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Interactive Enterprise Announces Wireless Version of Open Conexon Broadband Provisioning/Activation System

Satellite Broadband Provider WildBlue Communications Licenses New Wireless Version

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2004--

Interactive Enterprise, the provider of Conexon(TM) -- the #1 globally deployed system in the cable provisioning/activation market -- today announced Open Conexon for Wireless.
Interactive Enterprise also announced that WildBlue Communications has licensed the new wireless version of its Open Conexon platform for the operator's upcoming launch of satellite broadband service. Designed for data, voice and video, Conexon is now deployed at more than 35 broadband sites around the globe.

Open Conexon provides tier 1 operators with complete control over back office provisioning and service activation systems (PSA). It also offers control over platform management, business process definition and service creation, as well as the ability to develop interfaces for new services, thus reducing the dependency on third parties and costs associated with consulting and licensing fees. Benefits to operators include reductions in deployment costs, time to market, manual work processes and data management risks.

Open Conexon fulfills the needs of satellite and other broadband networks through its flexible software architecture. This subscriber-centric, multi-service architecture enables service providers to rapidly introduce and activate new services and service bundles irrespective of the underlying access technology. Its open access capabilities support services sourced from partnering service providers. Open Conexon empowers service providers to customize, extend and develop new business applications to meet changing market needs.

The licensing by WildBlue represents Interactive Enterprise's first major engagement among satellite broadband providers and reinforces the extreme flexibility of its offering, already the most popular provisioning/activation systems with cable operators.

"We believe that the wireless market provides significant opportunity, and are excited that an aggressive, next-generation broadband service provider has selected our new wireless version of Open Conexon to help launch its service," said Tom Higgins, president and CEO of Interactive Enterprise. "As this agreement indicates, Open Conexon is an ideal solution for multiple types of broadband environments."

"We're steadily gearing up for the launch of our first satellite, and we are contracting with world-class companies like Interactive Enterprise to automate WildBlue's back office systems and applications," said WildBlue CEO Thomas Moore. "Interactive Enterprise's software will allow us to seamlessly provision equipment and services for WildBlue customers, an important component of the low-cost infrastructure we are building."

About Interactive Enterprise (www.interactive-enterprise.com)

Founded in 1998, Interactive Enterprise, Ltd. develops and markets broadband provisioning and service activation software to global broadband operators. Its Conexon(TM) software platform is the #1 solution deployed globally and enables operators to rapidly deploy voice, video and data services to their subscribers across multiple broadband platforms and devices. The company markets its multi-service offerings throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia directly and through channel partners such as Motorola and C-COR.net.

Interactive Enterprise differentiates its Open Conexon platform on its ability to reduce operating costs by as much as 40 percent with a 7-12 month ROI. It also offers an accelerated time to revenue as operators can both deploy Open Conexon applications and rapidly develop and deploy their own complementary service packages from the platform. Further, Open Conexon enables operators to define any service and develop interfaces into third-party complementary applications such as digital head-ends, telephone switches, billing systems, etc. This gives operators complete control over the end-to-end creation and delivery of services and protects their investments. It also enables the rapid uptake of services by subscribers, thus increasing the service provider's average revenue per user (ARPU).

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