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To: Kimberly Lee who wrote (36427)	12/1/1999 1:26:00 PM
From: Craig K	Respond to of 108040

(COMTEX) B: Ursus Telecom Launches theSTREAM.com in Spanish and Portu B: Ursus Telecom Launches theSTREAM.com in Spanish and Portuguese SUNRISE, Fla., Dec 1, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ursus Telecom Corporation (Nasdaq:UTCC) announced today it will officially launch its e-business site, theSTREAM.com, in Spanish and Portuguese languages and culture tonight at 9:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. "We are ready to deploy theStream.com with our portal affiliates and partners in Latin America tonight," said Jeffrey Chaskin, President of Ursus Telecom, "offering Spanish and Portuguese speaking customers around the world the opportunity to buy and enjoy our initial suite of telecom products." Continuing, Chaskin added, "With the successful launch of theStream.com in Latin American markets, we have passed one of our most important milestones. Later this month we will be releasing our co-branded sites with YUPI.com and the X-Stream Network in Europe, as well as making our debut on various sites around the world perfected for Asian and other non-English language markets." Ursus will begin reporting data relating to activity on theStream.com by year end as it continues to deploy on portals and affiliates around the world. theSTREAM.com will continue to offer free calls and special promotions for its customers throughout the month and into the new millennium. ABOUT URSUS TELECOM Ursus Telecom Corporation is a global facilities-based telecommunications company that provides international services, including long distance, direct-dial, value-added and Internet-based services to more than 100,000 customers -- individuals, businesses and carriers -- worldwide. The Company operates directly and through a network of agents on five continents and over 45 countries that account for more than 80% of the World's International traffic. Ursus Telecom operates switching facilities and points of presence in Sunrise Florida, Frankfurt, Lima, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg and Tokyo. Ursus Telecom is the source of theSTREAM.com. Together with theSTREAM.com as the Company's global marketing and provisioning mechanism, Ursus believes it is well positioned to prosper in the next generation of services which combine the Internet, telephony, fax, data and video services into a single broadband platform offering a rich multi-media experience to its customers throughout the world. Statements in this news release that relate to future plans, financial results or projections, events or expected performance in future periods are forward-looking statements and fall within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While management wishes to provide readers with reasonable opinions and viewpoints with respect to the Company's progress, marketplace acceptance, business opportunities, and fiscal performance, such statements, opinions and viewpoints are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties, including risks of changing conditions in the overall economy, the capital markets, the computer and telecommunications industries, as well as risks of changing consumer demand and the success of the Company's business strategies and other factors detailed in the Company's annual and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved.