mPhase Announces Agreements With Major Television Networks

ESPN, A&E, Discovery, Comedy Central, STARZ! And Others Testing TV Signals Over Copper Wire In Anticipation Of Widespread Delivery To Customer Premises

14-Jul-00

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: XDSL), the leading designer of broadcast digital television and high-speed data solutions for the telecommunications industry, announced agreements with major television networks to test the delivery of TV signals over copper wire through its Traverser Digital Video and Data Delivery System (DVDDS), which enables the simultaneous high-bandwidth transmission of voice, data and digital TV over copper wires. Through mPhase Television, a joint venture company created to distribute global broadband television, the networks will test the integrity of their content transmitted over copper. The next step will be to deliver the content to consumers of Hart Telephone in Hartwell, Georgia, the first beta site for mPhase's Traverser DVDDS, which has been receiving local content over telephone wires. The networks who have signed the testing agreement include A&E, BBC, Black Entertainment Television, Comedy Central, Courtroom Television, C-SPAN, Discovery Communications, Encore Media Groups (including Encore and STARZ! channels), ESPN, The Golf Channel, Great American Country, International Channel Networks, Scripps Networks, TVN Entertainment Corp. and The Weather Channel. The local NBC and FOX affiliated stations have also signed testing agreements, and discussions are being held to add on HBO, MTV Networks, USA Networks and more. In all, 54 channels are being tested. ""We are thrilled to be involved in the mPhase Television beta test as the exclusive country music video provider,"" said Ken Street, Senior Vice President of Distribution for Great American Country. ""This cutting edge technology certainly caught our attention as an exciting new form of distribution. We believe that mPhase Television will provide great opportunities for the delivery of television in the future."" The next step, pending approval of the tests, will be for each content provider or network to sign affiliation agreements. These affiliation agreements will stipulate that the content can be delivered from mPhase TV to telephone companies all over the country, and then over copper wires through the Traverser DVDDS into customer premises. ""Agreements with the world's major networks to test their signals over an alternative medium such as telephone wire, using the mPhase Traverser DVDDS as opposed to coaxial cable, is another marker which validates our strategy for delivering digital television using telephone wires,"" said Ronald A. Durando, President and CEO of mPhase Technologies. ""mPhase Television coupled with Traverser DVDDS technology will provide a turnkey solution for service providers who want to increase revenues by providing multimedia services while leveraging the cost-effective nature of the existing copper infrastructure."" ""We think this is a great concept, and BET looks forward to being a part of it,"" said Curtis Symond of BET's Affiliate Sales & Marketing division. Bringing Big City Entertainment To Anytown, USA Partnering with mPhase Television to deliver content over copper telephone wires via the mPhase Traverser DVDDS enables major networks to reach the multitude of homes that are not networked by coaxial cable. There are 300 small, domestic telcos encompassing 15 million copper access lines. Rural areas welcome high quality and choice, and are a prime target for mPhase, making it an ideal partner for networks to deliver their content via copper. mPhase is also targeting competitive local exchange carriers. According to Dataquest, there are also 182 million copper telephone lines in the U.S. and 827 million worldwide that are operated by these carriers. mPhase's penetration into this market will also help television networks reach those larger telcos who opt to offer voice, data and digital TV over copper. About mPhase Technologies, Inc. mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: XDSL), develops solutions for cost-effectively and reliably transmitting broadcast (real time) digital television programming, high-speed Internet access and traditional telephone service over existing copper telephone lines. The company's flagship product, the Traverser DVDDS, uses Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL) technology to enable telephone companies to simultaneously transmit high-speed Internet access, up to 400 channels of digital television programming and traditional voice services using existing copper infrastructure. The comprehensive package offered by mPhase and mPhaseTV provides telephone companies with turnkey systems that couple technology with content, thereby enhancing their revenue opportunities. More information is available at www.mPhaseTech.com or www.mPhaseTV.net.

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