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To: Jon K. who wrote (6938)	1/30/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 56535

IDTC HACKENSACK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 1999--IDT's (NASDAQ: IDTC) Net2Phone today announced that its suite of Internet telephony services were named 1998 Products of the Year by Internet Telephony and Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Magazines. Internet Telephony Magazine named IDT's Net2Phone Direct 1998 Product of the Year in the category of Internet Telephony Service Providers. Net2Phone Direct is IDT's phone-to-phone Internet telephony service, where calls are routed over Net2Phone's extensive DS3 backbone, enabling top quality and clear transmission of calls. CTI Magazine named IDT's Net2Phone 1998 Product of the Year in the Call Center and Internet Telephony categories. Net2Phone's suite of Internet Telephony services include: -- Net2Phone PC: The first PC-to-phone service -- Net2Phone Direct: Real-time computerless voice over IP service -- Net2Fax: The first real-time Fax over IP solution -- Net2Phone Gateway: Bridges the Internet with the PSTN -- Net2Phone Gatekeeper: Routes, rates, authorizes, bills, and manages all Internet telephony gateways and phone calls -- Click2Talk: Voice-enabled e-commerce solution using Internet Telephony -- Click2CallMe: Web-based callback service -- EZSurf (to be launched February 1): The first web shopping portal powered by Internet Telephony "Millions of customers worldwide have been benefiting from Net2Phone's low-cost rates and high quality service," said David Greenblatt, Chief Operating Officer of Net2Phone. "Technology Marketing Corporation's (publishers of CTI, Internet Telephony and Call Center Solutions) publications provide us with cutting edge information about our industry, and we are honored that this most reliable source has presented such awards to us."

To: Jon K. who wrote (6938)	1/30/1999 3:56:00 PM
From: Shtirlitz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 56535

Mistake. IDTC is not a reseller. It has its own channels and switches. They just had so much business, that they had to rent additional capacity to route it. Thats why their margins temporarily fell , and analysts downgraded it. They are shifting the business to route the calls through the internet. Thats why its cheap. Net2Phone has 2 options. 1. You can call on any phone in the world from your computer. (the other party doesn't need a computer). 2. Net2Phone Direct. You can call from any phone in the world to any phone in the world. The call is being routed through the internet, until it reaches their swithces. This is the new model of long distance business. And it will be extremely succesfull.