ENCIRCA OPENS PRE-REGISTRATION QUEUE FOR .US AMERICAS IDENTITY ON THE INTERNET

EnCirca, Inc. today announced they are accepting pre-registrations for .US, Americas Internet Address. The new addresses will go live on April 24, 2002. Through a unique U.S. Nexus requirement, only U.S. citizens or companies with a U.S. presence will be allowed to register .US domains, establishing Americas first-ever exclusive identity on the Internet.

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Contact: Kate Moran
EnCirca, Inc.
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ENCIRCA OPENS PRE-REGISTRATION QUEUE FOR .US    
AMERICAS IDENTITY ON THE INTERNET

BOSTON, MA, February 15, 2002 --EnCirca, Inc. today announced they are accepting pre-registrations for .US, Americas Internet Address. The new addresses will go live on April 24, 2002.

Individuals, organizations and businesses will soon be able to establish an American identity on the Internet. Internet addresses such as, joepublic.us", pizzashop.us", smithfamily.us", etc. will be available in the .US domain name space.

Through a unique U.S. Nexus requirement, only U.S. citizens or companies with a U.S. presence will be allowed to register .US domains, establishing Americas first-ever exclusive identity on the Internet.

.US domains will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Thus, the best names will go to those who are first in line. Applications must be submitted via an accredited Registrar. The .US Registry has announced EnCirca.biz is one of the first channel partners undergoing accreditation for .US.

One of the more popular uses of the domain will be for personal email addresses. Email communication has become essential for conducting business and for maintaining connections to family and friends, and now is the perfect time to establish a permanent email address, as in john@smithfamily.us. We expect competition to be intense for the most popular names," said Thomas Barrett, CEO of EnCirca, Inc.

Due to the dot-com boom and bust cycle of the past decade, people have often found their email service disrupted, either due to company lay-offs, ISP mergers or job changes. As a result, many people experienced a temporary breakdown in their personal online network. Establishing a personal and permanent .US identity will bring an end to these disruptions.

Please visit www.EnCirca.biz for information on pre-registration of a .US domain name, and for additional information about .US.    

About EnCirca, Inc.

Based in Boston, MA, EnCirca specializes in personal identities using .US and .NAME domains and email addresses. EnCirca believes in permanent vendor-independent digital identities owned and controlled by consumers.

EnCircas permanent digital identities allow consumers to proactively manage their online interactions. EnCirca strives to allow individuals to control their interactions and how their personal information is shared on the Internet, to allow for universal adoption of the Internet for communication, collaboration and commerce.

As announced by Neustar, the .US Registry, EnCirca.biz is one of the first channel partners undergoing accreditation for .US. For more details, see http://www.neustar.us/press/index.html

Visit EnCirca online at www.EnCirca.biz.
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