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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2406)	2/2/1999 9:00:00 PM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

Universal Access for Voice, Fax, and Data Over IP-DSL Provided by New GoldenPort Embedded Software Solution Telogy Networks, Inc.®, the leading provider of embedded communications software, Friday announced GoldenPort, a major new addition to its award-winning Golden Gateway Voice and Fax over IP (V/FoIP) product line. GoldenPort is embedded software which enables carrier-class equipment to dynamically switch voice, fax, and V.90 modem calls from traditional POTS ("plain old telephone system'') interfaces over packet networks (IP, FR, & ATM). By embedding GoldenPort into their products, manufacturers of network infrastructure equipment (such as remote access servers, PBXs, and central office switches) can offer their ISP, CLEC, and other Service Provider customers a versatile and powerful new class of equipment. "Telogy Networks is pleased to introduce GoldenPort, which is the first Voice, Fax, and Data over IP software product to dynamically handle any call type,'' said Nancy Goguen, Vice President, Marketing, Telogy Networks. "Telogy's patent-pending technology features a unique DSP allocation software technology which enables manufacturers to build scalable equipment capable of supporting thousands of simultaneous calls, whether voice, fax, or V.90 data. Service providers, the end users of GoldenPort-enabled equipment, will be able to purchase one class of equipment to meet their voice, fax, and data communication needs.'' "GoldenPort will bring a new range of capabilities to remote access servers,'' said Marilyn Suey, Vice President, Marketing, of Assured Access Technology, an innovative provider of carrier-class access equipment. "By integrating Golden Gateway software, which incorporates data modem termination, fax, and voice over IP, with our product line, we can greatly increase the range of choices for our Service Provider customers. The networking industry needs more such innovative, scaleable, software-driven solutions to drive down costs and increase service flexibility for Service Providers.'' GoldenPort will be available in mid-1999 as an option in Telogy's Golden Gateway Infrastructure and Access product lines. Telogy's award-winning Golden Gateway V/FoIP embedded software is the market's leading embedded software solution, speeding the development of voice and fax over IP-enabled equipment. Such equipment includes client products (such as cable and DSL modems); access gateway/products (such as routers/switches, cable head-end equipment, and gateways); and carrier class/infrastructure products (such as traditional and LAN-based PBXs, remote access servers, and central office switches). Andrew Pierog of Frost and Sullivan said, "With the introduction of GoldenPort, Telogy has made a major advancement in the Internet Telephony marketplace. Both carrier class equipment manufacturers and end user service providers stand to gain from this exciting new development that allows dynamic configuration to meet changing, real-time traffic patterns; these guys really know their stuff.'' About Telogy Networks Telogy Networks is the leading provider of embedded communications software to global equipment manufacturers. Telogy's Golden Gateway software enables its customers to develop connected products that send real-time voice, fax and data over packet networks (such as Internet/Intranet, Frame Relay and ATM). As one of the few embedded software companies with both microprocessor and DSP expertise, Telogy Networks offers its customers truly comprehensive product solutions. Telogy's customers include Cisco Systems, 3Com, Nortel Networks, TouchWave, ACTI, Vegastream, Entrata, Soliton Systems KK, Accelerated Networks, Assured Access Technology, and many other leading equipment manufacturers. Company news and product information is available at telogy.com.

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2406)	2/5/1999 6:59:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

