CTI Squared (CTI²), a leading developer and provider of communications and messaging solutions for carriers and service providers, today announced that Italian telecommunications provider FASTWEB - Italy's largest alternative broadband telecommunications operator and the first player worldwide to develop an all IP network for Triple Play service delivery (voice, data, video) - is using CTI²'s InTouch platform as the basis for an advanced voicemail and unified messaging services.

CTI² is providing FASTWEB with next generation Voicemail and Unified Messaging capabilities, including a TV client for messaging via interactive TV (iTV) and a Web client. FASTWEB, a successful Triple-Player provider with 500,000 subscribers, has already rolled out the InTouch services to business and residential customers.

The iTV interface is unique as it provides mailbox monitoring while watching TV. The subscriber is alerted by on-line notification of the mailbox status when a new message arrives. Then, by a click of a button on the TV remote control, the subscriber may surf the mailbox and listening to the selected message.

"We selected InTouch because it meets all our needs for a scalable, robust messaging solution that will continue to support emerging services over the long-term," said Guido Garrone, CTO at FASTWEB. "CTI² was very responsive in offering an innovative, cost-effective solution customized to our requirements."

InTouch combines a wide range of value added service capabilities within a single open, telco-grade, IP and standards based platform. This enables FASTWEB to offer selected services to specific customer groups, and to easily add third-party applications and new services. InTouch's unique architecture ensures seamless integration with existing systems and applications and provides a robust infrastructure for future enhanced services.

Erez Marom, CEO of CTI² commented: "As one of the more innovative providers of broadband communication services in Europe, FASTWEB is considered a market trendsetter. Its selection and successful rollout of the advanced voicemail and unified messaging services proves the value of our Next Generation messaging services availability and our capability for cooperation with system integrators."

About FASTWEB

FASTWEB is the main alternative Italian operator for broadband telecommunication services, currently present in Milan, Rome, Genoa, Turin, Naples, Bologna, Venezia-Mestre, Padua, Biella, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bari and Alessandria with a network that spreads out over more than 12,000 km. Thanks to the use of a technological model that is unique worldwide and that brings together the extensive use of the Internet Protocol for the transmission of voice, data and video and fibre optic cable and xdsl technology, FASTWEB can offer integrated services covering fixed telephony, fast Internet and television to residential clients, while for business it provides advanced competitive services to all segments of the market - the public administration, large, medium and small size enterprises, professional offices, and the retail sector. For more information, please visit FASTWEB's website at www.FASTWEB.it.

About CTI²

CTI² is a leading provider of advanced messaging and conferencing solutions for Mobile carriers, Fixed-line carriers, Broadband operators, Cable operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and Application Service Providers (ASPs). CTI²'s flagship offering is InTouch, an open, IP and Standards-based Next Generation Messaging and Conferencing Platform. Combining a comprehensive suite of advanced services in a single platform, InTouch is deployed by service providers worldwide. Founded in 1996, CTI² is privately owned. The Company employs a large team of technicians and programmers to continuously develop in-house best of breed messaging and conferencing solutions using the most advanced technologies. CTI² provides comprehensive solutions by partnering with leading integration and support providers worldwide, including HP (NYSE, NASDAQ: HPQ), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and others. For more information, please visit the CTI² Web site at www.cti2.com.

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For further information:

FASTWEB Press Office
Simona Geroldi
Tel.: +39 02 4545 4350
Fax: +39 02 4545 2366

CTI² Press Office
Alon Livne
CTI²
Tel: +972-9-960-5220
Email: alon.livne@cti2.com

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