AT&T Completes Purchase of 6.0% Stake in IDT; AT&T Makes $75 Million Investment in IDT.

Business Editors

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001

IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) announced today that AT&T has completed the purchase of approximately 6.0% of the equity of IDT. Under the terms of the agreement, initially announced on March 31, 2000, IDT has issued and sold to AT&T 2,040,817 shares of IDT's Class B Common Stock at a price of $36.75 per share, resulting in total cash consideration to IDT of $75 million.

The newly issued shares of Class B Common Stock purchased by AT&T carry 1/10 of a vote per share and otherwise have the same rights as IDT's Common Stock. AT&T has agreed not to sell its shares of Class B Common Stock for a period of one year after closing of the sale, and has received certain registration rights with respect to such shares.

IDT CORPORATION

IDT is a leading facilities-based, multinational carrier that combines its position as an international telecommunications operator with its experience as an Internet service provider to provide a broad range of telecommunications services to its wholesale and retail customers worldwide.

Through its own national telecommunications backbone and fiber optic network infrastructure, IDT provides its customers with integrated and competitively priced international and domestic long distance telephony, prepaid calling cards, Internet access and digital subscriber line (DSL) service. The Company's Ventures division is developing several innovative telecom and Internet related businesses. Through its IDT Investments subsidiary, IDT has equity interests in several telecom and Internet-related companies.

Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, involving risks and uncertainties. These statements refer to our plans to implement our growth strategy, improve our financial performance, expand our infrastructure, develop new products and services, expand our customer base and enter international markets. The forward looking statements also include our expectations concerning factors affecting the markets for our products, including the demand for long distance telecommunications, and Internet access services. These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results that we anticipate. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those risks discussed in this release. In addition to the factors specifically noted in the forward looking statements, other important factors that could result in those differences include (a) general economic conditions in the telecommunications and Internet markets, including inflation, recession, interest rates, and other economic factors; (b) casualty to or other disruption of our facilities and operations; (c) those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10K for the period ended July 31, 2000; and (d) other factors that generally affect the business of telecommunications, Internet and other communications companies. We assume no obligation to update these forward looking statements or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from the results anticipated in the forward looking statements.