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 Net2Phone Board Recruits Three Top-Level Execs
Priceline.com President, NBC Interactive Media President,
and IDT Top Exec to Join Net2Phone's Board of Directors
Hackensack, NJ - September 29, 1999 --- Net2Phone Inc. (NASDAQ:
NTOP) today announced that Dan Schulman, President and Chief Operating
Officer of priceline.com, Martin Yudkovitz, President of NBC Interactive
Media, and Michael Fischberger, Senior Vice President of Domestic
Telecommunications and Internet services at IDT, will join the Net2Phone
board of directors, bringing the total number of directors to 11.
In his role as a Net2Phone Board Member, it is hoped that Mr. Schulman
will advise and help the Company towards fostering relationships
with executives in the telecommunications and Internet industries.
He intends to be active in helping the Company develop and form
new strategies and technologies.
Prior to joining priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN), Mr. Schulman was
an Executive Vice President of AT&T as well as the President of
the Consumer Markets Division. From 1981 to 1999, he served in a
variety of positions at AT&T, including President of AT&T WorldNet
Services, Vice President of Business Services and Vice President
Marketing. In his capacity as Chief of Marketing for AT&T's $24
billion Business Markets Group, Mr. Schulman led the integration
of wireless, e-commerce and local services into innovative bundles.
"Net2Phone is the prime example of a company taking the lead in
a new market and capitalizing on it," said Mr. Schulman. "This is
a forward thinking company with tremendous vision and entrepreneurial
spirit. Net2Phone is a well-positioned company due to its market
penetration and technological lead. I look forward to working with
this strong management team to enable integrated image, data, and
voice across the entire web."
Martin Yudkovitz has been President of NBC Interactive Media since
December 1995. He is responsible for developing NBC's new media
strategy and managing NBC's interactive operations and Internet
investments. He directed NBC's initial investment into Net2Phone
over six months ago. Since joining NBC in 1984, Mr. Yudkovitz has
served in a variety of executive positions at NBC, including General
Counsel and Vice President for Business Affairs of CNBC. Mr. Yudkovitz
is a director of several companies, including iVillage, Inc. and
Talk City, Inc., Entertainer as well as a member of the board of
managers of Snap.com.
In his role as board member, Mr. Yudkovitz will help leverage NBC's
investment portfolio for Net2Phone's business, as well as assist
in Net2Phone's strategic planning.
"I personally have been an ardent believer in IP telephony since
Net2Phone started to emerge in this sector. Internet telephony provides
key functionality for all Internet properties, and we're happy to
be strategically aligned with this forward-thinking company," said
Mr. Yudkovitz. "In a short time, Net2Phone has been able to secure
major relationships with some of the largest companies throughout
the Internet, communications, and media industries. These new relationships,
and the relationships that are forthcoming, only further strengthen
Net2Phone's hold as the top IP Telephony service provider. I look
forward to being part of the new and exciting times ahead."
Net2Phone has further expanded its Board of Directors to include
Michael Fischberger, Senior Vice President of Domestic Telecommunications
and Internet services at IDT (NASDAQ: IDTC) (the parent company
of Net2Phone). In 1993, Mr. Fischberger helped build IDT's Internet
business from the ground up. He guided the development of IDT's
sales, technical support, customer service, entire nationwide backbone,
and hundreds of points of presence. Currently, Mr. Fischberger supervises
IDT's domestic products and services, which includes domestic long
distance services, Internet access, calling cards, and corporate
services. Until Net2Phone went public, Mr. Fischberger managed Net2Phone
Direct sales, customer service, and anti-fraud departments, and
will provide insight on Net2Phone's consumer offerings in the future.
"On behalf of the entire Net2Phone team, we are thrilled to have
Dan, Marty, and Michael on board. All three have great knowledge
of telecommunications and Internet arenas and know the consumer
market better than almost anyone in the industry today. We expect
their wisdom and expertise to be very valuable," said Cliff Sobel,
Chairman of 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.
For more information about Net2Phone's products and services, please
visit www.net2phone.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking
statements include, among other things, Net2Phone's expected operating
performance for the three months ending [October 31, 1999] and thereafter.
Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking
statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among
others, the inherent uncertainty of financial estimates and projections,
the competitive environment for Internet telephony, changes of rates
of all related telco rates and services, legislation that may affect
the Internet telephony industry, and Net2Phone's ability to operate
the services described on a large scale commercial level.The forward-looking
statements are made as of the date of this press release, and Net2Phone
assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements,
or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those
projected in the forward-looking statements. Investors should consult
all of the information set forth herein and the other information
set forth from time to time in Net2Phone's reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Sarah Hofstetter
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Net2Phone
201-928-2882
sarah@net2phone.com
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