailed in VocalTec Communications' reports filed from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. |
