High Tech Start-Up Provides AT&T with Core Web-To-Fax Technology - PEERNET's PEERNET.DRV Doc-to-Fax Driver - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, August 30, 1999

PEERNET Inc. Tuesday announced an agreement in which it will provide AT&T Easylink Services of New Jersey, USA with core technology for its Internet-based Web to Fax Service. AT&T Web to Fax Service is a high volume fax management service that distributes documents to fax machines and e-mail addresses through a single Internet connection.

Under the agreement, AT&T will purchase the non-exclusive rights to the PEERNET.DRV Doc-to-Fax Driver. The driver converts Microsoft Windows documents into multipage TIFF Class F images, the digital image type that is supported by fax machines. The driver will be distributed with related components from other software vendors to AT&T's Web to Fax Service subscribers.

"We're very pleased to be associated with a global organization like AT&T at such an important juncture in our growth," said PEERNET President and CEO Robert Massart. "Our agreement today represents a confirmation of PEERNET's vision of paperless workflow processes through Internet technology. We look forward to expanding our vision by applying what we have learned from this development project."

The PEERNET.DRV Doc-to-Fax Driver supports fax resolutions of 200x200 (fine) and 200x100 (standard); portrait and landscape page orientations; and multiple standardized paper sizes, including Letter, Legal, and A4. The software runs on Windows 95/98 and NT4.0, and automatically translates itself into the language of the host system during installation. AT&T was particularly interested in the driver's auto-translation capabilities, since its Service is offered worldwide in five languages.

AT&T, http://www.att.com is the world's premier provider of voice and data communications, with more than 80 million customers, including businesses, government and consumers. AT&T runs the world's largest, most powerful long-distance network and the largest wireless network in North America. The company is a leading supplier of data and Internet services for businesses and the nation's largest direct Internet service provider to consumers. AT&T also provides local telephone service to a growing number of businesses.

Founded in 1997, PEERNET Inc. (http://www.peernet.com) develops programming tools, software applications, and embedded systems for both the commercial and consumer markets. The company's technological emphasis is on Internet/Intranet image management, automatic identification, and data collection technologies.