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Technology Stocks : Voice-on-the-net (VON), VoIP, Internet (IP) Telephony -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2845)	9/8/1999 10:02:00 AM
From: Crash	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

Frank, Along those same lines I discovered this article which provides a little insight into the actual penetration of VoIP to date. Enjoy, Crash Continuous Growth in the Business Telephone Industry Posted September 07, 1999 10:00 AM PDT Sales of business telephone systems increased slightly in the second quarter of 1999, and once again showed that the traditional business telephone systems are not dead yet in spite of the continuous talk about Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). U.S. sales increased to 4.04 million lines in the second quarter, representing a 0.2% increase compared to the previous reporting period. Analysis of quarter over quarter growth indicates that Total New Lines increased 2.6% and Add-On Lines decreased 6%. At the same time, sales of Systems increased by 1.9%, indicating continuous growth in the market for business telephone systems otherwise known as PBX and Key/Hybrid Systems. This is as reported in the newly released 2Q99 Monitor Report, prepared by The Eastern Management Group. PBX Market Analysis Total PBX System shipments rose 4.3% over the prior reporting period with a total of 8,814 Systems shipped. Second quarter 1999 PBX Total Line shipments decreased 2.7% over first quarter 1999 resulting in 2.1 million Lines shipped. Lucent captured the number one position in Total Lines sold with a 33.2% market share and the number two position in Systems sold with a market share of 23.6%. Nortel held the number one spot in Systems sold with a market share of 24.8% and had a strong number two position in Total Lines with a market share of 31.7%. Mitel claimed the number three spot in Systems with 16.6% of the market, followed by NEC with 11.4% market share. Siemens was number three in Total Lines sold with 8.5% of the market. Mitel and NEC were next with 7.5% and 7.1% respectively. Key / Hybrid Market Analysis Sales of smaller phone systems known as Key/Hybrid Systems were up 1.7% over last period with a total of 103,161 Systems shipped. Total Stations (lines) experienced a significantly stronger growth of 3.6% to 1.92 million over the first quarter. Lucent once again secured the number one spot in sales of both Total Stations and Systems with a 23.8% and a 25.2% market share respectively. Nortel was a strong number two with 22% of the Total Stations market and 20.5% of the Systems market. Panasonic experienced robust growth in the Systems market and was number three with a market share of 10.7%. Inter-Tel remained in the number three position for Total Stations with 9.9% of the market. Other strong performers in the Systems market were Nitsuko with 8.3% of the market and Inter-Tel with 7.4%. Toshiba and Comdial did well in the Total Stations market with 8.8% and 6% of the market respectively.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2845)	9/29/1999 8:18:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 3178

ITXC Announces Initial Public Offering September 29, 1999 PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge Corporation -- ITXC Corp. (Nasdaq:ITXC) today commenced an initial public offering of 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $12.00 per share through underwriters led by Lehman Brothers, Inc., CIBC World Markets and First Analysis Securities Corporation. All of the shares are being offered by the Company. The Company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase an aggregate of up to 937,500 additional shares of Common Stock to cover any over-allotments. The Company's stock will be quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "ITXC". ITXC Corp. is a leading global provider of high quality Internet-based voice and fax services. It has developed and deployed ITXC.net, an actively-managed network overlayed on the Internet. Its WWeXchange(sm) service provides international carriers, ISPs and Internet telephony service providers with international call completion over the Internet and enables them to offer their own customers phone-to-phone global voice services. Key carrier affiliates include China Telecom, Bell Atlantic and Korea Telecom, among others. A copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained form Lehman Brothers, Inc., c/o Automatic Data Processing, Prospectus Fulfillment, 55 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717, telephone number 516/254-7106, facsimile number 516/254-7268. Except for historical information, all of the expectations, projections and assumptions contained in the foregoing press release constitute forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve 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 considerations described as "Risk Factors" in the Company's filings with the SEC. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the laws of such state or jurisdiction. <<Business Wire, 09-28-99, 08:21 Eastern>> CONTACT: ITXC Corp. \| Edward B. Jordan, 609/419-1500 \| ejordan@itxc.com \| www.itxc.com