Kyocera Wireless Corporation Integrates WebEx Platform for Internal Communications and Collaborative Product Development.

Business Writers/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2001

WebEx Meeting Center Service Helps Leading Wireless

Phone Manufacturer with Internal and External Communications

WebEx Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEBX), the leader in interactive communications infrastructure for business meetings on the Web, today announced that is has signed Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading provider of innovative CDMA wireless handsets, as a new WebEx Meeting Center service customer. Kyocera Wireless uses its custom-branded WebEx Meeting Center service for interactive Web communications between domestic offices, production facilities and vendors around the world. WebEx's switch-based communications infrastructure supports data, voice and video communications and allows Kyocera employees and vendors to work together in real-time through a standard browser. With more than 4,000 corporate customers and agreements with some of the world's largest telecommunications providers, WebEx's services are the standard for interactive business communications on the Web.

"Because the WebEx platform is able to support the entire range of communications, it's great for our product development teams," said Masahiro Inoue, president and CEO for Kyocera Wireless Corp. "We use WebEx to share data, video and a variety of media types with vendors around the world and our domestic facilities in California and Colorado. WebEx allows us to improve internal collaboration, cut development times and increase communications with our vendor network."

"Kyocera is developing the some of the most innovative wireless phones and electronic accessories on the market and we are proud to be part of their design process," said Subrah Iyar, chairman and CEO of WebEx Communications. "WebEx meetings can help any company decrease costs, improve internal and external communications, increase productivity and cut development times. WebEx's low cost of implementation, instant cost savings and significant ROI have made it the standard for real-time business meetings on the Web."

WebEx provides Web-based communications services to corporations. Departments across the enterprise use WebEx meetings to save money on travel costs and increase productivity. All of its services are built on the WebEx interactive communications platform and are supported by WebEx's global network infrastructure ensuring scalability, reliability and predictability.

About WebEx Meeting Center

Kyocera Wireless Corporation is using a customized version of WebEx Meeting Center, a feature-rich service built on the WebEx interactive platform. WebEx Meeting Center services support the entire range of data, voice and video communications to provide an online environment that simulates the full spontaneity and productivity of face-to-face communications. Detailed information regarding all of WebEx's services is available at http://webex.com/home/services_business.html

About Kyocera Wireless Corp.

Kyocera Wireless Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera International, Inc. (KII), the North American headquarters and holding company of Kyocera Corporation. KII established Kyocera Wireless Corp. after acquiring QUALCOMM Incorporated's CDMA consumer wireless phone business in February 2000. Kyocera Wireless Corp. incorporates QUALCOMM's CDMA technology in the development and manufacture of wireless phones and accessories for customers worldwide. For more information on Kyocera Wireless Corp., please visit the Kyocera Wireless Corp. website at http://www.kyocera-wireless.com.

About WebEx Communications Inc.

Founded in 1996, WebEx Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEBX) is the leader in interactive business communications. WebEx provides Web-based carrier-class communication services using its multimedia-switching platform deployed over a global network. WebEx's services enable end-users to share presentations, documents, applications, voice, and video spontaneously in a seamless environment. WebEx services are used across the enterprise in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering, and various other functions. With its modular framework and standards-based APIs, WebEx services are easily integrated with third party products and services. Please call toll free 877/932-3911 or visit http://www.webex.com for more information.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may be identified by use of the terms anticipates, believes, continue, could, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, potential, predicts, should or will, or the negative of those terms or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. In particular, these forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that WebEx meetings can help any company decrease costs, improve internal and external communications, increase productivity and cut development times and that WebEx's global network infrastructure ensures scalability, reliability and predictability. Factors which could contribute to risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, failures and interruptions in the software and systems underlying WebEx' services and the failure of customers to adopt WebEx services, to use them effectively in their business, and to decrease their other expenses. A fuller discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could affect WebEx Communications, Inc. are more fully set forth in WebEx's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including WebEx's Form 10-K filed on April 2, 2001 and Form 10-Q filed on July 30, 2001. WebEx Communications, Inc. assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information contained in this press release.