Intel Showcases Panja's Universal Plug and Play Enabled Device at Connections 2000 - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, May 8, 2000

Panja Inc. (Nasdaq: PNJA) announced Friday that its Digital Media Processor (DMP) is being showcased as part of Intel's Connected.Home Initiative at Connections 2000 in San Diego, CA May 3-5th. The DMP is a Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) compatible device and has recently been recognized as one of the first Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) enabled products.

The DMP decodes audio and video content from the Internet and streams it to an existing entertainment system. This product will allow customers to access digital media content directly from their broadband connection and enjoy it on their home entertainment system. In addition, it meets the networking standards established by HomePNA as well as being UPnP enabled.

"The goal of Intel's Connected.Home Initiative is to deliver lifestyle benefits to consumers through compelling "connected experiences" via affordable & easy Internet access & connectivity, anywhere in the home," said Dave Nash, director of marketing, Connected.Home Initiative, Intel Corporation. "Panja's product is one of the devices that achieves those benefits by delivering personalized information on demand in the home."

"We are honored to be affiliated with an industry leader such as Intel," said Joe Hardt, President and CEO of Panja Inc. "The home automation and entertainment benefits that Panja and Intel bring to market are tremendous to the industry and consumers."

The HomePNA is an association of more than 115 industry-leading companies working together to ensure adoption of a single, unified phone line networking standard and rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable home networking solutions. These companies work together to bring easy-to-use, high-speed, affordable home networking solutions to consumers by providing the manageable tools needed to utilize phone line networking. Buyers can enjoy all these home entertainment and information services using existing wiring in the home. More information on HomePNA can be found on their website at www.homepna.org.

Intel and Panja are also among the twenty large and small companies that make up the Universal Plug and Play steering committee. The purpose of the Universal Plug and Play Forum, established in June 1999, is to enable the emergence of easily connected devices and to simplify the implementation of networks in the home and corporate environments. Additional information about the UpnP Forum can be found on their website at www.upnp.org.

Panja is a new kind of Internet company, linking home and business appliances seamlessly and meaningfully to Internet content and services. Panja (www.panja.com) provides leading-edge technology that is slashing Internet information and entertainment free of the bonds of the PC. Panja is creating a whole new market for home and enterprise automation and networking. Panja products serve consumer and enterprise markets, from boardrooms to living rooms. In delivering rich Internet content to non-PC devices, Panja is opening new doors for content providers, people who build broadband infrastructure ... and users.