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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Freeman or David McGillivray
MediaPhonics, Inc. (508) 870-0901
Jack Wormington
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MEDIAPHONICS NAMES DAVID M. MCGILLIVRAY VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF MEDIAPHONICS USA LTD.

Bevaix, Switzerland - February 1, 1999 - MediaPhonics S.A. the leading provider of desktop telephony products is pleased to announce the appointment of David M. McGillivray to the position of Vice President & General Manager of MediaPhonics USA Ltd., effective January 1, 1999.

In his new role at MediaPhonics Corporation, David's responsibilities will include corporate development, worldwide sales and marketing, and the overall operations of the North American company.

Mr. McGillivray, age 36, reports to Frederic-James Gentizon, President & CEO of MediaPhonics SA, brings to the company a strong operational background in sales and marketing with more than 15 years experience in the computer and telephony industries.

"We're very excited to add David to our management team," said James Gentizon, MediaPhonics' President and CEO. "His proven ability to build high performance sales organization and to provide operations skills in a rapidly growing, technology-intensive environment will be extremely valuable to the overall development of our corporation."

"The US group that David will develop is chartered with expanding our strategic relationships with our customers, the US investment community and CT industry. This group will represent a critical function to the future success of our company."

Prior to joining MediaPhonics, David held various senior management positions at Natural MicroSystems, (NASDAQ; NMSS) where he was a key contributor in building the sales and marketing organization, primarily in the area of strategic alliances and partnerships. Most recently he served as the ector of Business Development.

During his 10 years at Natural MicroSystems, the company grew from a small start -up to a worldwide leader in the computer telephony industry with over 350 employees. The company has partnerships with global technology suppliers such as Comverse, Lucent, Siemens, Motorola and Microsoft.

Before joining Natural MicroSystems, David worked for Leading Edge Corporation, a provider of PC hardware and software products where he held management positions in their PC group. Mr. McGillivray also holds a BA in Economics. " Mediaphonics offers an unique approach to the traditional problems of computer and internet telephony solutions" said McGillivray, "their leverage of Microsoft and Intel standards has bridged the gap between computer and telephone environments that is currently litter with multiply standards from smaller groups. MediaPhonics' products truly represents a breakthrough in making telephony simple for your average computer user."

About MediaPhonics:

MediaPhonics is the leading provider of desktop CTI (Computer and Telephony Integration) personal productivity solutions. It designs and markets award winning hardware, firmware and software CTI technology and products for personal productivity computer telephony applications. MediaPhonics has signed partnerships with industry players such as Microsoft, Intel, Analog Devices, Telindus and Lernout & Hauspie.

MediaPhonics' technology provides a tight integration between a regular telephone and a PC. It enables your computer to power your telephone and any telephone anywhere to control your PC. This core technology is middleware using and controlling the power of DSP (Digital Signal Processor). MediaPhonics' CyberDesk, is a personal communication assistant. It enables office workers and "road warriors" to access and process their voice, e-mail and faxes while away from the office. In addition, it makes the office telephone more flexible and powerful through the unique integration with the desktop PC.

MediaPhonics has dual headquarters in Dallas, TX and in Switzerland.