E-Mail By Phone and Free E-Mail Accounts to all Users / IDTC mail-call.com February 5, 1999 HACKENSACK, N.J. and FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Feb. 4, 1999-- Nationwide Internet Telephony Service Signs Agreement With Mailcall to Offer E-mail Services Via Telephone IDT's (NASDAQ: IDTC) Net2Phone today announced that users of its Internet-based phone service, Net2Phone Direct, will be able to now retrieve their e-mail messages by using cutting edge text-to-speech technology. Through an agreement recently signed with MailCall, subscribers will be able to hear their e-mail messages via a call to their Net2Phone Direct account, without the need to use a computer or laptop. Additionally, Net2Phone will be giving free e-mail accounts to all of its Net2Phone Direct customers who select the MailCall option. How it Works Net2Phone Direct works similarly to a pre-paid calling card, where users dial an access number, enter their account number, and the number they wish to dial. If users want to retrieve their e-mail, they can enter a code in order to retrieve e-mail. Users who would like to retrieve e-mail from an account other than the free Net2Phone Direct account will be able to change their preferences on a designated secure web site. Users will receive a free Net2Phone e-mail account upon first-time use of the MailCall option. Upon activating the service, users hear the headers for each of their e-mail messages, after which they have several options for managing their e-mail. Subscribers can choose to listen to the text of the message (in English or Spanish), have a hard copy of the message sent to any fax machine in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico, or reply to the message using one of several state-of-the-art features. Additionally, users have the ability to reply with "canned" responses, a customized pre-set response of up to 512 characters set by the user, or a callback phone number which the user touch-tones in and is then sent as part of the reply. Users can also respond to messages via their voice, which are sent to recipients as an audio file attachment. The company expects the service to be available to Net2Phone Direct users beginning February 15, 1999. The cost of the service is $0.25 per minute with no monthly fee. Net2Phone Direct enables users to place telephone calls and send faxes over the Internet for as little as five cents per minute. Those interested in signing up for Net2Phone Direct can call 800-225-5438. Net2Phone Direct will also offer several preference options, which can be set by the user on a security-encoded web site: Six different voices with three pitches each, a default fax phone number, a customized response, and several pattern matching strings which can be used to filter and prioritize e-mail. "Net2Phone has always been committed to offering unique and innovative services to our users, and computerless e-mail retrieval is one of many products we plan to bring to the market," said David Greenblatt, Chief Operating Officer of Net2Phone. "By introducing value-added services to our Internet telephony suite of services, we continue lead our sector with innovative services for consumers." IDT is a leading emerging multinational carrier that combines its position as an international telecommunications operator, its experience as an Internet service provider and its leading position in Internet telephony to provide a broad range of telecommunications services to its wholesale and retail customers worldwide. The company provides its customers with integrated and competitively priced international and domestic long distance, pre-paid calling cards, Internet access and, through its Net2Phone product offerings, Internet telephony services including Net2Phone Direct, Net2Fax, Click2Talk, and easysurf.com. For more information about IDT's Internet telephony services, please visit www.net2phone.com. Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, the competitive environment for Internet telephony, changes of rates and services, legislation that may affect the Internet Telephony industry and IDT 's ability to operate the services described on a large scale commercial level. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the Company's business, please refer to the Company's reports filed with the SEC. [Copyright 1999, Business Wire]

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2406)	2/5/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

IDTC using mail-call.com I'm not that impressed EOM

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2406)	2/5/1999 4:27:00 PM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

Another added feature for the ISP-CLECs on the business side in light of a business portal vs personal-portal like I described in last post is what Teligent and FocalPoint have going. The only thing a towering paper stack of local call detail records (CDRs) is good for, some businesspeople argue, is keeping the fire lit on a cold winter night. With paper invoices, there's no quick and easy way for telecom users to extract and analyze calling patterns and cost information themselves, unless someone takes the time to rekey it into a spreadsheet form each month. As telecom competition heats up, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), as well as incumbents, must focus on personalized, value-added services to attract and retain customers. "One thing the industry needs to talk about is 'blocking and tackling,'" Robert Waldman, managing director at New York-based Salomon Smith Barney, said at the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS) annual convention. What Waldman was referring to is the marketing plans and back-office applications that nimble CLECs should be developing to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. Many telecom companies are tackling the issue of cumbersome paper invoices by offering bills in electronic format, such as on disk or CD-ROM. But when it comes down to serious blocking and tackling, CLECs such as Chicago-based Focal Communications Corp. and Vienna, Va.-based Teligent have joined the ranks of the NFL. These companies are pushing the envelope aside for web-based invoice delivery and, in Teligent's case, the ability to pay via the Internet. In essence, the CLECs are giving customers the ability to control and manipulate their billing information to see how effectively they're spending their telecom budget. In early November, Focal launched its Invoice Domain offering for customers nationwide. Invoice Domain, a website with individual password protection, was created by Focal's Information Services (IS) department during the course of two months, says Len Dedo, Focal's senior vice president of marketing. On the Focal website, customers have access to their invoice summary (see graphic below). In addition, they can see charts of phone usage by band, day, hour and number; account balance information; data on local, international, and intra- and interstate long distance calls; taxes and surcharges; and line charge and local usage detail records. Most importantly, according to customers, is the ability to download data straight from the website. Chart: Invoice Summary "It's extremely easy to download our records and import data into Excel spreadsheets," says Jon Peabody, chief information officer of Rock Island Securities Inc., a Chicago-based stock brokerage. Rock Island began using Focal's local telecom services in July. At the same time, Peabody was seeking a way to obtain Rock Island's call records electronically because he wanted to analyze the number and duration of calls to its dial-up Internet service. Focal provided that information, and Rock Island became one of the beta testers for Invoice Domain in late summer. So far, Peabody has been extremely pleased. "Unless we have the primary data, we can't evaluate the efficiency of our communication dollars," Peabody says. "If it's just a bill online, it's not useful." This is an important fact of web-based commerce, analysts say. "You don't want to stop with just bill presentation [on the web]," says Bill Whyman, an Internet strategist with the Precursor Group, the Washington-based research arm of investment firm Legg, Mason, Wood, Walker Inc. "Once you've generated a bill, you have to generate the commodity around it." Downloadable data and the ability to pay online are just a few of the ways to make sites more useful. The Focal site is still evolving, according to the company. Currently, the invoices are put online only at the end of the monthly billing cycle. And customers still have to put stamps on envelopes to remit their payments. "Our customers are large businesses on the high end of the market," Dedo says. "Point-and-click payment is not what they're looking for." But as Focal moves into the small and medium-sized business market, Dedo expects the company to explore the possibility of payment via the Internet. Teligent, though, already has jumped wholeheartedly into all aspects of e-commerce for its small and medium-sized customers using "e.magine," its new web-based billing system. With e.magine, customers will be able to order services online, download real-time data on service usage and pay the bill (see graphic below), all from an Internet browser. Because account information is updated on a real-time basis, customers don't have to wait for a bill to arrive each month to keep an eye on their phone usage patterns. Information that can be downloaded includes account code, length of call and originating and terminating numbers. More info and charts> x-changemag.com Temp

