Internet Gold Expands International Reach: Adds POP in Frankfurt to Existing London and New York POPs

Internet Gold Expands International Reach: Adds POP in Frankfurt to Existing London and New York POPs

State-of-the-Art VoIP-Enabled Network Will Support Full Range of International Business Voice and Data Services

PETACH TIKVA, Israel, January 12/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet Gold (NASDAQ: IGLD) today announced that it has
launched a new international POP (Point Of Presence) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Its third international POP, the new activity joins Internet Gold's existing
international POPs in New York and London.



The Frankfurt POP is an important component of Internet Gold's
ongoing efforts to expand and upgrade its advanced IP infrastructure, and to
extend the range of state-of-the-art services that it offers to international
companies.



The POP will be connected to Internet Gold's network in Israel
via 155MB STM1 lines, and will support GIGA-rate transmission to the Internet
backbone. Traffic will be transmitted using the advanced MPLS protocol,
enabling the Company to closely manage and monitor the end-to-end quality
(QoS) of all services provided. To support the full range of voice services,
the POP has been equipped with cutting-edge VoIP gateways from Veraz
Networks, the same equipment deployed successfully to support Internet Gold's
Israel-based VoIP services.



"The establishment of our Frankfurt POP is an important step
that will enhance our ability to serve the international business community
and improve our overall technological platform," said Mr. Eli Holtzman,
Internet Gold's CEO. "It allows us to immediately begin marketing an expanded
range of high-quality services to the international business community,
including highly cost-effective International Voice and VPN offerings. As
such, we believe the new POP will increase our business customer list
significantly, boosting our traffic and improving our profitability."



About Internet Gold



Internet Gold is a communications company that provides
Internet access and related value-added services, international telephony,
e-advertising, content and e-Commerce services throughout Israel to both
residential and business customers.



Internet Gold's operations are carried out through four subsidiaries. Its
fully-owned subsidiary Internet Gold International specializes in the
provision of international Internet and communication services. Its
fully-owned subsidiary Gold Mind focuses on the provision of Internet
value-added services. Through MSN Israel, its joint-venture with Microsoft
Corp., the Company operates two of Israel's leading Internet portals,
MSN-Israel and Start.co.il. Through P1000, its e-Commerce joint venture, the
Company has established itself as one of Israel's leading e-Commerce
providers.



For additional information about Internet Gold, please visit
our Website at www.igld.com.



Certain statements made herein that use the words "estimate," "project,"
"intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially
different from those which may be expressed or implied by such statements,
including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions
and specifically, decline in demand for the Company's services, inability to
timely develop and introduce new technologies, services and applications and
loss of market share and pressure on prices resulting from competition. For
additional information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties
associated with the Company's business, reference is made to the Company's
Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and its other
reports as filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.



For further information, please contact:
Ms. Idit Azulay, Internet Gold
+972-3-939-9848
idita@co.zahav.net.il



Source: Internet Gold

For further information, please contact: Ms. Idit Azulay, Internet Gold, +972-3-939-9848, idita@co.zahav.net.il


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