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Launching Pad Live Chat Schedule All Chats 9:30 ESTlaunchingpad.com click on Chat Mon. Launching Pad ITWrapUp/General Internet Telephony Review Tues. FTEL Wed. IDTC Thurs. DGIV ************************************************************ The Launching Pad IT Index (I T I) For the week ending 08/21/1998 The IT Index has had a poor showing of late sparked by the downturn in the Dow and Nasdaq indexes, with several of the front runners of the sector being made to pay for not living up to the revenue expectations of investors. Internet Telephony stocks have provided good returns, however, those returns are now based on a few large movers, to offset the downward bias on these stocks. The latest round of earnings have shown some developing trends to follow for the coming months. ETEL and RMII have continued to retain much of the earlier gains and weathered earnings that were not spectacular, but were in line with predicted revenue. As such, they have found solid bases to await an upturn. IDTC had escaped the hit in the sector, until the past few weeks. Down from their all time high of 40.25, they had established a trading range in the 28 dollar range. However this week IDTC touched the lowest level since November. Regarded as an early leader in selling Internet Telephony minutes, the promotion has exceeded the revenue, thus far. NMSS, NSPK and VOCLF are trying to gain strength but as the market has moved in the opposite direction, there has been little head way. The early trend of the hot Micro Cap IT stocks has also reversed. NTRX, ACCR, FTEL and LKON are all near their lows for the year, and are down well over 50% each. These stocks are have yet to show the revenues necessary to move into the Mid Cap level, but in the next two quarters, could very well follow the paths of OZEMY and ETEL. Symbol Price Week Change YTD% Year Open Week Open ACCR 0.96 -6.80% -40.92% 1.625 1.03 ANET 5.75 -6.05% -39.47% 9.5 6.12 ARLCF 3.56 5.64% 42.40% 2.5 3.37 BRKT 15.12 -6.20% 28.68% 11.75 16.12 CAGI 1.09 -15.50% 168.47% 0.406 1.29 CMDL 10.81 -1.10% 16.47% 9.281 10.93 DGIV 2.68 -8.53% 189.73% 0.925 2.93 DLGC 31.37 0.80% -26.19% 42.5 31.12 ETEL 15.56 -11.99% 189.49% 5.375 17.68 FAXX 3.5 -12.50% 33.33% 2.625 4 FTEL 1.15 -26.28% -71.02% 3.968 1.56 HYC 10 11.11% -29.82% 14.25 9 IDTC 18.87 -20.11% -7.39% 20.375 23.62 INTL 15 -1.19% -23.57% 19.625 15.18 LKON 1.25 -19.87% 123.21% 0.56 1.56 LVLT 39.12 -3.10% -50.79% 79.5 40.37 NMSS 12.5 0.00% -72.38% 45.25 12.5 NSPK 10.5 9.83% -58.21% 25.125 9.56 NTRX 1.18 -5.60% 4.89% 1.125 1.25 OZEMY 18.87 -5.03% 139.62% 7.875 19.87 QWST 33.43 -12.17% 11.20% 30.0625 38.06 RMII 14 -0.85% 366.67% 3 14.12 VOCLF 8.68 -0.80% -57.92% 20.625 8.75 ******************************************************************************** ITWrap Up Internet Telephony Industry Links LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MIND BILLING AND MANAGEMENT IP TELEPHONY SOLUTIONmindcti.com LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 1998 RESULTSlevel3.com LEVEL 3 & GEONET SIGN DEFINITIVE MERGER AGREEMENTlevel3.com NETRIX Voice Over IP Gateway Earns Editor's Choice Award From Internet Telephony Magazineprnewswire.com 1998/0000734570&EDATE= NETRIX and Packet Engines Partner to Provide Voice Over Gigabit Ethernet Solutions; Packet Engines To Resell Netrix Voice Over IP/Frame Relay Productsprnewswire.com 1998/0000733535&EDATE= FNet Names Investment Banker California based corporation selects dean of West Coast Investment Banksftel.com FNet Goes Live! Franklin's Next Generation Telephone Company Flips Switchftel.com Rocky Mountain Internet Reports Second Quarter Financial Resultsrmi.net Qwest Chosen by Nortel to Provide Domestic Communications Services qwest.com Telstra Selects NetSpeak Technology For IP Telephony Servicesnetspeak.com INTER TEL INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q)sec.yahoo.com BROOKTROUT TECHNOLOGY INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) sec.yahoo.com IDT's Net2Phone Halves Rates Internationally idt.net Excite and IDT's Net2Phone in Deal to Offer Internet Telephony Internationallyidt.net Creative to Offer Internet Telephony Through IDT idt.net Digitcom Net' to Launch IP/Telephone Network Service in Five Indonesia Citiesbiz.yahoo.com COMDIAL CORP - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) sec.yahoo.com FAXSAV INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q)sec.yahoo.com NATURAL MICROSYSTEMS CORP - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q)sec.yahoo.com NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS PUBLISHED Technical Advisory Council Develops Bridge Between Traditional Circuit-Switched Networks and Emerging Internet Protocol (IP) Networksl3.com Base Control Protocol Word Format l3.com Text Format l3.com Connection Control Word Format l3.com Media Control Word Format l3.com Text Format l3.com Device Management Word Format l3.com Text Format l3.com Signaling Transport Word Format l3.com Dialogic releases Earnings:www4.edgar-online.com Dialogic Corporation DLGC EVEREN Sec. ¯ Mkt Outperformer DIALOGIC DM3 IPLINK 2.0 BREAKS IP TELEPHONY DENSITY BARRIER Expanding IP Telephony Family Now Scales to 150 Channelsdialogic.com NetSpeak releases Earnings:netspeak.com Qwest Announces $79 Million Fiber Sale to Hyperion qwest.com Qwest Extends Network to Pacific Rim Transpacific Submarine Cable System to be State-of-the-art High Capacity, Fiber Network qwest.com NetXchange and FaxSav Team Up to Make Internet Fax Available Everywhere faxsav.com Internet Fax Added to Hewlett-Packard HP ScanJet Color Scanners Through FaxSav faxsav.com JAPAN-U.S. CABLE OWNERS SIGN CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT System to be completed in Year 2000l3.com Brooktrout's Partners Line Up Behind New ISDN Productsbrooktrout.com Zetafax Supports Brooktrout's New ISDN Productbrooktrout.com NETPHONE ANNOUNCES THIRD ROUND OF FINANCING, NEW PRESIDENT AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTnetphone.com round financing Natural MicroSystems Extends DSP-based Fax Board Line With NaturalFax/QX; Lowest Cost Four-port PCI Fax Boardnmss.com e-Net, Inc. Signs Major Distribution Agreement with Telindus Networks SA For Delivery of Voice Over Data Productsbiz.yahoo.com Digitcom Selects Natural MicroSystems Platform for Pacific Rim IP-Phone Gatewaysbiz.yahoo.com ITXC Now Operates the Most Extensive Internet Telephony Networkitxc.com SecurFone America, Inc. Announces Strategic Alliance With LVEN For Development and Delivery of Wireless, Internet Telephony and Prepaid Cellular Communications Servicesbiz.yahoo.com Infotrieve Receives Notice of Allowance on Patent for Internet Fax Devices.ici.infotrieve.com eleHub Communications Corporation Announces $125 Million Debt Financingtelehub.com SOUTHNET TELECOMM SERVICES, INC (STS) CHOOSES ASCEND AS VOICE-OVER-IP PROVIDER Nationwide Rollout of IP-based Voice Services Will Be One of the Country's Largest to Date ascend.com ************************************************************ Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:35:50 -0400 (EDT) From: webmaster@launchingpad.com