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February 15 - Stock Analysis
Will 8x8 Become a Lucky Eight?

By Mark Stone,
Syndicated Columnist


Will 8x8`s Audacity-T2 chip bring down the cost of digital phones? In
last week`s presentation at the International Solid-State Circuits
Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco, 8x8`s Chief Technology Officer
Bryan Martin argued that condensing all of the digital circuitry needed
to make a digital phone on to a single chip would make the digital phone
inexpensive. The cheaper digital phones will be the key to bringing us
Internet Protocol phone service, again that magical - and seemingly
ubiquitous - acronym VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).

8x8, Inc. [EGHT] is a cutting edge provider of digital telecommunication
solutions, including both central office and customer premise equipment
for IP telephony. Less than 10 months ago, EGHT moved out of Video
Telephony to focus on VoIP. By leveraging its vertically integrated
technology, the Company provides complete solutions to service providers
such as ISPs, ILECs and CLECs.

EGHT didn`t give up on broadband. They just decided to approach it from
another angle. Their current offering (Audacity-T2) is sort of like the
"Intel Inside" campaign. EGHT offers "IP telephone on a single chip."
Remember, these are "architectural details," not prototypes, being
presented. The plan is to find an OEM partner that will build IP feature
phones for business applications on corporate LANs and consumer IP
telephones for use on cable modem and DSL networks.

EGHT is following the script from market research firm Forward Concepts,
who recently forecasted that more than six million units would contain
such adapters in cable set-top boxes, cable modems or DSL modems by
2004. EGHT hopes to benefit as a specialized semiconductor chip
manufacturer/designer in this aspect of a more mature broadband
environment.

Additional details - and you should read them in full - can be found in
EGHT`s news release of February 9th.

Technically, EGHT broke out of a nearly two-year slump, just last month.
The stock price has been steadily rising since the beginning of this
year. Yesterday, EGHT set a record high.

Because EGHT is part of the Net Telephony sector, there may also be
additional volatility from developments in other indirectly related
stocks, such as Net2Phone [NTOP]. In the final 30 minutes of trading
many Net Telephony stocks soared, based on speculation that America
Online [AOL] might acquire NTOP. Seventy percent of NTOP`s trading
volume and the stock jumped over 50% in less than 15 minutes. Other such
unrelated stocks that have appeared in this column, e.g. Deltathree.com
[DDDC], ITXC [ITXC] and e-Net [ETEL] also enjoyed strong share price
appreciation in the closing moments of Monday`s trading.

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8x8 COMPLETES SALE OF COMMON STOCK TO
STMICROELECTRONICS
8x8 and ST Embark on Strategic Partnership for Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif, February 23, 2000 - 8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT), a
leading provider of digital telecommunication solutions, today announced that
it has completed the sale of common stock to STMicroelectronics NV in a
private placement that was originally announced on January 24, 2000. The
closing follows the early termination of the applicable waiting period under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

In the private placement, 8x8 sold 3.7 million shares of its common stock to
ST for a total investment of $27.75 million. The sale price represents a slight
premium over the average closing price of 8x8 stock for the 15 trading days
prior to January 24.

The sale is part of a strategic partnership with ST to develop and market
semiconductor products for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications.
ST is one of the world`s largest semiconductor suppliers and, according to
market research firm Dataquest, among the leading suppliers of integrated
circuits for digital consumer applications, in particular for digital set top boxes.

Under the strategic partnership, ST has taken a non-exclusive, royalty-bearing
license to 8x8`s VoIP software and digital signal processor (DSP) technology.
The companies have agreed to the joint development of certain integrated
circuits for use in VoIP-enabled broadband devices such as cable and DSL
modems, telephony gateways and IP phones.

About 8x8
Based in Santa Clara, Calif., 8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT) is a leading provider of
digital telecommunication solutions, including both central office and customer
premise equipment for IP telephony. By leveraging its vertically integrated
technology, the company provides complete solutions to service providers
such as ISPs, ILECs and CLECs. More information is available via the Internet
at www.8x8.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. 8x8`s actual results may differ materially
from the results discussed, implied or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to factors
including in particular dependency on the growth of the market for IP telephony products, the
limits of existing IP telephony technology, rapid technological change, compliance with industry
standards, the uncertainty of market acceptance of our IP telephony product, of dependence on
key personnel, and current and potential competition. Further information on these and other
factors that could affect the actual results of 8x8 are included in 8x8`s Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended December 31, 1999, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. 8x8 assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements
contained in this press release.