05.12.2005 13:30:00

CMA Expands Cable Telephony Agreement with Net2Phone; Net2Phone to Bring VoIP Services to Four Additional CMA Markets

Net2Phone (NASDAQ: NTOP) and CMA Communications (CMA), acable television operator with 130,000 homes passed in the US, todayannounced that they've expanded their agreement to provide cabletelephony services to four additional markets in Texas and Nevada.

Earlier this year, CMA and Net2Phone signed an agreement todeliver digital phone services to CMA customers in Belle Chasse,Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. The Belle Chasse deployment hasbeen delayed due to Hurricane Katrina damaging CMA's plant in BelleChasse. Since September the companies have worked together to providefree VoIP calling to Belle Chasse residents impacted by the hurricaneat the FEMA/Red Cross Center, but now anticipate deploying residentialphone services in both the rebuilt Belle Chasse market and the newmarkets in Texas and Nevada in 2006. Combined, the five marketsrepresent approximately 50,000 homes.

"Being able to bring our customers a high-quality, affordabletelephony service in addition to our digital cable television andhigh-speed Internet offerings, furthers our commitment to thecommunities we serve" said Doug Bridges, President of CMA. "Workingwith Net2Phone after Hurricane Katrina to provide the vital service inBelle Chasse allowed us to appreciate the value of the partnership aswell as the ease of launching this service."

"We're pleased to expand on our previous relationship with CMA inLouisiana and bring our feature-rich product to these communities inLouisiana, Nevada and Texas," says Net2Phone CEO Liore Alroy. "Ouraffiliation with the NCTC is further proof of Net2Phone's expertise inproviding telephony solutions to cable operators in markets of allsizes."

CMA is a member of the National Cable Television Cooperative(NCTC), a purchasing group that represents more than 1,100 US cableoperators. Net2Phone's Master Purchasing Agreement (MPA) with the NCTCoffers members a way to quickly and easily offer telephony services totheir customers.

About CMA

CMA is a privately held cable television operator based in Dallas.CMA owns and operates over 40 cable systems in Mississippi, Louisiana,Texas and Nevada and provides a broad variety of product offeringsincluding digital cable television, high definition television, highspeed internet and commercial business services. CMA anticipatesbecoming a leading provider of internet-based telephone service inthese markets over the next few years. Learn more about CMACommunications at cmaaccess.com.

About Net2Phone

Net2Phone provides PacketCable, SIP and wireless VoIP solutionsaround the world. As a leader in turn-key hosted VoIP telephonyservices, Net2Phone has routed billions of VoIP minutes globally,servicing more than 100,000 users in the US as well as hundreds ofthousands of more overseas. Net2Phone provides partners with aSIP-based broadband telephony solution, calling cards, prefix dialingand enterprise services in over 100 countries. Net2Phone's PacketCableplatform provides cable operators with the ability to deliver a highquality primary line-type service with features such as emergencycalling. For more information about Net2Phone's products and services,please visit www.net2phone.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within themeaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, andSection 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Theseforward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and actualresults could differ materially from those discussed in theforward-looking statements. For this purpose, any statements containedin this press release that are not statements of historical fact maybe deemed to be forward-looking statements. Factors which may affectthe Company's results include, but are not limited to, the Company'sability to satisfy in a timely manner the requirements of Section 404of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations adoptedpursuant thereto, the Company's ability to expand its customer base,the Company's ability to develop additional and leverage its existingdistribution channels for its products and solutions, dependence onstrategic and channel partners including their ability to distributethe Company's products and meet or renew their financial commitments,the Company's ability to address international markets, theeffectiveness of the Company's sales and marketing activities, theacceptance of the Company's products in the marketplace, the timingand scope of deployments of the Company's products by customers,fluctuations in customer sales cycles, customers' ability to obtainadditional funding, technical difficulties with respect to theCompany's products or products in development, the need for ongoingproduct development in an environment of rapid technological change,the emergence of new competitors in the marketplace, the Company'sability to compete successfully against established competitors withgreater resources, the uncertainty of future governmental regulation,the Company's ability to manage growth, obtain patent protection, andobtain additional funds, general economic conditions and other risksdiscussed in this Press Release and in the Company's filings with theSecurities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements andrisk factors included in this document are made as of the date hereof,based on information available to the Company as of the date thereof,and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-lookingstatement or risk factors.

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