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To: Mel Fox who wrote (75)	7/19/2000 12:50:24 PM
From: Joe King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 87

Mel, GTGO could be in the right place at the right time!! The new mgmt is well connected and we could be at the beginning of a major explosion of new offerings from isp"s. This could be BIG!!!!!!! (COMTEX) B: Frost & Sullivan Predicts Unified Messaging Markets to Sh B: Frost & Sullivan Predicts Unified Messaging Markets to Shift Focus to Service Providers SAN JOSE, Calif., Jul 17, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Major vendors in the unified messaging markets are shifting their focus from the enterprise sector to service providers. The ASP model is rapidly being adopted to encourage service providers to offer unified messaging services. This should have a very positive impact on the penetration of this technology since the cost issues will be considerably diminished. According to new strategic market research from Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com), "U.S. Unified Messaging Markets," this market generated revenues of $392.0 million in 1999. Revenues are projected to grow rapidly to $5.2 billion by 2006. An increasing number of people are receiving numerous messages from a variety of media. There is also the constant pressure among organizations to remain productive and reduce costs. "Savvy businesses are recognizing the value of employee time and are beginning to implement technologies to convert their staff's 'busy' time into more fruitful activities," says Frost & Sullivan Research Manager Alpa Shah. "Others are adopting unified messaging to retain employees in highly competitive industries such as high-tech and financial, since such a technology is likely to improve the corporate spirit within the organization. A combination of these factors is driving the demand for unified messaging." The service provider sector is driven by the increasing mobility of end users, resulting in their subscribing to unified messaging services. Service providers are expected to aggressively promote these services because it will provide them with the opportunity to become Internet portals. Providers who are able to retain customers with a variety of enhanced services will hold the competitive edge in this market. "One of the biggest challenges facing market participants is the delay in adoption of these technologies. Since many service providers find it too costly to invest in the infrastructure needed to offer unified messaging to their customers, the entrance of ASPs will allow them to get their feet wet," says Shah. "This trend will significantly raise awareness and is likely to have a tremendous impact on market expansion." Frost & Sullivan presents the 2000 Marketing Engineering Awards to companies that have worked hard to make a positive contribution to the U.S. unified messaging industry. The Product Innovation Award is presented to Comverse Technology (Nasdaq:CMVT). The Product Line Strategy Award goes to Lucent Technology (NYSE:LU). The Strategic Alliance Leadership Award is presented to Amteva, who was recently bought by Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO). The award for Technology Innovation went to ActiveVoice Corporation (Nasdaq:ACVC). Companies participating within this industry include: ActiveVoice Corporation; Amdev Communications; Apex Voice Communications Inc.; Artisoft; AT&T Wireless; AVT Corporation; Automatic Answer, The; BayPoint Innovations; Bell Atlantic Mobile Inc.; Big Sky Technologies; CallSciences; Callware Technologies Inc.; Carmel Connections Inc. (CCI); Centigram Communication Corporation; Cisco-Amteva Technologies; Comdial Corporation; Comverse Technology Inc.; Concord Technologies; Corepoint Technologies; eGlobe; Ericsson Inc.; ESNA Technologies; Executone Information Systems; Fujitsu Business Communication Systems; General Magic Inc.; Glenayre Electronics Inc.; GTE Internetworking; Interactive Intelligence; Interpath Communications; Intervoice-Brite; Iperia; JFax.com; KeyVoice Technologies; Lotus Development Corporation; Lucent Technologies Inc.; MCI Worldcom; MediaGate Inc.; NORTEL Networks; Omnipoint Corp.; Oracle Corporation; Phone.com; PhoneSoft Inc.; Prairie Systems Inc.; Premiere Technologies; Priority Call Management Inc.; Siemens Business Communications; Software602; Telcordia Technologies; Telekol Corp.; Telinet Inc.; Tornado Development Inc.; Unisys PulsePoint Communications; Vodavi Communication Systems; Webley Systems and Wildfire Communications. Related Companies include: Dialogic Communication Corporation; Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products USA Inc.; Microsoft Corporation and Sun Microsystems. Frost & Sullivan, which is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., is a global leader in international strategic market consulting and training. Frost & Sullivan monitors the Telecom industry for market trends, market measurements and strategies. This ongoing research is used to complement the CTI/CPE Subscription. Other reports in this subscription include: Voice Messaging, Speech Technology and Voice Over IP Services. Free executive summaries of reports are available to the press. Along with publishing in-depth market consulting reports, Frost & Sullivan also provides custom consulting needs to a variety of national and international companies.