Brad Garlinghouse Joins Dialpad.com as CEO; CMGI @Ventures Partner to Lead Ambitious Growth for Leading Free Internet Phone Service.

Business Editors and Technology Writers

MENLO PARK, Calif. and SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000

Brad Garlinghouse, a general partner with CMGI @Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI), has joined Dialpad.com, Inc. as CEO to leverage the company's rapid growth in the exploding new category of free Internet phone services.

Mr. Garlinghouse will continue in his role as strategic advisor and director with his current CMGI @Ventures portfolio companies.

Dialpad provides registered users with free local and long-distance phone calls to any U.S. phone number, including residential, business and cell phones. The company has registered more than seven million users in the seven months it has been in operation, with an average of 30,000 new members signing up for free calling service every day. On average, 90 percent of the site's 250,000 daily visitors are repeat users who make more than 750,000 calls and talk for over 4.5 million minutes -- per day.

"Dialpad continues to be one of the fastest growing Web services in history with an unprecedented rate of adoption by a wide variety of users," said Mr. Garlinghouse. "I am honored to join Dialpad to help it grow into the Internet telephony leader. I look forward to helping the company build a world-class executive team that will fulfill our mission to provide free calling to Internet users everywhere."

Mr. Garlinghouse will guide Dialpad's strategic and international development, leading the company's ambitious expansion program to roll-out free calling services to Web users in key international markets. His mission is to broker strategic alliances with established telecommunications and Internet industry leaders as well as top online advertising networks. He will also direct Dialpad's rapid corporate expansion, making numerous key appointments in strategy, sales, marketing and business development.

Mr. Garlinghouse brings both extensive experience and cross-industry contacts within the telecommunications, cable and Internet industries to Dialpad. Before joining CMGI @Ventures, he was with the @Home Network, the leading broadband Internet service provider, where he was responsible for business development focusing on @Home's broadband portal. Prior to his tenure with @Home, Mr. Garlinghouse was with TCI Internet Services where he helped launch the first commercially available cable modem service. Earlier, he worked for SBC Communications, the parent company of Pacific Bell and Southwestern Bell, in a number of capacities.

Mr. Garlinghouse holds a BA in Economics from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

About Dialpad.com, Inc.

Dialpad.com (http://www.dialpad.com) requires no complex set-up procedures or hardware requirements. There is no need to enter a credit card number and there are no hidden charges. The company enables registered users to bypass local and long-distance telephone charges entirely by using the convenient new service.

Dialpad.com, Inc. is a privately held, Silicon Valley Internet company that has developed the nation's leading free calling service for the Internet. With its patent-pending VoIP technology and targeted online advertising, Dialpad is able to offer free Internet phone services to Internet users everywhere. The company was spun out of Serome Technology Inc. the leading Korean communications software company (KOSDAQ:35610).

About Serome Technology, Inc.

Serome Technology KK, founded in 1993, is the leading communications software and Internet company in Korea. The company has refined its expertise in emerging technology categories including video-conferencing, multimedia, voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and related Internet technologies serving the business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets.

About CMGI and CMGI @Ventures

With more than 70 companies, CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI) represents the largest, most diverse network of Internet companies in the world, including both CMGI operating companies and synergistic investments made through its venture capital affiliate, CMGI @Ventures. CMGI leverages the technologies, content and market reach of its extended family of companies to foster rapid growth and industry leadership across its network and the larger Internet Economy. Compaq, Intel, Microsoft, Pacific Century CyberWorks and Sumitomo hold minority positions in CMGI.

CMGI's majority-owned operating companies include Engage (Nasdaq:ENGA), NaviSite (Nasdaq:NAVI), 1stUp.com, Activate, AdForce, AltaVista, CMGion, CMGI Solutions, Equilibrium, ExchangePath, iCAST, MyWay.com, NaviPath, SalesLink, Tribal Voice, uBid.com, and yesmail.com. CMGI @Ventures has ownership interests in 57 companies, including Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq:LCOS), Critical Path (Nasdaq:CPTH), MotherNature.com (Nasdaq:MTHR), Ventro (Nasdaq:VNTR) and Vicinity (Nasdaq:VCNT).

CMGI's corporate headquarters is located at 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810. CMGI @Ventures has offices there, as well as at 3000 Alpine Road, Menlo Park, CA 94028. For additional information, see http://www.cmgi.com/ and http://www.ventures.com/.

Dialpad.com(TM) is a trademark of Dialpad.com, Inc.

All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification or reference purposes only, with no intent to infringe on copyrights.