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GlowPoint Announces E-Rate Certification at NECC Conference

Business Wire - June 22, 2004

HILLSIDE, N.J. -- Company Exhibiting Variety of Education Related Video Communication Technologies Now Available at Federally Funded Discounted Rates; Demonstrating Use and Benefits of Video Conferencing in Education Via Live Distance Learning Seminar Series

Glowpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ:GLOW) the nation's first and leading carrier-grade, IP-based video communications service provider, continues to expand its presence in the education market by today announcing at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) that it has become E-Rate certified. GlowPoint is exhibiting a variety of education related video conferencing technologies at the NECC show, being held in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 20-23, 2004. To learn more about GlowPoint, GlowPoint Education and Distance Learning Solutions and the E-Rate Certification program, please visit GlowPoint at booth #911 at the NECC show or online at www.glowpoint.com.

The Education Rate Program, or E-Rate, was created by section 254 (h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and allows schools and libraries to qualify for federally funded discounts on a wide variety of telecommunications and Internet related services. GlowPoint services are eligible under the E-Rate program in a variety of categories as a provider of telecommunication services, conferencing services, digital transmission services, distance learning circuits and as a wide area network provider. Schools and libraries can receive over an 80% discount off retail costs of network and video communication services and can easily apply for funding online.

To illustrate how GlowPoint successfully merges the benefits of video conferencing and webcasting in educational or instructional environments, GlowPoint is supporting a series of distance learning seminars taking place at NECC. By connecting remote instructors across the country to large capacity auditoriums in New Orleans, GlowPoint is providing broadcast quality instructional content directly to a classroom environment through its IP-based webcasting service. This content will also be available in an archived format for on-demand viewing over the Internet.

"GlowPoint's ability to provide a converged solution of broadcast quality conferencing and webcasting to the educational community illustrates our leadership position in this category," said David Trachtenberg, CEO, GlowPoint. "Now that GlowPoint is available through the E-Rate program, we hope to make it even more accessible to schools and libraries wishing to bring the power of face-to-face communications into their classrooms."

GlowPoint will also be co-sponsoring a "Birds of a Feather Session" about technology rich classrooms, held on June 22 from 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm in room MCC 261. The event is open to all NECC attendees and will demonstrate how successful global learning communities have used distance learning to come together. The session will focus on videoconferencing as the key technology in distance learning and will review best practices of successful integration technology and classroom integration.

As part of GlowPoint's support of educational technologies, the company recently provided webcasting and videoconferencing services for the Chicago Public School System, connecting more than 100 area schools to a Teen Anti-Violence Summit. Additionally, GlowPoint is currently used to provide face-to-face communications for distance learning programs connecting students, teachers and schools across the country and around the world.

About GlowPoint

Glowpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOW) is the nation's first and leading carrier-grade, IP-based video communications service provider. GlowPoint is a member of the Cisco Powered Network Program, and operates a video communications service featuring broadcast quality images with telephone-like reliability, features and ease-of-use. The GlowPoint network spans three continents and carries over 8,000 video calls per month through the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Since the network was launched in 2000, GlowPoint has carried over 17.4 million video conferencing minutes in video calls. GlowPoint is headquartered in Hillside, New Jersey. To learn more about GlowPoint, visit us at www.glowpoint.com.

The statements contained herein, other than historical information, are or may be deemed to be forward-looking statements and involve factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from such statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties include market acceptance and availability of new video communication services; the nonexclusive and terminable-at-will nature of sales agent agreements; rapid technological change affecting demand for the Company's services; competition from other video communications service providers; and the availability of sufficient financial resources to enable the Company to expand its operations, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"GlowPoint is a registered trademark of Glowpoint, Inc. in the United States and certain foreign countries. All other marks are trademarks or service marks of their respective owners."

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