To: Bill Lotozo who wrote (50 ) 9/11/2000 9:25:11 AM From: Rob C. Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 80 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 11, 2000-- Offering Gives Any Company the Ability to Provide Branded, Internet-Based Communications Products and Services to Online and Offline Customers deltathree, Inc., (Nasdaq: DDDC.O), the IP telephony network and provider of Hosted Communications Solutions for service providers worldwide, today announced the general availability of its Hosted Communications services. Through this offering, deltathree gives service providers in any industry access to its Internet-based communications products and services, allowing the companies to private label and market them back to their own customer bases. In addition, deltathree is able to provide all infrastructure, billing, customer service and e-commerce systems to support its products, allowing any company to develop branded telecommunications services with minimal upfront investment. The only requirements for a company to become a deltathree customer are to have their own customer base and a web browser in order to interface with deltathree for billing, the generation of PIN numbers and other logistics. A powerful way to increase brand loyalty and provide customers with innovative and useful services, the unveiling of deltathree's Hosted Communications Solution offering comes at the same time the company launches its consumer division, iConnectHere.com, (www.iConnectHere.com) and unveils its new corporate logo and identity. iConnectHere.com will serve as the communications portal for deltathree's 3.2 million consumer customers around the world and will continue to be the first place to find new innovations and products from deltathree. "This is an exciting time in the development of deltathree," said Noam Bardin, President and CEO of the company. "Providing our products and services to companies to re-brand to their own customers has proven to be an extremely successful revenue generator. It's a natural evolution for us. After years of serving own customers, we're perfectly positioned to offer that expertise to other service providers as they search for innovative ways to reach out to their own customers, increase loyalty, stickiness and generate revenue." Regardless of the sector they are in - from traditional brick-and-mortar corporations to ISPs to web-based businesses - deltathree can customize an innovative combination of private label telephony services. Examples of how these services can be used include: an ISP that wants to brand its service in specific geographic markets; a B-to-B company that wants to streamline its communications with customers through unified messaging; an e-commerce destination that wants to voice-enable its website; or a local retailer that chooses its own branded, pre-paid calling cards as a marketing initiative. About deltathree A provider of cutting edge Internet telephony services and infrastructure for service providers worldwide, deltathree's global network consists of a full range of Internet-based communication products and services. The company's customizable Hosted Communications Solution enables any company to develop branded telecommunications services without having to build infrastructure, billing, customer service and e-commerce systems to support them. All these services are provided by deltathree in addition to the company's suite of Internet-based communication products that include PC-to-Phone calling, Phone-to-Phone calling, unified messaging (which allows users to manage their emails, faxes and voicemails using a single account), and ClickIT(TM) (which enables visitors to a website to place a call to a customer service representative using their PC). deltathree's experience in providing innovative products and services is based on the development of its own customer base of over 3.2 million users through its consumer division iConnectHere.com (www.iConnectHere.com). deltathree currently routes IP telephony traffic toover 160 countries and for 14 international telecommunications carriers. The company's network consists of 107 Points of Presence in over 40 countries. deltathree recently received the Best Built Public Network Award for excellence in IP services/applications at SUPERCOMM 2000, a major industry commendation, and was named the best IP telephony provider by Smart Money magazine. For more information on deltathree, contact Josh Epstein or Wilson Cleveland at Clifford Public Relations, (212) 358-0800. For investor relations contact Erik Knettel at Thomson Financial Investor Relations, (212) 701-1963. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations or beliefs and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward looking statements. For a detailed discussion of these cautionary statements, risk factors and uncertainties, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. --30--jc/ny* CONTACT: Clifford Public Relations Josh Epstein (x28) Wilson Cleveland (x25) P: (212) 358-0800 josh@cliffordpr.com wilson@cliffordpr.com KEYWORD: NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS NETWORKING TELECOMMUNICATIONS Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com Copyright 2000, Business Wire