Telemar Selects Net2Phone to Deliver Broadband Telephony Solutions
Brazil’s Largest Telecom Operator to Launch Residential VoIP Service using Net2Phone’s end-to-end telephony platform

Newark, NJ — December 5, 2005 — Net2Phone (NASDAQ: NTOP), a leading Voice over IP (VoIP) enabler for service providers, today announced that Telemar, the largest telecommunications provider in Brazil reaching 93 million people with more than 17 million fixed lines and 731,000 broadband subscribers, has selected Net2Phone as its outsourced VoIP solutions provider for residential broadband telephony throughout Brazil.

Net2Phone will provide Telemar with the platform services that allow them to deliver Brazilian residents full-featured, SIP-based broadband telephony. Telemar plans to market its telephony services directly to its existing telecom and high-speed data customers as well as via multiple marketing channels.

“Partnering with Telemar, one of the largest telcos in Latin America, clearly confirms the quality and reliability of our solutions and serves as a testament to our ability to add incremental value to a service provider’s portfolio,” said Jonathan Reich, CEO of Net2Phone Global Services. “We are excited to work with Telemar to drive the expansion of digital telephony in Brazil and look forward to expanding our relationship with additional offerings in the future.”

Brazil is the largest of the recently liberalized South American telecom markets and provides a great opportunity for Net2Phone to showcase its growing suite of hosted VoIP solutions. Supporting Telemar in Brazil is another step in Net2Phone’s strategy to enable the strongest local retail partners to deliver the highest quality IP-based voice services internationally.

About Tele Norte (NYSE: TNE)
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. is the largest telecommunication company services in South America, which is marketed under their Telemar brand name. Tele Norte controls the Telemar Norte Leste, which has concessions from the Brazilian Government to provide fixed-line telecommunication services in the Region I, which consists of sixteen states including the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Region I covers approximately 64% of the country, has a population of 93 million and produces approximately 40% of the country's GDP. Tele Norte has approximately 17 million lines installed, of which 99,9% have been digitized, and a fiber optic cable network of over 31,500 kilometers.

About Net2Phone
Net2Phone provides VoIP PacketCable, SIP and wireless solutions around the world. As a leader in turn-key hosted VoIP telephony services, Net2Phone has routed billions of VoIP minutes globally, servicing more than 100,000 users in the US as well as hundreds of thousands of more overseas. Net2Phone provides partners with a SIP-based broadband telephony solution, calling cards, prefix dialing and enterprise services in over 100 countries. Net2Phone's PacketCable platform provides cable operators with the ability to deliver a high quality primary line-type service with features such as emergency calling. For more information about Net2Phone's products and services, please visit www.net2phone.com.

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