400,000+ Bell Atlantic Customers in New York to Get Centigram Voice Messaging and Value-added Services

Business Wire, July 8, 1998

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1998--

Centigram Strengthens Presence in Northeast with Multi-Million

Dollar Bell Atlantic Deal

Centigram Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:CGRM), a leading global provider of advanced messaging and communications solutions, today announced that Bell Atlantic will be purchasing additional Centigram NEBs compliant Series 6 messaging platforms for more than 400,000 voice mail boxes to support many of its New York City customers.

With this system expansion, Centigram will now be one of the suppliers providing voice messaging and value-added services to Bell Atlantic customers throughout the state of New York. These new systems will more than double the size of Centigram's current installed customer base of 220,000 mailboxes within the Bell Atlantic network. Centigram's standards-based messaging platform helps provide easy connectivity to service provider networks. This sale clearly demonstrates this capability.

"We are delighted to expand our relationship with Bell Atlantic and to further demonstrate Centigram's progress in the Service Provider arena," said Bob Puette, president and CEO of Centigram.

Many Bell Atlantic customers will use Centigram's VoiceMemo(R) feature-rich voice messaging product and its mailbox-based fax management application. Centigram Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: CGRM) is a leading global provider of advanced wireless (analog, GSM, PCS, TDMA, CDMA and paging companies) and wireline (PTTs, RBOCs, independent telcos and cable telephony companies) messaging and communications solutions to network operators in the telecom service provider market. Centigram leverages its voice messaging, call processing and multi-media know-how to deliver easily configurable, integrated systems that provide competitive, revenue-generating enhanced services, minimizing the overall cost of ownership. The Company delivers these communications solutions by integrating voice and facsimile on its Series 6 communications server based on industry standard hardware and software, and by providing access to this multi-media information through a telephone, PC or other wireless device. Centigram is headquartered at 91 East Tasman Drive, San Jose, Calif., 95134. Phone 408-944-0250, fax 408-428-3732, or Web http://www.centigram.com. Centigram has sales and support offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.

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CONTACT: Centigram Communications Corporation

Carol Sorrick, 408/428-3798

carol.sorrick@centigram.com