NetCentrex revenues exceed EUR26M (US$34M) 30 pct revenue growth in 2004 and 80 pct growth in bookings

PARIS (France), SAN JOSE (USA, California) March 31(PROTEXT/PRNewswire) - NetCentrex(TM), the leading enabler ofconverged voice-data (VoIP) networks and solutions, announcedtoday revenue growth of more than 30 pct for 2004, withconsolidated results totaling over EUR26 Million (US$34 Million).In addition, orders grew more than 80 pct between 2003 and 2004.

"I am delighted by our strong results confirming the marketsuccess of our carrier-grade next-generation solutions", saidTheodore Martin Martin, CEO of NetCentrex. "VoIP and bundled IPservices are quickly becoming key competitive tools for serviceproviders worldwide, and we have es pittablished an early lead inthis rapidly growing market. A significant part of our growthcame from new markets such as Eastern and Central Europe, butwe also saw the rate of our triple play deployments accelerate inWestern Europe where our customers are activating more than 4,000VoIP lines per day. We are also beginning to experienceresurgence in the Americas market through our IPlay3 strategy."Selected new customers

Eircom, the incumbent service provider in Ireland, choseNetCentrex to deploy VoIP services as part of a five yeardevelopment program targeted at corporate, government andresidential customers.

Tiscali, the European Internet communications company, signeda partnership for the launch of broadband telephony servicesbased on the MyCall(R) residential communications solution.

Telefonica Deutschland, the leading alternative carrier inGermany, chose the NetCentrex platform to offer VoIP solutions toISPs and business customers.

HomeNet Communications, a US provider of integrated tripleplay voice, video and data services, announced the delivery ofVoIP services enabled by the MyCall(R) VoIP component of theNetCentrex IPlay3(TM) voice and video communications platform.

Al-Pi, one of Spain's major telecommunications serviceproviders, used NetCentrex IPCentrex(TM) solution to deploy ahosted VoIP communications service for Catalonian enterprises.

Iceland Telecom, Iceland's incumbent telecom operator, choseNetCentrex to deliver IP telephony services to enterprises and tocreate a residential IP telephony offer using MyCall(R).Solution trends

MyCall(R) Residential Services Suite: September 2004 marked amilestone with NetCentrex residential deployments exceeding 1million voice lines and steadfast growth for double and tripleplay notably in Western Europe, with countries like France andItaly leading the way.

IPlay3(TM): NetCentrex once again showed its ability toinnovate with the launch of the IPlay3(TM) consortium, deliveringa fully integrated residential triple play solution in theAmericas market, by merging the market-leading VoIP, IP-TV, IP-VOD and OSS technologies from NetCentrex, Envivio, and Highdeal.

Business Services Suite: hosted VoIP solutions such as IPCentrex and VoIP VPNs are now becoming a reality with deploymentsin France, Spain, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Norway.Technology trends

Video: in 2004, there was a notable acceleration of themarket demand for video communications, including video telephonyin fixed networks with PC-based clients, TV-based video using IPset-top boxes, IP video phones, and video on 3G handsets. Tocomplement the previously available point-to-point videotelephony applications, NetCentrex rolled out new videosolutions such as: Video Mail, Video Portal, Video Contact Centeras well as fixed-to-fixed and fixed-to-mobile video networkinterconnection.

Fixed mobile convergence / IMS: NetCentrex signed its firsttwo contracts for fixed-mobile convergence deployments in Europe.The strong market demand is driven by several factors: 1) 3Gmobile operators taking advantage of the increased fixedbroadband video services to encourage customers to use videocommunications on new 3G handsets; 2) fixed operatorsusing local Wi-Fi connectivity to divert mobile traffic such asGSM onto their own VoIP networks; 3) IP Multi-media Subsystem(IMS) emerging as a future-proof reference architecture for bothfixed and mobile networks.About NetCentrex(TM) (www.netcentrex.net)

NetCentrex develops unique next generation network (NGN)voice and video solutions that optimize network infrastructureand enable telecom operators and service providers to delivervoice-video-data and fixed-mobile converged services for both theconsumer and enterprise markets.

Solutions include IP telephony, video telephony, Triple Play,IP Centrex, voice/video VPN, contact center and IVR services. Allsolutions are built on the same IMS compliant infrastructure thatinclude softswitching, media services and management that provideuser services, network connectivity and single point ofprovisioning.

Founded in 1998, NetCentrex has sales and partnerrepresentatives in over 25 countries and over 40 operator andservice provider customers. Leading European and US venturecapital firms back the privately held company.Source: NetCentrex

For more information, please contact: NetCentrex EMEA,Madeleine Jeavons, Tel : +33-1-58-71-33-28madeleine.jeavons@netcentrex.net Email: pr@netcentrex.net Website : www.netcentrex.net NetCentrex Americas, Brian Mahony, Tel: +1-508-479-7254 brian.mahony@netcentrex.net

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