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Go2Call Partners With Idiom, Inc. To Expand Global Internet Telephony Business

Go2Call Uses Idiom Technologies and Services to Assist with International Market Expansion

Waltham, MA - September 6, 2000 - Idiom Technologies, Inc., the premier provider of e-business globalization solutions, today announced that Go2Call, leading international PC-to-phone service provider, will engage Idiom to assist with its expansion efforts. Specifically, Go2Call will purchase and utilize Idiom's WorldServer™ globalization software as well as Idiom's technical implementation and translation services to create customized, local language versions of its site. The decision to utilize WorldServer is directly related to the results achieved during a Global Readiness Assessment® (GRA) test recently conducted by Idiom for Go2Call.

Go2Call offers free PC-to-phone calling service to a growing list of countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and Germany. According to Larry Spear, Go2Call co-founder, the company's focus on international markets requires an optimization of the site for multi-lingual and multi-cultural capability. "Seventy-five percent of our user base resides outside of the United States. As we grow our business, we're developing products and services based on local needs that we'll introduce to our users around the world in multiple languages. Idiom's GRA and WorldServer services offer proven globalization technology to enhance our development process."

Added Fred Lizza, Idiom's president and CEO, "The e-business revolution is driving new ways of doing international business. Idiom's globalization software and services are helping Go2Call expand its international role in the growing Internet telephony market. For example, in utilizing our WorldServer software and our translation services, Go2Call gains a competitive advantage in addressing international customers in their own language and cultural preferences."

The Process of Going Global
Idiom's GRA helped Go2Call solidify its web globalization strategy and assess the business, technical, and procedural issues involved in establishing and maintaining a multi-national, multi-cultural Web presence. WorldServer's unique Business Rule Linkage™ will enable the company to establish and enforce business rules regarding sharing of content across multiple locales. This will also help Go2Call strike the balance between centralized control to ensure a powerful global brand and local content that more closely matches the market needs within each country. In addition, Go2Call will leverage Idiom's translation services to consistently manage the overall initiative content across international markets.

About Go2Call
Go2Call is the first provider of free, web-based calling across the US, Canada and Europe, including the UK, Ireland and Germany. Founded in 1998, Go2Call is a comprehensive, one-stop resource, offering a broad range of Internet calling information, products and services. Go2Call, a pre-IPO company, received first round funding from First Analysis Venture Capital, one of America's leading venture capital firms. For more information visit www.go2call.com, www.go2call.co.uk, www.go2call.ie or de.go2call.com

About Idiom, Inc.
Idiom is the world's premier provider of Web globalization solutions for e-business. Idiom's approach encompasses software, strategy, and services that enable organizations such as Lycos Tripod®, Travelocity.com™, Xerox™, and Xilinx, Inc.™, to deploy a multilingual and multicultural Web presence, thereby increasing revenue, improving customer loyalty and reinforcing brand. Idiom's flagship WorldServer product is Web-based software that allows organizations to maintain a Web architecture that functions on a global scale, providing distributed control and collaboration among managers and contributors worldwide. Idiom is funded by Greylock, North Bridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners and JAFCO America Ventures. Idiom was recently named one of Computerworld's "Top 100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000." For information, call (617) 456-3000, visit http://www.idiominc.com or email info@idiominc.com. Idiom's strategic partners include Vignette Corporation, a reseller of WorldServer for Vignette, Interwoven, Inc., Akamai Technologies, Adero, Inc., and Digital Island, Inc.