Global TeleMedia International Announces That Its Subsidiary BentleyTel.com
  Has Executed a Three-Year Agreement That Outlines a Strategic Partnership
        With Ericsson Australia (ERICY) Which Includes Joint Ownership
                 With Ericsson for Co-Developed New Products
 
    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Global TeleMedia
International (OTC Bulletin Board: GTMI) announced that its Subsidiary
BentleyTel.com has executed a three-year agreement under which Ericsson
(ERICY) and BentleyTel.com will form several partnerships to develop new
markets.
    Under the agreement, BentleyTel and Ericsson Australia agree to work
together on a number of projects that will be carried out initially in
Australia and the Philippines, followed by Malaysia and the United States, as
well as other potential future markets.  Some of the first projects to be
carried out in Australia will be the continued expansion of the National VoIP
network, an enhanced billing system allowing for an expanded range of service
offerings, a Universal Access System and Unified Messaging.  In the
Philippines, providing an expansive Wireless loop to enable voice and data to
carried for the first time in 6 cities in the Philippines.
    The agreement brings closer the longstanding relationship established
between BentleyTel and Ericsson during the creation of the first functional
public access VoIP system in Australia.  Under the terms of the agreement,
Ericsson's responsibilities apart from Identification of new markets and joint
marketing will include roles such as:  Chief Technology Partner, System
Integrator, Main Contractor and Preferred Supplier.
    BentleyTel on the other hand will be responsible for joint marketing,
trailing/green housing new technologies, local support in each project
location and to identify and open new BentleyTel/Ericsson market
opportunities.
    Jonathon Bentley-Stevens, President of Global TeleMedia, stated, "Our
shareholders and investors should understand the significance of this
agreement.  We have created a structure with communications leader Ericsson,
one of the premier companies in the world, which will enhance and accelerate
our expansion throughout the Pacific Rim."
    Following a successful visit to the BentleyTel's facilities in the
Philippines, BentleyTel.com (Aust.) President Felino Molina, GTMI/BentleyTel
COO John Walsh and VP Business Development, David Bentley met with Ericsson
representatives at BentleyTel's Darwin National Operations Center and
subsequently in Sydney, for extensive discussions before finalizing the terms
of the agreement.
    In the Philippines, the major projects will consist of significantly
increasing the capability of the existing BentleyTel's TeleCenters network to
include data and enhanced services to business and government agencies, an
expansive Wireless Local Loop project that will encompass six cities and
enable both voice and data to be carried for the first time to these areas.
    Mr. Walsh said "We are extremely pleased to be taking our already
longstanding relationship with Ericsson to this new level.  BentleyTel
Australia has been working closely with Ericsson for almost 2 years developing
the first Australian Voice over IP system to be available to the public.
    "In the ever-changing world of telecommunications, BentleyTel is proud to
have such strong partnership with such a prestigious worldwide technology
leader as Ericsson.  They have already demonstrated their willingness to go
the extra mile by assisting our innovative BentleyTel team to solve some of
the significant challenges that come with being first."
 
    PR. CONTACT:  Tim Garlin, PrimeVest.net, (866) 774-6468.
 
    Global TeleMedia International, Inc., located in Newport Beach,
California, through its BentleyTel.com subsidiary, (www.bentleytel.com) is a
leading developer of interactive software for complex E-commerce solutions,
multi-media and high speed Internet and wireless communication systems, Voice
over IP, LAN VPN (Virtual Private Network), ISP, Virtual ISP.  GTMI also owns
manufacturing, telecom, ISP, and software development facilities in the USA,
Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
 
    This press release contains forward-looking statements.  All such
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the
risks detailed in Global TeleMedia's filings and reports with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.  Such statements are only predictions and actual
events or results may differ materially.
 
SOURCE  Global TeleMedia International, Inc.
    -0-                             09/25/2000
    /CONTACT:  Tim Garlin of PrimeVest.net, 866-774-6468, for Global TeleMedia
International Inc./
    /Web site:  bentleytel.com
    (GTMI GTMI.OB)