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2406)	2/9/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

Tekelec Introduces EAGLE IP7 Product Line; Meeting the Challenges of the Converging PSTN and IP Networks February 9, 1999 MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)Tekelec (Nasdaq/NM:TKLC) announced today the introduction of its EAGLE IP7 product line, a carrier-grade SS7 and internet protocol (IP) capable packet switch for intelligent network (IN) control. This represents the evolution of the industry-proven, highly scalable EAGLE platform to a multi-service SS7/IP node. The EAGLE IP7 product line will offer flexible SS7 and IP connectivity, with a full complement of SS7/IP applications, allowing carriers to seamlessly interwork their PSTN and IP networks and facilitate IN services across both network technologies. Mike Margolis, president and CEO of Tekelec, noted, "We continue to be pleased with the industry direction that acknowledges the power of SS7 in the converging PSTN and IP networks. Given our core competency in network signaling protocols, particularly SS7, we believe that Tekelec is uniquely positioned to bring network interworking solutions to the convergence market. Our recent press announcement regarding the fourth quarter 1998 purchase of the first four EAGLE IP7 Gateway pairs by US WEST Wireless is an indication of our commitment to respond quickly to the industry's rapidly evolving needs." The EAGLE IP7 Gateway, the first application in Tekelec's new product line, delivers all of the functionality required for command and control of the converging SS7 and IP networks. Full signal transfer point (STP) capability and the reliability of the EAGLE platform is combined with IP network connectivity through the new data communication module (DCM) plug-in. The DCM provides a 100 BaseT ethernet IP interface supporting throughput of 2500 MSUs per second. Multiple DCMs can be configured in combination with up to 500 standard SS7 links for maximum flexibility. The EAGLE IP7 Gateway software application, featuring the Tekelec adaption layer interface (TALI), completes the package. The increase in internet traffic and the proliferation of IP signaling end points (IP-SEPs) require PSTN to IP signaling capabilities. The EAGLE IP7 Gateway provides the signaling connectivity to IP-SEPs such as network access servers (NASs), CLASS 4/5 switches and Voice over IP (VoIP) gateways. For large-scale dial offload operations, the EAGLE IP7 Gateway provides signaling to geographically diverse NASs, yet appears as a single point code to the SS7 network elements. Signaling intensive devices, such as VoIP gateways, are easily accommodated by adding more SS7 link cards or IP link cards. The scaleable architecture of the EAGLE IP7 Gateway lowers carriers' costs by reducing the number of devices in the IP network. "The EAGLE IP7 Gateway and our TALI interface reflect Tekelec's responsiveness to the needs of our customers as they work to address network convergence requirements in advance of industry standards. We are also actively working with several major NAS equipment suppliers to bring forward total SS7/IP solutions based on the TALI interface. We continue to be active participants in industry forums that are working towards standard inter-vendor interfaces for SS7/IP interworking. We are committed to protecting our customer's network investment through adoption of these standards as they emerge," commented Cecil Boyd, vice president and general manager of Tekelec's Network Switching Division. Tekelec is a leading supplier of innovative network switching solutions and advanced diagnostic systems that enable rapid delivery of advanced communication products and services for the global communications marketplace. Tekelec's Eagle platform is designed to meet the complex requirements of the converging IP / SS7 network and traditional SS7 networks, enabling wireline, wireless and IP network operators to deliver intelligent network services. Tekelec's diagnostic systems are used by communication suppliers and service providers to design, install and maintain their communications equipment and networks. Tekelec logo and EAGLE are registered trademarks of Tekelec. EAGLE IP7 is a trademark of Tekelec. Visit Tekelec's web site at www.tekelec.com.