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Mail.com Launches Internet Phone Service Through Partnership With Net2Phone

Mail.com Members Can Now Make Domestic and International Phone Calls Directly From Their PC

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000-- Mail.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAIL) a leading global provider of Internet messaging services, today launched Internet phone service for its members through a partnership with Net2Phone (NASDAQ: NTOP), a leading provider of voice-enhanced Internet communication services to individuals and businesses worldwide. Mail.com members can now make both domestic and international telephone calls over the Internet to any telephone, fax machine, or multimedia PC anywhere in the world.

With Net2Phone's "Click2Talk" technology integrated into the address book of Mail.com's millions of mailboxes, any Mail.com member with a sound-equipped PC can place a call directly from their e-mail inbox simply by clicking on their address book entries. Mail.com members now have access to four advanced IP telephony services: PC to phone, phone to PC, phone to phone and PC to PC. Current members can sign-up for the service from the Mail.com Web site at www.mail.com and new members will be offered the service during the sign-up process. At sign-up, Mail.com members will receive the first 100 minutes free for calls anywhere in the world. Calls within the U.S. run about 1(cent)/minute, while, International rates are as low as 3.9(cent)/minute.

"Offering IP telephony services to our members directly from their e-mail inbox demonstrates our ongoing commitment to developing a comprehensive suite of communication tools conveniently located within the e-mail environment," said Lon Otremba, chief operating officer of Mail.com.

"Not only are we helping Mail.com members save up to 95 percent off the cost of traditional long distance calls, but combining Net2Phone's advanced IP telephony technology with our best-of-breed e-mail service, brings Mail.com one step closer to becoming a fully integrated communications portal," added Otremba.

"Bringing together two leaders in the online communications space is a win-win situation for Mail.com members, said Cliff Sobel, Chairman of Net2Phone. "They get the benefit of our expertise in the IP telephony industry and can take advantage of these services while logged into their Mail.com e-mail account from any computer in the world connected to the Web."

About Mail.com Consumer Messaging Services
Mail.com's Consumer Messaging Services provides reliable and flexible free e-mail and related messaging services to consumers around the world. Members can choose from among Mail.com's wide variety of domain names to personalize their e-mail addresses. We serve the consumer market directly through the Mail.com flagship site at www.mail.com as well as through partnerships with top branded Web sites, including NBC, CBS SportsLine, iWon.com, CNET, Snap.com and DellNet.com. In addition, we offer Web-based e-mail to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including several of the world's top ISPs such as EarthLink, GTE, Juno and Prodigy. Internet marketers offer products and services to Mail.com's significant network of users though online advertising, Mail.com's e-commerce site and permission-marketing. Ranked fifth in terms of reach, Mail.com continues to be the only e-mail company recognized by Media Metrix, the leader in Internet and digital media measurement.

About Mail.Com
Founded in 1996, Mail.com, Inc. is a one-stop resource for Internet messaging services, providing reliable feature-rich e-mail and Internet fax services to businesses, ISPs, Web sites and direct to consumers through its flagship Web site: http://www.mail.com. Mail.com has a technology infrastructure of IP network facilities in 20 key countries and currently serves more than 12 million e-mailboxes and 8,500 corporate customers worldwide. Information about Mail.com (NASDAQ : MAIL) is available at http://corp.mail.com.

About Net2Phone
Net2Phone is a leading provider of voice-enhanced Internet communications services to individuals and businesses worldwide. Net2Phone enables people to place low-cost high quality calls from their computer, telephone, or fax machine to any telephone or fax machine in the world. Net2Phone develops and markets technology and services for IP voice and e-commerce solutions for the web and other IP networks.

This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to the future events or the future financial results of Mail.com and Net2Phone. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in Mail.com's and Net2Phone's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

   

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