Press Release

ENRON COMMUNICATIONS INTRODUCES ENRON INTELLIGENT NETWORK TO DELIVER HIGH BIT RATE APPLICATIONS

PORTLAND, Ore. - Enron Communications, Inc., introduced today the Enron Intelligent Network (EIN), an application delivery platform enabled with intelligent messaging software that will enhance the company’s existing Pure IP fiber-optic network to create next generation applications services. The EIN brings to market a reliable, bandwidth-on-demand platform for delivering data, applications and streaming rich media to the desktop.

The Enron Intelligent Network architecture is based on a unique approach to networking through distributed servers, Enron InterAgent® middleware and Enron Communications’ Pure IPsm technology. The network intelligence comes from Enron’s standards-based InterAgent technology, a real-time intelligent messaging technology that supports the development and maintenance of distributed applications across network environments.

“We are deploying the Enron Intelligent Network to create a new model of IP-capable services to bridge the gap between low-cost, low-quality Internet services and high-cost,

high-quality dedicated circuit networks,” said Joe Hirko, president and CEO of Enron Communications. “We are implementing our patented core technology – the Enron InterAgent automated network control system – that will allow customers to access on-the-fly capacity, tiered quality of service, data, application and content capabilities purchased entirely on an as-used basis.”

InterAgent brings a number of advanced messaging features including fault tolerance, load balancing, quality-of-service message delivery, and cross-language interoperability that ensures messages are routed reliably and efficiently throughout the EIN. It is a patented property-based routing methodology that provides a robust and scalable architecture for providing network-based multimedia applications. Such a unique network architecture enables the efficient delivery of data, streaming multimedia, and other applications not previously possible to the desktops of Internet users.

“We have designed the EIN to meet the current and emerging needs of enterprise customers who must rely on their networks to implement competitive digital strategies,” Hirko said. “The EIN, with its revolutionary architecture, is enabling a whole new breed of powerful solutions that are currently not available due to quality and cost constraints. We aim to remove these barriers and unleash the power of the desktop by enabling next generation broadband applications.”

Enron Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp (NYSE: ENE), is a leader in the delivery of high quality, high bandwidth business information and applications. Enron Communications is building a long-haul fiber-optic network on strategic routes throughout the United States to create a data-centric national Pure IP backbone known as the Enron Intelligent Network. It is extending the capabilities of that network through agreements with ISPs and carriers seeking to generate new revenue sources and improved services.

Enron Corp is one of the world’s leading integrated natural gas and electricity companies. The company, which owns approximately $30 billion in assets, produces electricity and natural gas, develops, constructs and operates energy and water facilities worldwide and delivers physical commodities and risk management and financial services to customers around the world. Enron’s Internet address is www.enron.com, and the stock is traded under the ticker symbol, “ENE.”

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