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WorldGate and Aianna Corp. Reach Distribution Agreement

July 23, 2007
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WorldGate Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: WGAT), one of the world’s leading providers of video phone products and associated technology, and Aianna Corporation, a full-service global telecommunications company, today announced they have reached an agreement for Aianna to distribute the Ojo personal video phone as part of Aianna’s wide array of telecommunications offerings in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe. The companies are in the beginning stages of marketing the new product and services.

Aianna Corporation was established in 2000 as the vision of one man who was frustrated with the lack of service and quality that carriers were giving to their clients in the telecommunications industry. Aianna’s goal is to offer the best quality services worldwide at the most affordable prices. The company is a full service, global telecommunications provider for private label resellers, reseller agents and residential customers.

John Stat, President of International Markets, Aianna Corp., said, “We believe Ojo will help us to continue to provide the services and products that our customers around the world have come to expect from us. The Ojo user experience is just what we need to help market the best communication experience for our customers. The addition of such a quality video phone to our offerings will help grow our business and meet our aggressive goals.”

“The adoption of Ojo by Aianna is an important step in our plan to make Ojo the worldwide standard for video phones,” said Hal Krisbergh, CEO of WorldGate. “The marketing of Ojo with Aianna services around the world provides a significant opportunity for increasing the global visibility of Ojo. We’re anxious to see the benefits of Aianna’s marketing efforts and to offer Ojo to the several hundred thousand customers they already serve.”

The companies expect the full-scale launch to be well underway this summer.

More information about WorldGate Communications and its Ojo personal video phone may be found at www.wgate.com, or www.ojophone.com.

More information about Aianna Corp. and its telecommunications offerings may be found at www.aianna.com

About WorldGate Communications Inc.

WorldGate Communications, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes the Ojo line of personal video phones. Ojo video phones offer high quality, real-time, two-way video communications with video messaging. The Ojo video phones are designed to conform to industry standard protocols and utilize enhancements to the latest technology for voice and video compression to achieve superior quality at data rates as low as 80 Kbps. WorldGate has been awarded patents for its distinctive design and technology and has other patents pending. This unique combination of functional design, advanced technology and use of broadband networks provides real-time video communication experiences that bring families and friends closer together, and for the first time provides consumers with a high-quality, affordable video phone. WorldGate is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol WGAT. WorldGate and Ojo are trademarks of WorldGate Service Inc. Any other trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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