Open Port Technology(R) Inc. announced today that Tele Danmark will be one of the first service providers in Europe to deploy Open Port's new Internet services creation platform, IP LaunchPad. IP LaunchPad was announced in late March, and has been enjoying great acceptance in the marketplace with a number of other service providers. In addition, IP LaunchPad has recently won CTI Editors' Choice and Fax Direction's Analysts' Choice awards. Tele Danmark will offer a range of Fax-over-IP services to its customers later this year. Both enterprise and residential markets will be able to enjoy the increased functionality of these value-added fax services throughout Northern Europe. Both Tele Danmark and its subsidiaries will offer Fax-over- IP services to their customers. "Tele Danmark expects continued growth in both domestic and international activities by providing enhanced services that will save our customers' time and money. IP fax is one of the first enhanced services that both our wholesale and corporate customers have demanded. We will continue to expand our portfolio to include voice and unified messaging services as our customers dictate", Hans Moller, senior vice president, Tele Danmark Internet. "We're pleased that Tele Danmark views us as the vendor of choice to deliver the next generation fax applications that will drive their long-term revenue stream," said Cheryl Mayberry, Open Port's senior vice president and general manager of sales and marketing. "Our understanding of both the business and technology challenges service providers face allows us to offer a complete solution to help them become successful." IP LaunchPad is Open Port's Internet services creation platform -- "an operating system for IP applications." The platform is designed for network service providers, ISPs, resellers and local exchange carriers to deploy new IP services by easily snapping in applications. With the new carrier-class messaging platform, Open Port is able to offer IP services solutions beyond fax -- helping service providers to easily broaden their revenue base by rolling out new services. The first application suite available for the platform is IP LaunchPad Fax Suite, which lets service providers offer productivity-enhancing applications, such as PC faxing, web-based faxing, email-to-fax, and fax broadcasting. Industry analysts estimate that consumers and corporations can save from 30 to 70 percent in long distance charges by deploying fax-over-IP. Since its inception of just a few years ago, fax- over-IP has gained momentum. Industry analysts predict that the market for fax over IP will grow from $80 million in 1999 to $4 billion in 2002. Fax-over-IP is the first PSTN application that has migrated to the Internet. Many others, such as voice-over-IP and universal messaging, are expected to grow even faster. In fact, voice-over-IP is expected to grow from $60 million in 1999 to nearly $5 billion in 2003. Tele Danmark Tele Danmark is the principal provider of a full range of telecommunications services in Denmark and holds significant interests in a range of telecom companies across Northern and Continental Europe. Domestic activities include landline and cellular telephone services, data communications, Internet, leased lines, cable television and directory services. The Company was privatized in 1994 and today Ameritech owns 42% of the shares, with the remaining shares held by individual and institutional shareowners all over the world. The company may be reached at www.teldanmark.dk . Open Port Technology, Inc. Open Port Technology, Inc., founded in 1993, is a pioneer in the Internet messaging industry, and is one of the top 10 IP telephony vendors (Piper Jaffray, February 1999). Open Port has deployed global IP messaging services for leading Internet and telecommunications companies, including AT&T Unisource (AUCS), Guangdong PTA (China Telecom), Net2Phone and MCI WorldCom Inc. Open Port's technology is at the core of the UUfax service from UUNET, one of the world's first global, carrier-class Internet fax solutions. In addition, Microsoft Corp. holds a minority investment in and is partnering with Open Port to add IP-faxing capabilities to Microsoft(R) Windows(R) NT Server-based products. Open Port's headquarters are located at 676 North St. Clair Street, Chicago, Ill. 60611. Additional information can by obtained by contacting Open Port by telephone (+1.312.867.5000), email (info@openport.com), or via the Internet ( www.openport.com ). Open Port, Open Port Technology, Open Port IP LaunchPad, Open Port IP LaunchPad Fax Suite, Open Port IP LaunchPad Voice Suite, Open Port IP LaunchPad Fax Client, and Open Port Technology and IP LaunchPad logos are registered trademarks of Open Port Technology, Inc. All other marks are trademarks of their respective organizations. Open Port products mentioned in this release may be subject to Open Port Patents no. 5712907 for least cost routing, Patent no. 5369686 for enhanced service message handlers and other patents that are pending. ots Original Text Service: Open Port Technology, Inc. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Lisa Donovan of Open Port Technology, Inc., 312-867-5022, or E-mail, ldonovan@openport.com ; or Jesper Lindholt of Tele Danmark Internet +45 8678 3300, or E-mail, JELI@int.tele.dk Web site: http:// www.teldanmark.dk Web site: http://www.openport.com