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Delta Three to Begin Trial Operations With PTT of OMAN; General Telecommunications Organization GTO of Oman Joins Delta Three Network Partnership Program.


NEW YORK and MUSCAT, Oman--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1999--Delta Three, Inc., a division of RSL RSL - RAISE Specification Language  Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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: RSLCF), has announced that General Telecommunications Organization (GTO), the exclusive provider of telecommunications services in the Sultanate of Oman, has signed on as a member of the Delta Three Network Partnership Program. The GTO will install Ericsson's Internet Protocol Telephony Solution and connect to the Delta Three Global Internet Telephony network.

GTO Oman is the fifth major telco to join the Delta Three Network Partnership Program. Other members include Telenor Nextel (Norway), Iceland Telecom, ONSE (South Korea) and KPN (The Netherlands).

Based on market research, Delta Three anticipates a tremendous interest in Internet Telephony from the people of Oman. In response to this interest, GTO will provide Delta Three Internet Telephony services including retail calling cards, direct dial long distance, PC-to-Phone software and expects to provide an array of value added services currently being developed by Delta Three. The initial products will be available from the GTO website and retail outlets next month.

"We are very pleased that the GTO has recognized the value of providing IP Telephony services in Oman, and that they chose Delta Three as their partner," said Elie Wurtman, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Delta Three. "As our premier Network Partner in the Middle East, GTO will help us leverage Internet Telephony in the region."

"GTO very much looks forward to working with Delta Three. We feel this relationship will give our subscribers the best possible VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a  services," said President of the PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries.

(2) See push-to-talk.

PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration
 Abdullah Al-Rawahy.

Delta Three is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of global communications provider RSL Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: RSLCF). Established in 1996, Delta Three was the first company to launch Phone-to-Phone Internet Telephony services. Today, Delta Three operates the world's largest global managed IP Telephony network, with 37 points of presence in 29 countries. Using its expanded network, Delta Three will focus its online presence as a Communications Portal, offering interactive voice, fax, e-mail, paging, voicemail, roaming services, messaging and other products which can be accessed via regular telephones or Delta Three's website at www.deltathree.com. Delta Three marketing and technology partners include: Telenor Nextel, theglobe.com (NASDAQ: TGLO TGLO Turbine Generator Lube Oil (submarines) ), and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERICY).

The General Telecommunications Organization (GTO) of Oman has developed a communications infrastructure on par with those in most modern countries in the world. The GTO offers mobile telephone service, payphones, pagers, voice mail, bureau fax, telegraph service, telex, leased circuits, CPS, maritime service, and VSAT (Very Small Aperture satellite Terminal) A small earth station for satellite transmission that handles up to 56 Kbits/sec of digital transmission. VSATs that handle the T1 data rate (up to 1.544 Mbits/sec) are called "TSATs.  services throughout Oman.

This release is available on the Delta Three website at www.deltathree.com and RSL COM website at www.rslcom.com.
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