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Access Power Launches Net.Caller Flat-Rate Internet Long Distance Calling to Europe.


PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1999--

Multi-media PC and Internet users worldwide can now call 12 pan-European countries with Access Power, Inc.'s (OTCBB OTCBB

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) unique "unlimited calling" flat-rate long-distance service alternative.

Douglas Bottomley, senior vice president of marketing for Access Power, said Europe is an important market for Access Power. "Adding the European community European Community: see European Union.
European Community (EC)

Organization formed in 1967 with the merger of the European Economic Community, European Coal and Steel Community, and European Atomic Energy Community.
 increases Net.Caller's(TM) PC-to-phone coverage area to about 80% of the world's Internet users. This launch reemphasizes our efforts to introduce Net.Caller's flat-rate pricing around the world as the most economical calling option available to consumers," Bottomley said.

To increase its presence and support its European launch, Access Power earlier announced its marketing agreement with Lycos-Bertelsmann AG, the leading pan-European web service and fastest growing Internet portal in the world, to advertise Net.Caller(TM) on Lycos' European family of web sites.

Bottomley said that countries to be included in the initial Euro-expansion are Germany, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Sweden.

The company offers two unlimited PC-to-phone calling plans. The European Plus Plan offers unlimited flat-rate calling for $20 per month -- callers anywhere in the world can use their desktops to call 12 European countries, the U.S, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla.  and Canada. Access Power also offers a North American North American

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 Plan for $10 per month -- calls can originate from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada. Interested consumers can sign up for the service at the company's website: www.accesspower.com/netcaller.

Bottomley also noted that recent software and hardware improvements coincide with the pan-European launch. "We are launching Europe with state-of-the-art software and hardware to bring callers the best possible quality in the exploding PC-to-phone market," he said.

Page 2 of 2 About Access Power:

Access Power, Inc. is a pioneer provider of global Internet-based long distance phone service. The company's Net.Caller PC-to-phone and phone-to-phone service offers a unique flat rate design -- earning the company recognition by SmartMoney.com, an on-line Wall Street Journal magazine, as one of the "best buy" Internet telephony service providers (communications) Internet Telephony Service Providers - (ITSP) Companies providing IP Telephony. . PC-to-phone calls can be made from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Germany, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Sweden. The Company's phone-to-phone service is available to consumers residing in the U.S. and features low-rate calling to over fifty countries worldwide. Affiliates and marketing partners of Access Power include Lycos-Bertelsmann AG; VocalTec Communications, Inc., CTDepot.com, and the Riparius Corporation. Access Power, Inc. {www.accesspower.com} 10033 Sawgrass Sawgrass can be:
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 created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.
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