Company Contact:
InnoMedia Incorporated
Amine Haoui (408) 432-5433
ahaoui@innomedia.com



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INNOMEDIA SIGNS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH NEC DO BRASIL

NEC do Brasil to Distribute InnoMedia's InfoGate Family of Products to the Rapidly Expanding
Brazilian VoIP Market

San Jose, CA -- December 13, 1999 -- InnoMedia, Inc, a leading provider of Voice-over-IP (VoIP)
appliances and business solutions, has expanded its worldwide product availability by entering a
distribution agreement with NEC do Brasil, a leading supplier of business communications solutions
to the Brazilian market. Under the multi-year agreement, NEC do Brasil will distribute and service
InnoMedia's InfoGate™ family of products throughout Brazil.

InnoMedia's InfoGate family of products is ITU standard-compliant VoIP solutions that enable corporations
with multiple locations to achieve significant savings in their long distance telephone charges. Designed to interface to existing PBXs and data networking products, the InfoGate family of products are innovative
voice-over-IP solutions that seamlessly route long-distance calls placed from ordinary telephones over the Internet or a dedicated IP network.

InfoGate includes expandable four-port analog cards, with corresponding Gateway and GateKeeper
software. InfoGate is engineered to provide superior voice quality, system reliability, and scalability. Other advanced features include a centralized Gatekeeper, dynamic bandwidth allocation and an integrated
voice response system (VRS). The scalable solution enables corporate entities to cost effectively adopt
VoIP technology, and then "ramp up" as their cost reductions spurs new investment capabilities.

"Voice over IP is an important technology for our corporate customers who are looking to leverage their investment in data communications equipment and circuits," said Angelino Ernesto Piccolo Neto,
Director Corporate Systems, at NEC do Brasil. "InnoMedia's innovative products combine high voice
quality and reliability which our clients demand in equipment that will carry their inter-office voice traffic.
In addition, InnoMedia's gateways are independent of the client's choice of routers, an important
consideration for us," added Mr. Piccolo Neto.

"We are excited to be teaming up with NEC do Brasil to develop the promising market for VoIP products
in Brazil," said Dr. Nan-Sheng Lin, president and co-founder of InnoMedia, Inc. "NEC is a leading supplier
of high-end PBX to Brazilian corporations with an outstanding reputation for quality and service," added
Dr. Lin.

About NEC do Brasil
Established in 1968, NEC do Brasil is a leading supplier of telecom and business communications products
to the Brazilian market. NEC do Brasil provides a full range of advanced PBXs, latest generation Wireless
and PSTN switches, transmission equipment and electronic devices. It is an enterprise of NEC Corporation headquartered in Japan. Visit NEC do Brasil on the web at www.nec.com.br.

About InfoGate
InfoGate is an innovative voice-over-IP solution that seamlessly routes long-distance calls placed from
ordinary telephones over the Internet or a dedicated IP network. By establishing a network of InfoGate
systems in locations where companies have large concentrations of employees, customers, or clients,
phone-to-phone connections can be made between locations via local calls at each end, using the Internet
or a company's intranet as the long distance carrier. Users can make calls from any home, office, or car
telephone by entering a personal identification number (PIN) and password, then dialing the desired long
distance number.

About InnoMedia

Founded in 1995, InnoMedia is a privately held multinational organization with operations in the United
States,Singapore, Taiwan and China. InnoMedia is leading the IP telephony revolution by developing, manufacturing, and marketing next generation Internet enabled communication devices and providing a
global IP telephony service through the InnoSphere network. These products and services incorporate InnoMedia's expertise in IP telephony, videoconferencing, and wireless networking technologies and are
targeted for consumers,enterprises, service providers, and OEM customers. Visit InnoMedia on the Web
at www.innomedia.com.


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InnoMedia, InfoGate, InfoTalk, InnoSphere and the InnoMedia logo are trademarks of InnoMedia Incorporated.


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