Ingate® SIParator® 20 Named Product of the Year

Revolutionary SIP Gateway Appliance Honored Once Again by Internet Telephony Magazine

Stockholm, December 22, 2003 - Ingate® Systems (www.ingate.com), the leading supplier of SIP-capable enterprise firewalls, today announces that the SIParator® 20, a unique device that connects to an existing network firewall to seamlessly enable the traversal of SIP communications, has won Internet Telephony magazine's prestigious Product of the Year Award. This is the second time Ingate SIParators have been honored by Internet Telephony as Product of the Year.

Unlike Ingate's current SIParator® products, the SIParator® 20 is made specifically for small businesses looking to SIP-enable their network quickly and at unprecedented value. Once connected to the existing enterprise structure, the Ingate SIParator® 20 will allow even the smallest company to utilize SIP applications such as Internet telephony or VoIP, instant messaging, presence, video or any number of SIP-based real-time communications. In addition, because the SIParator® 20 integrates with security architecture already in-place, small businesses can reap the benefits of SIP-based communications without losing previous investments in firewall security.

"Ingate's SIParator 20 is a revolutionary product that reflects the creativity that has become Ingate's signature in the SIP, IP telephony and session border controller industries. Ingate is clearly deserving of leadership status, and we're proud to reward their hard work and innovation with a Product of the Year Award for 2003," said Rich Tehrani, president of TMC and group editor-in-chief of Internet Telephony, the premier publication in the burgeoning IP telephony industry.

"We are thrilled to be honored yet again by Internet Telephony with the prestigious Product of the Year Award. Ingate's SIParators are truly unique and cutting-edge products. They demonstrate our commitment to bringing SIP-based person-to-person communications to every enterprise, large and small," said Olle Westerberg, Chief Executive Officer, Ingate Systems.

About Ingate Systems

A world leader in next generation firewall technology, Ingate® Systems produces and sells the world's first SIP-capable enterprise firewalls and the SIParator®, a device that connects to an existing network firewall to seamlessly enable the traversal of SIP communications and winner of Internet Telephony magazine's Product of the Year Award 2002 and again in 2003. Ingate Systems has a long history of developing secure communications technology and today offers enterprises unprecedented value and ability to develop SIP-based, person-to-person real-time communications. Ingate's security products currently protect the networks of retail companies, financial institutions, industrial firms, government agencies and small-to-large enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Majority-owned by Intertex Data AB and BellNet Corp, Ingate Systems AB is located in Stockholm and Linköping, Sweden. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ingate Systems Inc., is located in Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on Ingate Systems, visit www.ingate.com.

For more information, please contact:

Olle Westerberg, CEO, Ingate Systems
+46 - 8 - 600 77 54
olle@ingate.com

Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager, Ingate Systems
(917) 414-9262
hillary@ingate.com