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NEC Licenses VLI Gphone Wireless VoIP Software

World class telephony over 802.11 wireless networks for
NEC-i Pocket@i Windows CE.Net devices

Mountain View, CA – August 20, 2003 – VLI, a market leader in VoIP for mobile devices and member of the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner (WEP) program has licensed WinCE Gphone a Windows CE .NET version of its popular Gphone VoIP software to NEC Infrontia (NEC-i). Combined with NEC-i’s successful Pocket@i handheld computers, VLI’s Gphone software provides an inexpensive and convenient telephony solution for NEC-i’s customers.

Pocket@i Gphone, as NEC-i is branding the software, is SIP compliant and maintains an industry low of 50 milliseconds of software latency. Combined with VLI’s Gphone Buddy Server, NEC-i is able to offer a complete end-to-end solution for commercial customers looking to combine the best of handheld data communications with voice communications under the wireless environment.

“As a leader in Windows CE.Net solutions, we believe VLI’s Gphone technology will further enhance the value of NEC-i handheld computing solutions for a wide range of markets such as retail where the Pocket@i is achieving traction,” said Mr. Owada, Group Manager of Product Planning, Web Terminal Division of NEC Infrontia.

For enterprises using Windows CE .NET 4.1 based devices on 802.11 networks, WinCE Gphone 1.0 enables real-time, two-way voice communications through IP-PBX’s and other enterprise server products. VLI maintains an office in Shanghai, China to support customization and integration of WinCE Gphone.

Pocket Gphone and PC Gphone have been marketed for the past two years under VLI’s former name Gtony. Since 2000 there have been more than five million downloads of VLI’s VoIP client software for Windows Powered Pocket PC and Windows PCs.

“Gphone software on NEC-i’s Pocket@i device is a complete solution for a variety of vertical industries which value the convenience of a single wireless communications device,” said Bingwei Yao, President and CEO of VLI. “The small footprint, low latency, low bandwidth requirements, and SIP compliance of WinCE Gphone gives OEMs, VARs and integrators a tremendous opportunity to add voice as a differentiator to their Windows CE-based solutions using 802.11 and other wireless networks.”

PocketGphone can be deployed as a stand alone client-to-client solution, or with VL Inc’s Gphone Lobby Server. Gphone Lobby Server adds user, address book and IP management to enable PocketGphone users to seamlessly connect with each other.

About NEC Infrontia

Since its foundation in 1918, NEC Infrontia has dedicated itself to the manufacture of telecommunications equipment and the development of leading-edge technologies in the field of telecommunications. Its business has now expanded to three areas: i-Communication System, i-Appliance, and i-Solution. NEC Infrontia, with its group companies, employs about 3,500 people worldwide and saw net sales of 116,087 million Yen (approx. US$967 million) in fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.
http://www.necinfrontia.co.jp/english/

PocketGphone, Gphone and Gphone Lobby Server will be exhibited in booth #310 at the upcoming Microsoft Windows Embedded Developer Conference in Las Vegas Oct. 21-24.

About VL Inc.
VLI is a world leader in Voice over IP technology and services which leverage existing telephone and broadband services to provide "mobility for broadband telephony", VLI's unique approach to cost-effective, feature rich communications. With more than six million downloads, VLI's Gphone client software for Microsoft based PC, PocketPC, and Windows CE.net devices as well as Palm OS based devices is ushering in the next generation of feature-rich mobile communications. VLI's Gphone server software provides carrier-class IP directory services, authentication, and presence information for service providers as a private label service hosted by VLI. The company is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley - Mountain View, California with offices in Tokyo, Japan and Shanghai, China. For product and company information please visit: www.vliusa.com and for hosted service information please visit: www.GphoneOnline.com.

VLI, the VLI logo, Gphone, WinCE Gphone and Pocket Gphone are trademarks of VLI (VL Inc.). Other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact:

Jason Johnson
VP of Marketing
650-938-8400
jason@vliusa.com
www.vliusa.com