Open Port Expands Presence in European Market / Demand for IP LaunchPad(TM) Drives Opening of New Offices in Rotterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Madrid and

GENEVA (PROTEXT) - Open Port(R) Technology Inc., the leadingprovider of Internet messaging solutions, announced today anexpansion of its regional sales operations throughout Europe totap the European, Middle Eastern, and African markets forInternet services. Due to enormous demand for Open Port productsin those regions, Open Port has hired two new managers to headits regional offices there, and will hire additional staff nextyear. In separate announcements today, Open Port announced twoEuropean customers -- AUCS and Tele Danmark -- as the firstcarriers to deploy IP fax services in Europe. According to Cheryl Mayberry, senior vice president/generalmanager of worldwide sales and marketing for Open Port, the moveis strategic for the company since Europe is the second largestmarket for international outbound fax, behind the United States.Industry analysts predict that fax revenues in Europe will growto $430 Million in 2002. In addition to outbound faxingopportunities, analysts predict revenues for unified messagingservices in Europe will grow at an even greater rate, to $9.4Billion in 2002. "The European market represents an enormous opportunity forus," Mayberry said. "The business case for European customers iseven more compelling because there is so much cost savingsassociated with sending international messages over IP. We'relooking to help European service providers tap into that sourceof new revenue by providing solutions that will allow them tooffer services such as fax, voice and unified messaging overtheir existing network infrastructures. It makes a lot of sensefor us to have a direct, local presence there." Since IP LaunchPad debuted in March of this year, Open Porthas announced customers in all regions of the world, includingAsia, North and South America, and Europe. Several of Open Port'sEuropean customers have already begun deploying Internet faxsolutions based on its flagship IP LaunchPad platform, dubbed theOS for IP applications. As more customers deploy IP LaunchPad,they will be able to partner with other Open Port-enablednetworks to expand the reach of their existing networks. Inaddition, there are nine other European customers currentlytrialing IP LaunchPad. "The opportunities for our IP messaging solutions in Europeare very promising," David Keene, General Manager for Open PortEMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) said. "Carriers and ISPs arelooking for value-added applications to drive more revenue fortheir services. We can offer them a new revenue stream by givingthem the opportunity to broaden their services with IP fax andother IP messaging services. Together with our technologypartners, Open Port is in a position to dominate the worldwidemarket for IP messaging." According to Keene, the European operations will initiallytarget carriers and ISPs with Open Port's comprehensive suite ofIP faxing technology. Other applications based on IP LaunchPad,such as voice-over-IP and other unified messaging services willfollow next year. "We're the only IP fax solutions provider who can lay claim tohaving a global, IP fax solution in deployment today," saidMayberry. "Quite simply, we've done it, and our solutions work.We believe that our success in Europe is validation that Europeanservice providers recognize the value of working with a companywith a successful track record that has the experience to get thejob done." Open Port Technology, Inc. Open Port Technology, Inc., founded in 1993, is a pioneer inthe Internet messaging industry, and is one of the top 10 IPtelephony vendors (Piper Jaffray, February 1999). Open Port hasdeployed global IP messaging services for leading Internet andtelecommunications companies, including AUCS, Tele Danmark,Guangdong PTA (China Telecom), Net2Phone and MCI WorldCom Inc.Open Port's technology is at the core of the UUfax service fromUUNET, one of the world's first global, carrier-class Internetfax solutions. In addition, Microsoft Corp. holds a minorityinvestment in and is partnering with Open Port to add IP-faxingcapabilities to Microsoft(R) Windows(R) NT Server-based products.Open Port's worldwide headquarters are located at 676 North St.Clair Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Open Port's Europeanheadquarters are located at 33 Avenue du Maine, 75775 Paris Cedex15, FRANCE. Additional information can by obtained by contactingOpen Port Europe by telephone (+33 1 44 100 40 44), email(info@openport.com), or via the Internet ( www.openport.com ). The new Open Port European offices can be reached directly at: UK Open Port Technology 330 High Holborn WC1V 7QT London Tel: +44 171 203 8416 Fax: +44 171 293 6701 Belgium Open Port Technology Airport Boulevard Office Park Bessenveldstraat 25 1831 Diegem Tel: +32 27 164 907 Fax: +32 27 164 727 Germany Open Port Technology Lyonerstrasse 15 60528 Frankfurt Tel: +49 69 665 77 415 Fax: +49 69 665 77 200 Netherlands Open Port Technology Weena 290 3012 NJ Rotterdam Tel: +31 10 282 1617 Fax: +31 10 282 1222 Italy Open Port Technology Via Monte di Pieta 21 20121 Milano Tel: +39 02 863 374 68 Fax: +39 02 863 374 00 Spain Open Port Technology Paseo de la Castellanana 93, 4 28046 Madrid Tel: +34 91 418 5097 Fax: +34 91 555 9957 Open Port, Open Port Technology, Open Port IP LaunchPad, OpenPort IP LaunchPad Fax Suite, Open Port IP LaunchPad Voice Suite,Open Port IP LaunchPad Fax Client, and Open Port Technology andIP LaunchPad logos are registered trademarks of Open PortTechnology, Inc. All other marks are trademarks of theirrespective organizations. ots Original Text Service: Open PortTechnology, Inc. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact:Lisa Donovan of Open Port Technology, Inc., 312-867-5022, or E-mail, ldonovan@openport.com Web site: http://www.openport.com

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