SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- June 2, 2003 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Dialpad Communications, Inc., a leading retail Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP), announced today at Supercomm that it will partner with Indus Bell (Pvt) Ltd., a leading telecommunications group in Pakistan, to jointly offer Internet telephony services to the Pakistani market. This will be the first full scale availability of an Internet telephony service tailored specifically for the soon-to-be deregulated Pakistani market.

Under this agreement, Indus Bell will market Dialpad's Internet telephony services to consumers and businesses throughout Pakistan through its channels. The co-branded service leverages Dialpad's leading voice-over-IP (VoIP) platform to offer Pakistani users great savings on all of their international calls to over 200 countries. Together, Dialpad and Indus Bell are focused on providing Pakistani consumers with affordable, high-quality, IP-based international long distance services.

"Indus Bell is committed to making international calling affordable," said Engr. Imran Akhtar Shah, Indus Bell's Chief Executive Officer. "We are thrilled to work with Dialpad, which has become synonymous with quality, affordable international calling worldwide. We believe that this joint offering will provide tremendous value to our customers in a country of 140 million people."

"We are very excited about this partnership," said Dialpad's CEO Craig Walker. "Indus Bell is poised to become one of the dominant telecom players in the Pakistani market, and we believe this represents a unique opportunity to quickly extend the reach of VoIP in this fast growing market. This partnership, in addition to our recently announced relationship with Data Access in India, is a further example of Dialpad's strategy of partnering with the leading service providers/ISPs in emerging markets to quickly enter and establish a long term relationship with the consumer. We look forward to working with Indus Bell to bring the benefits of Dialpad's Internet telephony services to the Pakistani consumer."

About Dialpad Communications

Dialpad Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of low-cost, high-quality Internet calling solutions, generating over 300 million calls to more than 200 countries worldwide. Dialpad's patent-pending technology has made it the Internet's best phone call, with no large downloads or complicated installations required. The company is based in Milpitas, CA and can be reached at (408) 635-1000 or at http://www.dialpad.com.

About Indus Bell (Pvt) Limited:

Indus Bell (Pvt) Ltd. (www.indusbell.net) is the Pakistan partner of GlobeCast Asia / France Telecom (www.globecast.com) and BBS Access Pte Ltd. (www.bbsgroup.com.sg). It provides network solutions for small to medium sized businesses, including Internet connectivity, e-mail, Wireless Local Loop and VOIP capabilities. Indus Bell's vision is to become the key regional player in the Telecom business. This will be achieved in setting up IN (Intelligent Network) using a VOIP platform for National and International calling. The company focuses on VoIP-based services and related emerging IT/Telecomm technologies.

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