Adds new capabilities for conferencing, messaging and contact center functionality to market leading Internet protocol telephony products; new platform for small business

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Oct. 7, 2004 - 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) is using this week's GITEX technology exhibition in Dubai as a showcase to launch one of the industry's first portfolio of standards-based applications and products for enterprise Internet Protocol (IP) telephony, audio, video and data conferencing, messaging and contact center functionality.

Known as the 3Com Convergence Applications Suite, this set of real-time communication applications run on a common Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-standard based IP communications platform.  These applications are designed to share common user information such as on-hook, off-hook status, authentication and personal preferences to work with desktop client software compatible with Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems to consolidate communications services control for point, click, smile and talk activation.

3Com Expands SIP Telephony; Creates Convergence Applications Suite  

By utilizing SIP technology and the unique 3Com voice boundary routing architecture, these new applications can enhance user productivity, and can lower costs and strengthen customer interactions for employees at headquarters, branch office locations or a home office.

"The 3Com Convergence Applications Suite is a new category of product that will change the market expectations for productivity, cost of communications and help companies strengthen interactions with their customers," said Peter Brockmann, 3Com vice president of enterprise voice solutions marketing.  

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