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WorldGate Offers Service Providers New Ease Of Deployment For Ojo On Their Networks
[April 16, 2007]

WorldGate Offers Service Providers New Ease Of Deployment For Ojo On Their Networks


TREVOSE, Pa. --(Business Wire)-- WorldGate Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: WGAT) a leading provider of personal video phones and associated technology today announced that is has developed and is in the process of providing its new Service Provider Package for service providers that will allow its Ojo video phones to be more quickly and easily adapted to their networks around the world using a wide variety of technology platforms. The new software has already been evaluated by several prospective customers who have cooperated in developing this capability and are planning to use it for upcoming launches.



One potential customer, BroadVoice, has been working with WorldGate to ensure that the new Package satisfies a broad range of needs, including the provisioning feature to deliver the best possible consumer experience. Les Berry, President, BroadVoice, said, "We have worked hard on both sides to define the best user experience and we have been pleasantly surprised that Ojo outperforms our expectations in all respects as we get close to the best consumer product we can offer."

The Service Provider Package includes the ability for Ojos purchased by service provider customers to immediately register with the customer's system. This will provide an ability to maintain standard inventory and reduce the need for and cost of unique inventory. The software will also provide for the ability of service provider customers to have Ojo provide more features to offer their customers.


"We have been consolidating information and requirements from a wide variety of service providers from around the world for the past year. This new software represents a great collaboration between Ojo and its potential customers to make Ojo more easily deployed on their technology platforms", said Hal Krisbergh, Chairman and CEO of WorldGate. "We expect this important new capability to lead to a variety of new launches of Ojo by service providers since the integration of Ojo on to this wide variety of networks will now be able to be automated".

WorldGate is now able to accelerate its ability to conclude negotiations with customers and schedule launches of Ojo. Additional work will continue to further develop more capabilities and features to make its customers' offerings more attractive.

More information about WorldGate and the Ojo personal video phone can be accessed at www.wgate.com.

ABOUT WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC.

WorldGate Communications, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes the Ojo line of personal video phones. Ojo personal video phones offer high quality, real-time, two-way video communications with video messaging. The Ojo video phones are designed to conform to industry standard protocols and utilize enhancements to the latest technology for voice and video compression to achieve superior quality at data rates as low as 100 Kbps. WorldGate has been awarded a patent for its distinctive design and has other patents pending for its specialized technology. This unique combination of functional design, advanced technology and use of broadband networks provides real-time video communication experiences that bring families and friends closer together, and for the first time provides consumers with a high-quality, affordable video phone.

WorldGate is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol WGAT. WorldGate and Ojo are trademarks of WorldGate Service Inc. Any other trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective owners.

ABOUT BROADVOICE

BroadVoice is the leading provider of high quality, feature-rich broadband phone services to consumers and businesses. BroadVoice VoIP phone service allows thousands of customers in the United States and more than 120 other countries to use their broadband Internet connection to make and receive phone calls anywhere in the world. Customers benefit from unlimited domestic and international calling and a suite of 25 basic and advanced features for one low monthly price. Founded in December 2003, BroadVoice is a privately held company based in Billerica, MA. For more information, visit www.broadvoice.com.

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