CRESCENT DEVELOPIMG DESKTOP SECURITY SOFTWARE.

Crescent Communications Inc. (OTCBB:CCES), Houston, is developing a proprietary and unique desktop control application to be called Gateway. Gateway will secure the user's desktop personal computer to Crescent's Industry Specific Virtual Private Network (ISVPN). The Gateway application will enable the user greater operational control, efficiency and productivity. The application will be produced under ISO 9002 standards.

Crescent believes that Gateway will represent the next generation of portals for the PC, giving enterprises the ability to coordinate Internet access for their users. Crescent anticipates Gateway will be a "first-to-market" product which will allow the administrator to easily create a customized Internet experience for each user in the areas of Web browsing, e-mail, file downloads and newsgroup activities. Gateway will permit administrators to grant or deny different levels of Internet access on a user-by-user basis enabling businesses to more effectively coordinate Internet access.

"Adding Gateway to our product offerings will enable Crescent to provide users with a unique end-to-end secure telecommunications infrastructure solution that starts from their desktop," stated Manfred Sternberg, CEO. "This is in line with our development of specific services for targeted industries, which will provide them with a secure channel of Internet communication, free from risk of interception or unauthorized transmission. We expect to release the Gateway software in the first quarter of 2003."

About Crescent Communications Inc.

Crescent Communications Inc. (OTCBB:CCES) is a value added network provider, (VAN), focused on the small business and enterprise-level market segments providing industry specific end-to-end solutions for vertical markets such as medical, high end graphics and printing, legal and financial. Crescent provides wireless, DSL and traditional communication technologies using several regional and national carriers. Besides managed VPN's, Crescent delivers application and Web hosting services as well as managed firewall services from its ATM core fiber backbone network.

For more information, call 713/682-7400 or visit http://www.crescentb.com.