Cybertel Continues Expansion with LDVL.com Acquisition; Merger with DSL-based Web Company Opens Up High-Tech Infrastructure for National VoIP Services.

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LA JOLLA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000

Cybertel Communications Corporation (OTC BB: CYTP.OB) announced today that it has acquired LDVL.com, a leading New York-based Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service provider, giving Cybertel access to their high-speed Internet infrastructure. This latest acquisition comes at a time when Cybertel is rapidly expanding its B2B and B2C service capabilities and building its national Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network.

Cybertel is on the leading edge of a major movement to carry long distance telecommunications traffic over the Internet, which can potentially save residential and commercial customers tens of millions of dollars in toll charges versus traditional carriers. The acquisition gives Cybertel immediate access to LDVL.coms existing network of commercial DSL and Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) circuits throughout the nations major metropolitan markets and the additional technical expertise of LDVL.coms leading industry veterans.

"Weve been talking with LDLV for several years now, discussing the best way to integrate our VoIP applications with their state-of-the-art high speed infrastructure," says Richard Mangiarelli, CEO of Cybertel Communications Corporation. "The acquisition which enables us to easily add our VoIP technology to the existing lines with minimal effort will help bring many of the pieces of our puzzle together and open up a lot of new revenue streams for Cybertel. The LDVL.com team is widely recognized as having some of the best and brightest tech people in the country and they are all ready to use their knowledge to put our combined expansion on the fast track."

The two companies will work very closely to roll out a variety of new telecommunications and Internet services in major markets over the next few months. LDVL is one of the few Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in existence to offer commercial SDSL services, enabling symmetric data rates from 192 kbps to 1.5 mbps. LDVL is also at the vanguard of Virtual Private Networking (VPN), a technology that allows a traditional Internet connection to function in part or in whole as a dedicated line for the purpose of connecting remote locations. Cybertel announced earlier that it plans to have switches in place in 14 major U.S. markets by the end of the year, helping it move closer to its ultimate goal of becoming a Tier 1 telephone service provider. Besides its DSL and SDSL offerings, LDLV.com offers high-end Web developing and consulting services. The company is also expected to help Cybertel fully integrate its others recent acquisitions, Telenomics and Lakedat.com.

"Cybertels acquisition of LDVL is the latest step in developing an integrated family of business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customer (B2C) service offerings," continues Mangiarelli. "LDLV utilizes Covads (NASDAQ: COVD) as its nationwide DSL service provider and Digex (NASDAQ: DIGX) as its global service provider for high-speed Internet access, web hosting and e-mail services. Redback Networks (Nasdaq: RBAK) supplies the company with its Subscriber Management Systems. With the integration of these DSL and SDSL technologies, Cybertel can continue our growth in the ever-expanding world of Internet telephony."

About LDVL.com

LDVL is provisioning business-class DSL services in Metropolitan New York and surrounding areas. The company also provides web hosting, email hosting and Virtual Private Networking. LDVL is focused on providing top-notch products at some of the best prices available today. It is uniquely positioned to provide unsurpassed service through its state-of-the-art technology and top-tier technology partners. LDVL offers Covads commercial SDSL services, which includes symmetric data rates from 192kbps to 1.5mbps, as well as VPN services. Additionally, they offer a full suite of traditional ISP services including Internet access, web hosting and email services as provided by Digex. They anticipate offering commercial-grade ASP services in the second quarter of 2000.

LDVLs officers include its president, Kevin Johnson, who had previously served as President of Walsh-Lowe & Associates (recently named one of the top 25 technology consulting firms in New York). Its chairman is John Manzione and Vince Griffo serves as vice president and general manager. Manzione has served as President of TVI (Telecom Ventures, Inc.), one of the top Bell Atlantic sales agents for the past 12 years, and is also a leader in the field of telecommunications trends. Griffo founded the first screen-based inter-dealer government bond broker in 1970. Most recently, Griffo has been involved in new technology introductions for the financial community.

About Cybertel

Cybertel Communications Corp. is a La Jolla, California-based Voice over the Internet Telephony (VoIP) company in the process of building a state-of-the-art Internet Telephony network throughout the United States. Cybertel has recently signed contracts with other major carriers like MCI/Worldcom (Nasdaq: WCOM), Bell Atlantic Corp. (NYSE: BEL) and Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT), which have made it possible for Cybertel to offer 1+ long distance, 1-800 numbers, regular and pre-paid calling cards and Internet access at some of the most competitive rates on the market today. Cybertel is a fully reporting company, listed on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol OTC BB: CYTP. For more information please also visit Cybertels Web site at www.cybertelcorp.com.

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