To: Jim Oravetz who wrote (74 ) 9/27/2000 11:40:16 PM From: Jim Oravetz Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 211 Sept. 27, 2000--iBasis, Inc., (Nasdaq: IBAS, news, msgs), the leader in advanced Internet-based communications, today announced that it has been recognized as "Most Innovative Internet Service Provider" as part of Inter@ctive Week's Interop Infr@structure Awards. At a ceremony held at the NetWorld + Interop 2000 conference in Atlanta, iBasis was honored for its innovative IP-based communications services, including Internet telephony hosting, Service Level Agreements and VoCore(SM) hosted Unified Communications solution for service providers. According to IDC, the number of users using the Internet for voice communications will grow from 10 million in 1999 to 416 million in 2004. Since 1996, iBasis, has been building the global infrastructure to enable this great shift in how we interface with the Web. As the only provider to guarantee service quality for Voice over Internet Protocol, iBasis already enables more than 100 international service providers, including 11 of the top 12 US international carriers to deliver toll-quality service to customers in more than 60 countries. "iBasis is the only IP-based communications service provider that offers service providers Internet telephony hosting and a comprehensive Unified Communications solution and offers guarantees backed by Service Level Agreements that ensure customers of call completion rates equal to or better than those obtainable over traditional voice networks," said Carol Wilson, Infr@structure Award judge and Net Economy editor-in-chief. "With these innovative global communications services, iBasis was our clear choice for our prestigious most innovative service provider award."