Activate.net Launches ActiveConference Center to Bridge Teleconferencing to the Internet.

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1999--

Genesys Conferencing, Inc., formerly Williams Conferencing, Aloha Conferencing and Summons Conferencing, is the first company to use the

product to enhance their existing teleconferencing capabilities

Activate.net, a leader in streaming media solutions, is launching ActiveConference Center, a new set of services that enables telecommunications companies to take advantage of the Web by adding streaming capabilities to their traditional audio and video conferencing.

Genesys Conferencing, Inc., formerly Williams Conferencing, Aloha Conferencing and Summons Conferencing, is the first company to utilize ActiveConference Center in conjunction with its existing telecommunication offerings.

By partnering with Activate.net and integrating ActiveConference Center into existing services, carriers receive a private label suite of services that will reduce their time to market. In addition, these services allow companies to differentiate themselves and reach a larger audience more cost effectively. It also provides them with another revenue opportunity for existing and new customers. This service is beneficial for end-users because they can now choose the way audience members participate in a conference call.

"Telecommunication companies are realizing they need to service the growing streaming media demands of their customers," says Jeff Schrock, CEO and co-founder of Activate.net. "ActiveConference Center is meeting this demand by bridging traditional teleconference services with new Internet-based streaming media capabilities. This product brings us closer to our goal of providing streaming media to the masses."

"By integrating ActiveConference Center with our existing offerings, we are able to provide our customers with additional options in servicing their conference call needs," said Margie Medalle, CEO of Genesys Conferencing, Inc. "ActiveConference Center allows us to provide cutting-edge streaming media capabilities to our customers and gives us the advantage of entering this market quickly."

The new ActiveConference Center, which can be accessed over the Internet by using Microsoft Windows Media Player or RealNetworks Media Player, includes the following features:

-- Event Registration - ActiveConference broadcasts can be password

protected for security

- Participants identify their conference using the same conference

ID that they would use for dialing via the telephone

- Conferences can be password protected for security

- Conference hosts can collect names, email addresses, and other

information from participants

-- Audio, Video and Slides - Conferences can include a mix of audio,

video and slide presentations

- ActiveConference Center works with live feeds from audio or

video conferences

- PowerPoint slides cchnical support during the conference

cadio or video conference can be recorded and indexed for

on-demand playback

- Busy professionals can watch the event on their own schedule

- Customers can develop a library of on-line training and

marketing materials g and Press Conferences

More information about Activate.net's ActiveConference Center and the feature of Internet-based corporate communications, prk, SwitchBoard--the first application to extendand Radio Free Europe. Activate.net's headquarters and operational facilities are based in Seattle, Washingt call Activate.net Canada in Toronto, at 416/642-5202.