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To: dreamer who wrote (1955)	5/11/1999 9:01:00 AM
From: Iron Pyrite	Respond to of 2125

Has anyone else seen the Lycos/CALN deal? Not sure what to make of it: CallNOW.com and Lycos Form Partnership NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- CallNOW.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CALN - news), a leading Internet portal marketing traditional telecommunications services worldwide, and Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS - news), the most visited hub on the Internet and the world's largest online community, today announced the signing of a multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnership contract. With this contract, CallNOW.com becomes the premier telecommunications partner for Lycos in Europe. CallNOW.com (http://www.callnow.com) is the one-stop shop for telecommunications services on the Internet where customers in 250 countries can sign up online for national and international long distance, cellular rentals, calling cards and other telecom services. The company provides its customers with instant service activation and real time call monitoring as well as online billing using its proprietary software; customers can also look up international calling rates. CallNOW.com also provides free access to the largest global online telephone directory to search for residential and business telephone numbers around the world. Based in New York City, CallNOW.com is experiencing rapid growth through its global affiliate and search engine network, as well as through consumer awareness of the CallNOW.com brand. ''We are very excited about our alliance with Lycos and its European partner, Bertelsmann. CallNOW.com has developed the first global e-commerce telecommunications model and our partnership with Lycos will allow rapid introduction of our unique services to a broad range of Lycos' audiences in Europe. This partnership is a key component of our international marketing and branding strategy,'' Christian Bardenheuer, CEO of CallNOW.com said. ''And as we continue to grow, current and potential customers will have immediate access to information about new products, services, and promotions.'' About Lycos, Inc. Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS - news) is a leading Web media company and owner of the Lycos Network, the most visited hub on the Internet reaching 51.8 percent of all Web users. With a unified set of Web sites, the Lycos Network is the fastest growing Web network and the world's largest online community. The Lycos Network attracts a diverse audience by offering a variety of services, including leading Web navigation resources, homepage building and other Web community services and a comprehensive shopping center. The Lycos Network is composed of premium sites: Lycos.com, Tripod, WhoWhere, Angelfire, MailCity, HotBot, HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey and Suck.com. Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Mass., Lycos, Inc. is a global Internet leader with a major presence in the U.S. through the Lycos Network, in Europe through Lycos/Bertelsmann and throughout Asia. About CallNOW.com CallNOW.com, Inc. began operations in 1995. The company developed patent-pending proprietary software as the core of its e-commerce telecommunications portal strategy. Through this technology CallNOW.com provides a number of telecommunications services to virtually any country in the world. The company was co-founded by Christian Bardenheuer, chairman and CEO, and Warner R. Johnson, Jr., president.