Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Selects First Virtual's Click to Meet Web Conferencing for Next Generation E-learning Solutions.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. & MILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2002

Italian University to Provide E-learning Applications Throughout Italy

with Real-time Audio, Video and

Data Web Collaboration using Click to Meet(TM)

First Virtual Communications (Nasdaq: FVCX), a premier provider of rich media web conferencing and collaboration solutions, today announced that Italian-based Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore has selected Click to Meet(TM) as a rich media communications solution for its e-learning activities. With approximately 42,000 students and 3,000 teachers, the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is the only Italian university with multiple sites dispersed throughout Italy and headed by a single entity located in Milan. Campus locations in five major sites - Rome, Milan, Brescia, Piacenza and Cremona - run e-learning sessions and offer course access to their students, as well as to students from 14 other remote campus centers.

The Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore bought its first Click to Meet platform and installed it in Milan last year in order to serve some of their campuses. The solution met their requirements perfectly; the University has recently decided to buy a second platform that has been installed in Rome.

"Due to our geographical dispersion, distance learning has always been a key priority for the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore," indicates Professor Cesare Scurati, Director of Cep@d, the E-Learning Centre of the Universita Cattolica. "We intend to offer the best tools available on the market in order to optimize our students' experience and fulfil our educational goals. Click to Meet enables us to enhance our existing e-learning solution with the interactivity of real-time audio and video communications combined with the efficiency of remote collaboration tools."

The ease-of-use and the high quality audio and video features offered by Click to Meet impressed the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Click to Meet enables PC users to attend on line web conferences while sharing video, audio and data through an easy and intuitive web interface. The Click to Meet auto-installing browser plug-in delivers a wide range of collaborative web tools. Among the facilities integrated into the easy to use web client are office document, spreadsheet and presentation delivery, collaborative web browsing, text chat, real-time application sharing and multipoint audio and video.

The simplicity of implementation, and especially the possibility to virally deploy the web plug-in from a central location on any desktop, as well as the flexibility and the standards-based architecture of the global solution were other key elements in their decision. Click to Meet can connect in the same web conference endpoints connected to the University's intranet as well as ISDN-based systems, enabling point to point and multipoint sessions between these endpoints.

"Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore has always been recognized as an innovative player on the Italian educational market", states Fabio Tessera, managing director of the First Virtual Communications Italian Branch. "Its e-learning activity and Click to Meet are fully part of its innovation strategy, concerning either graduation degrees or lifelong training and higher educational diplomas. We are very proud that a prestigious institution such as the Universita Cattolica has selected First Virtual's technology to build its next generation e-learning applications. Click to Meet supports a wide range of applications, including distance learning, where the solution is very successful thanks to its ease-of-use and its high level of scalability and robustness."

About Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, founded in 1921, is located in Italy with 5 major sites in: Milan, Brescia, Piacenza-Cremona, Rome and Campobasso. The university is composed of 14 departments, 72 three-year degrees (according to the new ordering), 7 specialized courses, 54 schools of specialization and 47 Masters. They offer different opportunities of study in humanistic and scientific areas and propose a multidisciplinary education, through their teaching models and research, with 16 departments, 64 institutes and 72 centers.

Cep@d, the University 's e-Learning Centre, is in charge of the technological, infrastructure and educational implementation for e-learning; the technological adjustment of the University teaching methodology to e-learning programs; the implementation of training programs that fit with the University's and the market needs; research and the theoretical elaboration of educational models for e-learning. For more information please visit: http://www.unicatt.it/ and http:// [e-mail]

About First Virtual Communications

Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, First Virtual Communications is a premier provider of next generation web conferencing and collaboration solutions. It delivers award winning integrated communications solutions that address the needs of business people who need to work together remotely to collaborate, train, demonstrate or sell. The Company has helped to define IP-based communications by pushing the boundaries of conferencing for a better user experience, easier enterprise deployment and a potentially greater return on investment. The Company's products provide business quality communication by supporting a wide range of industry standards. The Company's solutions integrate seamlessly with existing tools and methodologies, such as email and web browsing, while extending the advantages of instant messaging and collaboration environments, such as MSN Messenger and Microsoft Exchange. The Company's innovative solutions are deployed in over 1,200 customer sites worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and service providers. Additional information about First Virtual Communications can be found on the Web at http://www.fvc.com.

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Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words "believes,'' "anticipates,'' "expects'' and words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements have known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of First Virtual Communications, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: the continued increase in sales of the Company's Click to Meet(TM) and MCU products, First Virtual Communications' limited operating history as a combined company with CUseeMe Networks, its variability of operating results, First Virtual Communications' broadband video services offering, market acceptance of video technology, potential inability to maintain business relationships with telecommunications carriers, distributors and suppliers, rapid technological changes, competition and consolidation in the video networking industry, the importance of attracting and retaining personnel, and other risk factors referenced in First Virtual Communications' public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2001.

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