CRESCENT DEVELOPING POWERFUL DESKTOP SECURITY SOFTWARE

HI-TECH FIRM DEVELOPING ADVANCED SYSTEMS

Crescent Communications Inc. (OTCBB:CCES) announced that it is in development of a proprietary desktop control application to be called Gateway. Gateway will secure the users desktop personal computer to Crescents Industry Specific Virtual Private Network (ISVPN). The Gateway application will enable the user greater operational control, efficiency and productivity. The application will be produced under ISO 9002 standards
Crescent believes that Gateway will represent the next generation of portals for the PC, giving enterprises the ability to coordinate Internet access for their users. Crescent anticipates Gateway will be a first-to-market" product which will allow the administrator to easily create a customized Internet experience for each user in the areas of; web browsing, email, file downloads and newsgroup activities. Gateway will permit administrators to grant or deny different levels of Internet access on a user-by-user basis enabling businesses to more effectively coordinate Internet access.
Adding Gateway to our product offerings will enable Crescent to provide users with a unique end-to-end secure telecommunications infrastructure solution that starts from their desktop" stated Manfred Sternberg, CEO. This is in line with our development of specific services for targeted industries, which will provide them with a secure channel of Internet communication, free from risk of interception or unauthorized transmission. We expect to release the Gateway software in the first quarter of 2003"
About Crescent Communications, Inc.
Crescent Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: CCES) is a value added network provider, (VAN), focused on the small business and enterprise-level market segments providing industry specific end-to-end solutions for vertical markets such as medical, high end graphics and printing, legal and financial. Crescent provides wireless, DSL and traditional communication technologies using several regional and national carriers. Besides managed VPNs, Crescent delivers application and web hosting services as well as managed firewall services from its ATM core fiber backbone network.

This news release contains forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27a of the Securities Acts of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove correct.

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Company contact:
Manfred Sternberg, CEO
701 North Post Oak Rd, Suite 630
Houston, Texas 77024
(713) 682-7400
(713) 682-7402 fax
www.crescentb.com
email: investorrelations@crescentb.com