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XPEDITE LAUNCHES NEW TOOL ENABLING CUSTOMERS TO BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA MESSAGES FROM OUTLOOK®
intelliSENDSM Service Provider Offers Transparent Integration with Microsoft® Outlook® to Create and Deliver Large Volumes of E-mail, Fax and Voice Messages

Tinton Falls, N.J. (May 28, 2002) — Xpedite, a global leader in multimedia messaging and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK; www.ptek.com), today announced that it has launched the intelliSENDSM Service Provider, a new tool that enables Microsoft® Outlook® users to have seamless access to all of Xpedite’s value-added messaging solutions, including its global fax, messageREACHSM e-mail and voiceREACHSM voice broadcast platforms.

"The intelliSEND Service Provider offers a transparent interaction between Outlook and all of Xpedite’s value-added messaging services," said Joseph Merces, Vice President of Product Management for Xpedite. "It enables our customers to use a familiar and popular desktop user interface for all of their high-volume messaging needs, simplifying the message creation and distribution process."

The intelliSEND Service Provider adds Xpedite-specific forms to the default Mail Client menus, as well as Xpedite-specific configuration options, eliminating the need for multiple web interfaces or third party software applications for specific messaging requirements. The service facilitates broadcast as well as point-to-point messaging and enables customers to use Microsoft Outlook to send messageREACH emails to any number of individuals without disclosing the names or addresses of other recipients of the message. Fax messages can be created within the mail client and voiceREACH messages can be recorded and transmitted or saved as WAV files. The Service Provider enables all of these services to be performed on-the-fly right from the sender’s Microsoft Outlook desktop mail client.

Customers can download the Service Provider software directly from Xpedite’s Websites (www.xpedite.com or www.messagereach.com). The service supports several mail clients, including Microsoft Exchange and all versions of Microsoft Outlook.

About Xpedite

Xpedite (www.xpedite.com) is a global leader in multimedia messaging and a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK). Xpedite offers a full range of value-added multimedia messaging services worldwide that manage and facilitate the electronic distribution of information to all types of electronic addresses including fax, e-mail, wireless and voice. Xpedite processed approximately 2 billion messages in 2001. The company’s messageREACHSM (www.messagereach.com) service offers the most robust outsourced e-mail applications available, providing control, tracking, security, personalization and automated administration for high volume e-mail distribution. Xpedite's diverse client base includes almost half of the Fortune 500 companies, including such industry leaders as Boeing, Bank One, JP Morgan Chase, Marriott, Merck, Morgan Stanley, Nippon Life Insurance, and Xerox. Xpedite has sales offices in 30 locations throughout the United States and 25 international offices, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.

About Ptek Holdings, Inc.

Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK) is a leading provider of enhanced multimedia group communications services to the global enterprise marketplace. These solutions, which include conferencing, collaboration and messaging, are marketed under the Premiere Conferencing and Xpedite brand names.

Ptek Holdings corporate headquarters is located at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, The Lenox Building, Atlanta, GA 30326. Additional information can be found at www.ptek.com.

Editor’s Note: For investor relations inquiries, please contact Eric Martin, (404) 262-8461 or eric.martin@ptek.com

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Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning historical information, should be considered forward-looking and subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the ‘safe harbor’ provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based on management’s current expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. A variety of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in Ptek's forward-looking statements, including the following factors: competitive pressures among communications services providers, including pricing pressures, may increase significantly; Ptek’s ability to respond to rapid technological change, the development of alternatives to its products and services and the risk of obsolescence of its products, services and technology; market acceptance of new products and services; development of effective marketing, pricing and distribution strategies for new products and services; strategic investments in early stage companies, which have limited operating histories and are subject to significant risks, may not be successful and returns on such strategic investments, if any, may not match historical levels; the value of Ptek’s business may fluctuate because the value of some of its strategic equity investments fluctuates; Ptek’s strategic investments in companies that are subject to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are subject to the risks disclosed by those companies in their public filings; Ptek’s ability to manage its growth; costs or difficulties related to the integration of businesses and technologies, if any, acquired or that may be acquired by Ptek may be greater than expected; expected cost savings from past or future mergers and acquisitions, may not be fully realized or realized within the expected time frame; revenues following past or future mergers and acquisitions may be lower than expected; operating costs or customer loss and business disruption following past or future mergers and acquisitions may be greater than expected; the success of Ptek's strategic and other distribution relationships, including the amount of business generated and the viability of the strategic relationships, may not meet expectations; possible adverse results of pending or future litigation or adverse results of current or future infringement claims; risks associated with interruption in Ptek's services due to the failure of the platforms and network infrastructure utilized in providing its services; domestic and international terrorist activity, war and political instability may adversely affect the level of services utilized by Ptek’s customers and the ability of those customers to pay for services utilized; risks associated with expansion of Ptek's international operations; general economic or business conditions, internationally, nationally or in the local jurisdiction in which Ptek is doing business, may be less favorable than expected; legislative or regulatory changes may adversely affect the business in which Ptek is engaged; and changes in the securities markets may negatively impact Ptek.

For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements and factors that could cause actual results to differ from the Company’s forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in the "Factors Affecting Future Performance" included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 and in subsequent filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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