Live365's Extensive Internet Radio Station Collection Coming to 3Com® KerbangoSM Tuning Service

FOSTER CITY, CA, January 8, 01 – Live365 and 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) announced today that Live365's more than 25,000 Internet radio stations will be integrated into the 3Com® KerbangoSM Tuning Service. As a result of today's announcement, the Kerbango Tuning Service will offer nearly 30,000 unique Internet radio stations to consumers. This non-exclusive licensing agreement provides access for all Live365 stations to be available on the Kerbango directory and for select Kerbango syndication ventures. Available for on-line streaming today via Internet-connected PCs, the Kerbango Tuning Service also serves as the heart of the forthcoming 3Com Kerbango Internet radio, a unique Internet appliance that receives both Internet and conventional radio stations

"We look at this as a tremendous opportunity for our individual radio stations to reach the new platforms being made available by innovative companies like 3Com. Now to hear an Internet radio station you will no longer be tied to your home computer, the experience will be extended into the digital home. This is the second step in the Internet radio revolution," said John Jeffrey, EVP of Live365.

Today, consumers who connect to the Kerbango Tuning Service (at www.kerbango.com) can browse thousands of Internet stations created by individuals, organizations, businesses and bands. The forthcoming 3Com Kerbango Internet radio will also offer a selection of stations, including the rich content streams from Live365. Scheduled for release in early 2001, 3Com's Kerbango Internet radio is now available for pre-orders via the "Electronics" area of Amazon.com.

"Today's announcement between Live365 and 3Com solidifies the Kerbango Tuning Service as the premier destination for live, streaming audio," said Jim Gable, vice president of marketing for 3Com's Residential Connectivity Group. "We're helping consumers tap into the Internet's rich content in a radically simple way: no other destination can match the diversity of our extensive collection."

3Com's Digital Home

3Com's vision of a digital home is one that connects family members to each other and important information - both within and outside the home. Based on real-life consumer needs for Internet connectivity, the digital home parlays 3Com's acknowledged networking expertise to enrich consumer lifestyles with radically simple, reliable and innovative solutions. Encompassing a wide variety of products, 3Com is the only company to provide every element required by digital home members - such as cable and DSL modems, Internet appliances, PC video cameras and Ethernet, phoneline or wireless home networks.

About 3Com

3Com simplifies how people connect to information and services through easy-to-use connectivity products and solutions for consumers and commercial organizations. The company also provides access infrastructures and IP services platforms for network service providers. For further information, visit www.3com.com or the press site at www.3com.com/pressbox.

About Live365

As the world's leading Internet Radio Provider, Live365 gives users free access to the largest selection of Internet radio stations worldwide. Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can choose from over 25,000 simultaneous broadcasts or create their own unique station using Live365's proprietary technology. With hundreds of new users signing on each day, Live365 currently features more radio stations than does the entire United States terrestrial radio broadcast network. Live365 also provides traditional radio stations, record companies, community groups and religious organizations the most affordable and easy solution to streaming audio over the Internet. Live365 has been named one of the "Top 6 Killer Apps" of streaming media by Deutsche Banc Alex Brown, one of the world's top international investment banks, in its May 2000 report "Internet, Broadband, and Enhanced TV." Founded in July 1999 in Foster City, CA, Live365 is the single largest broadcaster of streaming MP3 content on the Web. For more information, go to www.Live365.com.

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