First-Ever Wholesale International Fax-to-fax Network Using Low-cost Internet Backbone Launched; INTERFAX Seeks In-country Partners for Global Retail Distribution.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1996--INTERFAX LP has eliminated the high cost of sending faxes from country to country by as much as 75 percent with its new international facsimile network using the low-cost Internet TCP/IP backbone. INTERFAX, a wholesale-only provider, is actively seeking in-country partners to market its network services -- point-to-point facsimile, fax broadcast and, later, voice -- available to consumers worldwide. The company expects to have partners in a dozen European, Pacific Rim, North American and Middle Eastern countries by fall 1996.

"INTERFAX' local marketing partners possess a high-margin, high-volume sales capability unmatched elsewhere in today's fiercely competitive telecommunications environment," said INTERFAX President Dennis Miga. "The average per-minute gross margin exceeds 50 percent even with a retail price well below the prevailing rate structure in their home market."

By utilizing the existing ubiquitous Internet backbone, you can send a fax today to any other fax in the world at significant savings over the INTERFAX network.

"The service is highly saleable as subscribers do not require a computer or access to the Internet. Unlike other international facsimile services, INTERFAX offers completely transparent use of the Internet to provide fax-to-fax service," Miga said. "In addition, our in-country partners are not needed to build out the physical network. They provide local access to the network as well as marketing, customer service and billing."

INTERFAX partners agree to deploy a proprietary IDENTIFY (Internet Data and Enhanced Telephony Integrated Facsimile System) node between the public switched network and the INTERFAX network. INTERFAX, in turn, sells the partner low-cost minutes on the network and provides node installation, ongoing technical assistance, transmission and billing data. Partners set their own price and marketing strategies.

To send a fax over the INTERFAX network, the customer dials the destination fax number in the usual manner. Network access and billing codes are programmed into a dialer or the fax machine's internal speed dial function. The fax is then routed to a local partner's node and transmitted via the Internet backbone. The transmission is automatically retried if the destination line is busy. Notice of non-delivery is sent to the sender.

For more information on the INTERFAX network or becoming an INTERFAX partner, contact INTERFAX at 3131 McKinney Blvd., No. 200, Dallas, TX, USA, or by telephone at 817/685-6223, or via e-mail at [e-mail].

INTERFAX is a privately held wholesale provider of international network services utilizing the Internet backbone. INTERFAX headquarters are in Dallas, Texas, USA, with additional offices in Minneapolis, Minn., USA and London, England.

CONTACT: INTERFAX LP

Dennis Miga, 817/685-6223

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Marcom Support Services 

Khali Henderson, 602/893-2057

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