Mar 21, 2003

American Military and Expatriates in Europe save up to 55% with Flat Rate Calling.

Dial Thru International Corporation (TCBB: DTIX), a leading provider of global telecommunications, announced today the launched Flat Rate Europe, a new calling plan for U.S. military and expatriate Americans.

"One of the difficulties of our service members, their families, and the expatriates in Europe is high cost, long-distance calling," explained John Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, Dial Thru International. "Flat Rate Europe provides these individuals some relief when calling home, with rates comparable to those available in the United States."

The concept of Flat Rate Europe is very simple: an individual pays a fixed, monthly fee, which allows them to call up to 120 minutes (2 hours) to the United States each month. In Italy, for example, one pays $9.98 for DTI's Flat Rate plan, saving them more than 55 percent over traditional direct dial rates.

"When we developed Flat Rate Europe," said Larry Vierra, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, "we compared the calling plans being offered in the USA, versus those in countries like Spain, Greece and Turkey. What we found was that so-called 'package plans' that save customers money, were non-existent for the most part. Americans abroad were therefore paying high, per minute rates to call home."

The company's Flat Rate plan is currently available in six European countries. DTI has also developed a special Flat Rate Mobile Plan for military families using cellular telephones in Germany. Calls to the USA from mobile phones, here, costing only 11.6 US cents per minute under the Flat Rate plan, rather than traditional direct dial rates, which range 35-60 percent more.

For additional information on DTI's Flat Rate Europe plan, email customer service at CustomerSvc@dialthru.com or call the toll-free number for the country in which you are located, found on the web at www.rapidlink.com/customer_services.htm.

Dial Thru International Corporation is a facilities-based provider of telecommunications products and services, including international dial-thru, re-origination, and other enhanced Internet telephony services. The Company is developing a private IP Telephony network and utilizes Voice over Internet Protocol and other compression techniques to improve both cost and efficiencies of telecommunications transmissions. Dial Thru selectively targets emerging international markets with demand for services that can be derived from IP technologies.