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MTU-Inform Company, Ltd. Interconnecting with ITXC.net; MTU-Inform Offering International Internet Telephony.


PRINCETON, NJ and MOSCOW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999--

MTU-Inform Company Ltd. and ITXC (Internet Telephony Exchange Carrier Corporation, Princeton, NJ, www.itxc.com) The largest IP exchange carrier in the world. ITXC was acquired by wholesale telco provider Teleglobe Bermuda Ltd. in 2004 and then by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.  Corp (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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: ITXC) announced today that MTU (1) (Maximum Transmission Unit, Maximum Transfer Unit) The largest frame size that can be transmitted over the network. For example, an Ethernet MTU is 1,500 bytes. Messages longer than the MTU must be divided into smaller frames.  is now connected to ITXC's global Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks.  network - ITXC.net.

MTU is originating international traffic by reselling ITXC's wholesale Internet telephony services to its customers.

MTU has been offering telecommunication services in Moscow since 1995. The Company is an exclusively Russian enterprise holding licenses for local, intercity, interzonal telephony communications, data transmission, telematic services, VoIP, as well as cable and cellular television.

ITXC also routes calls destined des·tine  
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2.
 for Russia to MTU using its patent pending BestValue Routings(TM) technology to control quality. Calls are generated around the world by ITXC's carrier and reseller customers, and carried over the Internet to MTU terminating gateways.

"MTU Group is the largest competitive carrier in Moscow and possibly among the biggest in Russia," says Nickolai N. Repin, Ph.D., Vice General Director of MTU-Intel, daughter company of MTU-Inform, which is working on all Internet related projects for MTU-Inform. "Internet telephony is strategic to both our domestic and international goals. As such, we are partnering with ITXC not only for their size and experience in this industry, but also for their like-minded commitment in aggressively expanding into Russia, neighboring neigh·bor  
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2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another.

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 countries, and the rest of the world".

Michael Young, ITXC's Managing Director for Russia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa adds, "We are experiencing substantial growth in Russia and the CIS countries There are two lists concerning CIS countries:
  • List of CIS countries by GDP (PPP)
  • List of CIS countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
 and are pleased to be partnering with such a strong regional player as MTU. Having access to their network infrastructure adds breadth and depth to our existing regional footprint and allows us to scale without sacrificing on our quality of service levels."

MTU joins Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, China Telecom, and Korea Telecom KT (formerly, Korea Telecom, Korean: 한국통신, NYSE: KT) is South Korea's top integrated wired/wireless telecommunication service provider. KT has been Korea's leader in the development of the information & communications business for the last 25 years  among the many affiliates terminating calls for ITXC.net. China Telecom, Japan Telecom, and Korea Telecom are among others who are originating Internet telephony calls through ITXC.net.

About ITXC:

ITXC Corp(TM) is the tier one carrier of Internet telephony. ITXC.net is the infrastructure for voice on the Internet with over 126 IP PoPs in 81 cities and 38 countries. Network affiliates include international carriers, ISPs, and newly formed Internet telephony service providers (communications) Internet Telephony Service Providers - (ITSP) Companies providing IP Telephony.  (ITSPs.) Key Affiliates include Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, China Telecom, GTS GTS
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, and Korea Telecom among others.

ITXC sells international call completion and enhanced telephony services including international toll free calling to carriers, PTTs, and resellers. These services are routed over ITXC.net using the public Internet and ITXC's patent pending BestValue Routing(TM) technologies to assure quality.

For more information, please refer to www.itxc.com.

Forward looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in ITXC's forward looking statements due to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, among other factors, the volatile and competitive environment for Internet telephony, changes in domestic and foreign economic, market and regulatory conditions, any failure of ITXC, its vendors or other third parties to achieve Year 2000 compliance and other risks detailed in ITXC's reports filed from time to time with the SEC

ITXC Corp(TM), ITXC.net(TM), and BestValue Routing(TM) are trademarks of ITXC Corp. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
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