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December 3, 2001

Exent Technologies to power internet games for Canadian consumers

Bell Canada customers to receive pay-as-you-play access to PC games via the Web

Bethesda, Md., 03/12/01 - Exent Technologies, the global leader in software-on-demand technology, has signed an agreement with Bell Canada, Canada's largest Internet communications provider to help deliver Gamesmania, a subscription-based games-on-demand service, to its customers.

Backed by the world's leading game publishers, Gamesmania is an interactive game service offering consumer entertainment that is available anytime, anywhere. Customers can access the latest PC-based games from their home computers. The subscription service offers customers pay-as-you-play access to a wide range of PC-based games without the high cost or long-term commitment associated with video game purchases.

"Bell is pleased to work with Exent to deliver the latest in web-based games to Canadian consumers," said Karen Sheriff, Chief Marketing Officer, Bell Canada. "This is a perfect example of Bell's convergence vision in motion - bringing added value to our customers by delivering the content they want through existing channels of connectivity."

To facilitate the quick delivery of games to its customers, Bell has chosen Exent's EXEtenderÔ software-on-demand technology, which securely streams games to its subscribers. EXEtenderÔ delivers games to subscribers equipped with any standard Web browser via Bell Canada's broadband network. Rather than downloading software as files that must be installed locally on the PC desktop, Exent's EXEtenderÔ allows Bell Canada to host the games software on its network, delivering streamed software that resides in memory on the subscriber's desktop PC. This ensures customers have instant access to to the games they want to play, when they want to play them.

"Through this relationship, Canadian consumers are adding to the long list of consumers around the world who, by using Exent's EXEtender platform, enjoy easy access to state-of-the-art games technologies as well as new games," said Zvi Levgoren, CEO of Exent. "It also offers them the benefit of accessing their favorite programs without the long-term buying commitment."

About Bell Canada:
Bell Canada, Canada's national leader for communications in the Internet world, provides connectivity to residential and business customers through wired and wireless voice and data communications, high speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, e-business solutions, local and long distance phone and directory services. Bell Canada is owned by BCE Inc of Montreal (80%) and by SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio, Texas (20%).
For more information please visit www.bell.ca.

About Exent Technologies Ltd.
Exent Technologies Ltd. is a global leader in developing Software-on-Demand technology that delivers computer software programs over IP networks for use in advanced telecom, broadband and enterprise services. Its flagship product, the Exent EXEtender™ delivers any executable (.exe) software securely over the web or an enterprise network for licensed users.

Major share holders in the company are: New Enterprise Associates (NEA), America Online, Inc., Comcast Corporation, Temasek Holdings of Singapore, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Concord Venture Capital and Bezeq. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland and can be found online at www.exent.com

 

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