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NEWS*****InfoSpace.com Enables One-Click Dialing by Integrating Net2Phone Technology in Its Directory Services HACKENSACK, N.J. and REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999-- InfoSpace.com directories have an unduplicated reach of 83 percent of U.S. Internet users and were rated No. 1 most viewed site by Media Metrix in Jan., Feb. and March IDT's (NASDAQ:IDTC) Net2Phone, the market leader in IP telephony services, and InfoSpace.com, (NASDAQ:INSP), a leading provider of private label solutions for content and commerce today, announced an agreement to enable one-click dialing by integrating Net2Phone's PC-to-phone technology in InfoSpace.com's white and yellow page directories. This integration will enable Internet users with Net2Phone technology to make phone calls over the Internet simply by clicking on a phone number they've found in InfoSpace.com's directories and save up to 95 percent on traditional long distance calls. These calls are routed over the Internet from the consumer's PC, offering full-duplex real-time conversation. Recipients of these calls simply answer their telephones as they would an ordinary telephone call. InfoSpace.com's directories are available through its broad network of affiliates including America Online, The Microsoft Network and Netscape and have an unduplicated reach of 83 percent of US Internet users and were rated No. 1 by Media Metrix in Jan., Feb. and March. "We are very excited to enable one-click dialing from InfoSpace.com's directory services, which are one of the most extensive on the web and also have tremendous reach due to InfoSpace.com's valuable partnerships," said Mordy Rothberg, executive vice president of Net2Phone. "We expect to enhance the functionality of InfoSpace.com's directories by allowing users to place their calls without getting offline -- and users can also benefit from the savings on their long distance bills." "We are committed to providing Internet users the tools to find and use real world information wherever they are," said Naveen Jain, chairman and CEO, InfoSpace.com. "This partnership allows us to add one-click dialing to our directories making them even more convenient and easy-to-use and more attractive to large destination sites and portals looking for private label content solutions." About IDT