Afripa Telecom, a Unit of Atlantique Group to Deploy VocalTec's Essentra Equipment To Build Pan African VoIP

VocalTec Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq:VOCL - News), a leading telecom equipment provider offering carrier class packet voice solutions, announced today that Atlantique Group, a leading pan-African data services provider and GSM operator (Telecel), is deploying a number of products within VocalTec's Essentra® Product Suite, to rapidly roll out new VoIP services and build new revenue streams.

Afripa Telecom, a unit of Atlantique Group, is expanding its network through the deployment of VocalTec's Essentra EX Peering Manager, a simple and cost effective peering solution. The initial deployment, which took place in March 2005 includes six Points of Presence (POPs) in Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Niger, Gabon and Congo, and Afripa Telecom plans a further expansion in two additional African countries.

"Offering these services is strategic to our objective to establish ourselves as a key player in Africa in 2005," said Patrick Kouame, Deputy CEO at Afripa Telecom. "VocalTec's solutions are truly scalable, enabling us to grow our network as the demand increases."

As an increasing number of carriers deploy VoIP-based trunking solutions, there is a growing need for direct interconnection between carriers' VoIP networks without TDM conversion. VocalTec's solutions provide an essential function in connecting and assuring interoperability of different carrier networks, regardless of the type of vendor equipment, allowing carriers to expand network reach and minimize PSTN termination costs.

"This successful and rapid deployment of Essentra EX, alongside other components of our product suite, demonstrates the value our solutions propose to carriers who are seeking to provide value-added services to their customers," said Michel Ayache, Regional Sales Manager at VocalTec Communications Ltd. "Our reliable and flexible tools enable the carrier to generate revenue today."

The Essentra EX Peering Manager provides a simple and cost effective peering solution for wholesale operators, clearinghouses and bilateral traffic exchanges. With full support for SIP-H.323 interworking, Essentra EX can be deployed seamlessly with any VocalTec or third party softswitch platform. Essentra EX provides enhanced call routing capabilities to maximize network performance and reduce transport costs in both small and large packet voice networks. A SIP-based service layer ensures that all service/routing logic and network topology is hidden from the networking layer, accelerating time to market and simplifying network management.

About VocalTec

VocalTec Communications Ltd. (VocalTec) is a leading telecom equipment provider offering next generation network (NGN) VoIP carrier class call control and hosted telephony platforms. Our customer base spans more than 100 countries and includes Deutsche Telekom, Intelcom San Marino (subsidiary of Telecom Italia Sparkle), RomTelecom and Hanoi Telecom. The company's flagship Essentra® Product offers carriers a rich set of residential and enterprise telephony services, supporting both legacy and advanced IP based multimedia devices. VocalTec's products provide carriers with call control, interface to legacy telephone systems as well as peering with other NGN. Being first to the VoIP market, VocalTec continues to offer most innovative and advanced telecommunication solutions for carriers and service providers who migrate from legacy TDM to NGN.

Learn more about our products and solutions at www.vocaltec.com.

NOTE: VocalTec and Essentra are registered trademarks of VocalTec Communications Ltd. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Certain statements contained in this release may contain "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current expectations of VocalTec Communications' management and are naturally subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. The forward-looking statements contained herein include information with respect to plans, projections or the future performance of VocalTec Communications or any of its subsidiaries or businesses or any of its customers, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, product and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, competitive products, implementation of cost reduction plans, fluctuations in market demand, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties, and other risks detailed in the Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. VocalTec Communications is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.



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