pulver.com Distributes 12 VON Pioneer Awards At Black-Tie Gala in New York City

NEW YORK- -Dec. 14, 1999--The first ever VON pioneer awards were bestowed last night at a party given by pulver.com to celebrate its fifth anniversary. These awards recognized the efforts of some of those who played key roles in the birth of the Internet telephony industry during 1995 and '96. Honorees were: Elon Ganor for his work at VocalTec; Howard Jonas, founder of IDT and Net2Phone; Dan Berninger and Bruce Jacobs, cofounders of the VON Coalition; Jacob Davidson, who cofounded Delta Three, the first commercial next generation telephone company; Joe Rinde of AT&T for his contributions to the VON conferences; Dr. Robert Pepper of the FCC, for his early support of the growing industry; Joe McMillen and Dennis Specht for their work at Lucent, which was the first established telecommunications equipment vendor to develop a commercial gateway; Jerry Chang, cofounder of Clarent; and Ofer Gneezy, cofounder of iBasis. VocalTec was also recognized for its Internet phone 2.5.1.

Last night's party was held in New York City at SoHo's Puck building. The Puck building was the site of pulver.com's first conference, held in September 1996, which drew 225 participants. 3000 people participated in the organization's most recent VON (Voice on the Net) conference, which was held in September in Atlanta. In general, attendance at VON directly mirrors activity and interest in IP Telephony and can be used as a reliable gauge of the industry's growth. "The Internet Telephony industry has exploded this year, as evidenced by several stellar IPO's, and it just seemed like now was a good time look back and see how far we've come." said Jeff Pulver, CEO, pulver.com

About pulver.com
Jeff Pulver founded pulver.com at the end of 1994. In addition to producing the highly successful Voice on the Net conferences, pulver.com is engaged in many pursuits that promote growth in the Internet Telephony industry. The pulver.com website (www.pulver.com) is widely heralded as a prime source of information on Internet Telephony for both the industry and those who want to learn about the Industry. In all of its activities, pulver.com strives to find common ground within the larger Internet community.

Press Contact: Donna Levy, pulver.com, donna@pulver.com, (516) 547-0800 x326