Tiscali has Chosen NetCentrex Solution to Deliver IP Telephony Services to its Customers

PARIS/CAGLIARI (France/Italy), Feb 25 (PROTEXT/PRNewswire) -NetCentrex(R), the leading enabler of converged voice-video-datanetworks and next-generation services, and Tiscali, the EuropeanInternet Communications Company, announced today the signing of apartnership for the launch of residential broadband telephonyservices across Europe.

Tiscali has chosen NetCentrex as part of its project to offernext-generation telephony services to its broadband ADSL Internetusers. This new offer, which combines telephony and Internetservices in a single package, is based on NetCentrex' MyCallresidential communications solution deployed at the heart ofTiscali's IP network.

"In August 2000, we were the first European operator tolaunch IP telephony services. Today Tiscali aims at offeringenhanced VoIP services to end users, in addition to its broadbandInternet connection. The choice of NetCentrex as our partnerenables us to deliver the highest available performance qualityon the market to our European broadband users and to supply aphone service comparable to that offered today by traditionaltelephony" states Paolo Susnik, CTO of Tiscali.

"This agreement marks the beginning of a close relationshipbetween our companies and will enable Tiscali to provide all ofits 1 million ADSL users with IP telephony services" statesOlivier Hersent, Chairman and CTO of NetCentrex. "This innovativevoice services offer will allow Tiscali to distinguish themselvesfrom competitors by providing real added value."About NetCentrex(TM) (www.netcentrex.net)

NetCentrex(TM) develops next-generation networking productsand network-based applications for 3 main markets: businesscommunications, customer interactions and broadband residentialcommunications. NetCentrex' solutions include voice portals,network-based multimedia contact centers, voice and video over IPvirtual private networks (VPN), IP Centrex services, businesstrunking, infrastructure and class IV solution and residentialbroadband communication services.

The solutions enable both service providers and enterprisesto build converged networks and to deploy a wide variety ofadvanced, high value-added communication services which haveminimum installation requirements and lower operational costs.All solutions are built on the NetCentrex Softswitch and MediaServer platforms that provide core infrastructure and networkconnectivity.

Founded in 1998, NetCentrex has over 200 customers worldwide,including Comunitel, Contactel, Equant, France Telecom, FastWeb,Inclarity, LatAmNap Lyse Tele, MTU-Intel, Noos, Orbitel,Prosodie, Telecom Italia, Telefonica Deutschland, TransTeleComand Xpedite. International partners include Cisco Systems,Hewlett-Packard and Intel. Leading European and US venturecapital firms back the privately held company..About Tiscali

Tiscali S.p.A., (Nuovo Mercato, Milan: TIS, Nouveau Marche,Paris: 005773), is the European Internet Communication Companyproviding broadband and narrowband access for consumer andbusiness applications as well as innovative communicationsservices and contents. As of 31st December 2003, Tiscali had 7.8million active users of whom 840,000 were broadband customers,growing steadily. In the first months of 2004, ADSL customersreached the 1 million mark.

Tiscali's corporate website can be found at www.tiscali.comSource: NetcentrexPress Contacts: NetCentrex EMEA / Southern Countries, LaurenceNiola, Tel : +33(0)1-58-71-33-05, Email: pr@netcentrex.net, Website: http://www.netcentrex.net, Tiscali Corporate, GianlucaNonnis, Image&PR Manager, Tel:. +39-070-46011, Email:nonnis@tiscali.com, Web site: http://www.tiscali.com, TiscaliS.p.A., Sa Illetta, 09122 Cagliari, Italy, www.tiscali.com, ImageBuilding, Simona Vecchies, Elisa Lavagna, Tel: +39-028-901-1300,Email: info@imagebuilding.it

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