BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 1, 2000 ISSUE
SPECIAL REPORT Stock Stars The top five voices in Net stocks NORTEL NETWORKS (Brampton, Ont.) The venerable phone-equipment maker offers a wide range of voice-on-the-Net products. One-year return: 189.2%. NATURAL MICROSYSTEMS (Framingham, Mass.) Makes gateways that serve as a bridge between phone networks and Internet-based networks. One-year return: 143%. CISCO SYSTEMS (San Jose, Calif.) Corporate networking king is trying to muscle into the telecom field. One-year return: 127.8% BROOKTROUT (Needham, Mass.) Telecom-equipment maker now offers broad platform for voice-on-the-Net. One-year return: 53.5% VOCALTEC COMMUNICATIONS (Herzliya, Israel) The pioneer of hardware and software for voice-on-the-Net is focusing more heavily on software and e-business. One-year return: 46.2%. DATA: PIPER JAFFRAY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS The Talking Internet TABLE: Birth of a New Communications Network CHART: Booming Voice on the Net TABLE: Telephones on Steroids Yahoo! Look Who's Yakking Away Europe Swoons for Voice-on-the-Net Where the Money Will Be CHART: Investing in Voice on the Net TABLE: Stock Stars INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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