Planet Internet bundles Internet Chameleon with Internet services.

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 1995--NetManage, Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. and Planet Internet of the Netherlands today announced that Planet Internet has signed an agreement with NetManage to bundle a customized version of the company's award winning Internet Chameleon as the Internet front end for all Planet Internet subscribers.

Planet Internet is an Internet collective between KPN (Royal PTT Netherlands) Quote Media and "De Telegraaf" with the emphasis on providing European based Internet users with a one stop Internet solution.

According to Pieter van Hoogstraten, President of Planet Internet and Director of Operations for KPN MultiMedia, "We selected Internet Chameleon based on the product's extensive feature rich applications and user friendliness. Internet Chameleon was designed for the power Internet user that Planet Internet is targeting in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe."

Planet Internet is the first online publishing company in the Netherlands. The company provides users with service accounts, customer service and magazines. Planet Internet's goal is to be more than an Internet access provider, but a news and information center for subscribers.

"We believe that Planet Internet is at the forefront of providing individuals and businesses with the right tools and services that Europe needs to get connected to the world's largest network. NetManage is excited about Planet Internet's initial bundling of 20,000 copies of Internet Chameleon with their service as a giant step in getting Europe online," said Zvi Alon, President and CEO of NetManage.

Planet Internet intends to add additional subscriber services for the rest of Europe using Internet Chameleon. The product's ability to be customized to Planet Internet accounts allows the provider to localize services rapidly. NetManage will provide Planet Internet subscribers with customer service from its European based operations. The company's service and support centers are located in United Kingdom, France and Germany and services all of Europe.

About Internet Chameleon

Internet Chameleon is the industry's first and only complete Microsoft Windows application suite for dial-up access to the Internet. Internet Chameleon features eighteen dial-up Internet tools including: Automatic Internet, ECCO Internet Address Book, WebSurfer, SMTP Mail, NewtNews, offline Gopher client, Archie, Talk, FTP client and server, Telnet, Ping, Finger, and WhoIs. The product is completely WinSock compliant and supports modem speeds up to 115.2 Kbps and supports SLIP, CSLIP, PPP and ISDN connections.

About Planet Internet

Planet Internet is the first on-line publishing company in the Netherlands. The company is a partnership of KPN (Royal PTT Netherlands), Quote Media and "De Telegraaf" (a leading Dutch newspaper) and provides local access to the international Internet computer network for private individuals and companies, supply information services and set up of commercial services for third parties. Planet Internet operates its own network which covers 100 percent of the Netherlands. Customers can access the network at the local telephone rate.

About NetManage

NetManage, Inc. develops, markets and supports an integrated set of TCP/IP inter-networking applications and development tools for Microsoft Windows. NetManage software faciltates communications, productivity and the administration of personal computing across dissimilar networking environments. The Company's award-winning product families include Chameleon and ECCO. The company is located at 10725 De Anza Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014, U.S.A. Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] World Wide Web: www.netmanage.com.

CONTACT: NetManage, Inc.

Donna Loughlin, 408/973-7171

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