AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands; July 7, 1997: EUnet International today announced the signing of a Business Partner Agreement with Flashnet spa, located in Rome and Milan, and one of Italy's largest ISPs, with one hundred seventy Points of Presence (PoPs) in one hundred cities across Italy. Under the terms of the agreement, Flashnet becomes EUnet's official Business Partner in Italy, offering EUnet's complete one-stop shopping range of services.

This agreement is expected to be of interest primarily to companies in Italy with multiple locations abroad who wish to deal with only one full-service ISP, and to EUnet International customers with locations in Italy. In addition, Italian customers acquired through EUnet International's business partners will also benefit from this agreement.

According to Wim Vink, managing director of EUnet International,"Flashnet's reputation for efficiency and quality reflect the kind of Business Partner EUnet International has been signing up all over the world." Flashnet has 5 Mb of fully redundant international capacity. The company, which employs over fifty, is expanding rapidly, with a customer base that is currently increasing at 12% per month. In addition, coverage is expected to increase to over 250 PoPs throughout Italy by September.

"The enormous potential of this partnership will be welcomed by both Italian companies who need to connect to their overseas offices and also to international groups who are now able to use the extensive Italian network provided by Flashnet," said Giovanni Prignano, President of Flashnet spa.

Under the terms of the Business Partner Agreement, Flashnet is also authorised to offer EUnetTraveller, EUnet International's popular mobile access service, in Italy. EUnet Traveller is currently available via a local telephone call in twenty-five countries, and 420 PoPs. With the announcement of the Business Partner Agreement in Italy, the number of EUnet Traveller PoPs will increase to 590.

Established in 1982, and the first European provider of services for business use, EUnet was instrumental in creating Europe's Internet infrastructure. Today, EUnet International provides one-stop shopping for corporate Internet access in Europe with a network of 42 countries and over 400 PoPs (Points of Presence). Besides high speed access to the United States, Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world, EUnet International offers the business community a number of turnkey solutions ranging from full-service centrally managed connectivity and Intranets to mobile access, Web Storefront and Electronic Commerce solutions.