Artera Expands Web Accelerator Line with Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk and X-Men Branded Offerings; Product Launch at SUPERCOMM Exhibition.

WESTPORT, Conn. -- Artera Group, Inc., a subsidiary of NCT Group, Inc. (OTCBB: NCTI), today announced the launch of the The Incredible Hulk(TM) Web Accelerator and Security Suite(TM) and the X-Men(TM) Web Accelerator and Security Suite(TM). The products will be demonstrated at this week's SUPERCOMM(R) 2004 in Chicago. SUPERCOMM is the world's largest annual all-inclusive exhibition and conference for communication service providers and private network managers. Artera is located at booth number 13217 in the North Hall of McCormick Place.

Artera's line of Marvel character-based web acceleration products also includes the Spider-Man(TM) Web Accelerator and Security Suite(TM) introduced by Artera in May. The company has obtained the exclusive right to distribute these branded products from Filtered Internet Solutions, Inc. ("FIS"), the product's developer and worldwide licensee of Marvel Enterprises, Inc. and Marvel Characters, Inc., for Internet Security products and services.

"We believe the character-branded products will be of great interest to ISPs who are looking for a way to offer their customers a choice of web acceleration products," said Michael Parrella, Chairman and CEO. "These products enable ISPs to differentiate themselves in order to capture a very wide loyal fan base."

Artera Turbo is the fastest and most comprehensive Internet accelerator on the market. This subscription-based service uses a series of optimization technologies to increase browsing speeds over any Internet connection, including a standard dial-up line. This service not only optimizes http-based email such as Hotmail and Yahoo but all email protocols including those used in Microsoft Outlook(R), Microsoft Outlook Express(R) and Netscape(R) Mail (POP3, SMTP, IMAP). Speed improvements are most dramatic on emails with large attachments. Additionally, Artera Turbo 3.1 accelerates Native File Transfer Protocol (FTP) uploads and downloads.

An excellent feature for resellers is automatic updating. Once the software is installed, it prompts users to available updates. Because an update includes only those portions of the software that have changed, it is quickly downloaded. ISPs and other resellers do not have a cumbersome upgrade process to manage with each new version.

Artera Turbo also includes an ultra-secure firewall and parental control features. Parents can choose either a "walled garden" approach where they simply create a list of all sites their children can visit or they can take the opposite approach and create a list of restricted sites that they do not want their children to access.

About Artera Group, Inc.

Artera is the developer of proprietary Internet acceleration and optimization technologies for residential, small business and enterprise applications. Artera's Artera Turbo service optimizes last mile performance, providing "Virtual Broadband" high-speed Internet usage over any connection, including dial-up lines. When used on a corporate network, Artera can create more capacity and more than double data transmission speeds without any investment in hardware-based bandwidth compression systems or network upgrades. For more information, visit www.arteragroup.com.

(C) 2004 Artera Group, Inc. , and Filtered Internet Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Spider-Man Web Accelerator and Security Suite, Incredible Hulk (TM) Web Accelerator and Security Suite, X-Men(TM) Web Accelerator and Security Suite, and Filtered Internet Solutions, TM & (C) 2004 Filtered Internet Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Artera and Artera Turbo are trademarks of Artera Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Marvel, Spider-Man,Incredible Hulk and X-Men, TM & (C) 2004 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved. www.marvel.com. The above referenced software products are produced under license from Marvel Characters, Inc. to Filtered Internet Solutions, Inc.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information contained in this press release comprises forward-looking statements. In order to obtain the benefits of the "safe harbor" provisions for any such forward-looking statements, NCTI wishes to caution investors and prospective investors about significant factors, which among others, have in some cases affected NCTI's actual results and are in the future likely to affect NCTI's actual results and cause them to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. For example, data transfer speed enhancements resulting from Artera Turbo product usage may vary based on individual user circumstance. In addition, investors and prospective investors should read this press release in conjunction with NCTI's recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission available online in the EDGAR database at http://www.sec.gov.