Released on = October 9, 2006, 4:29 pm

Press Release Author = Irna Hutabarat

Industry = Telecommunications

Press Release Summary = Dr. Andrew Lippman, damaka\'s newest team member, is the
founding Associate Director of the internationally renowned MIT Media Lab and has a
more than thirty-year history at the Institute. He also co-directs the MIT-wide
Communications Futures Program and is the Director of the Digital Life Program.

Press Release Body = RICHARDSON, Texas - October 8, 2006 - damaka, a fast-growing
communication and collaboration software company, has a new member on its advisory
team. Dr. Andrew Lippman is the founding Associate Director of the internationally
renowned MIT Media Lab and has a more than thirty-year history at the Institute. He
also co-directs the MIT-wide Communications Futures Program and is the Director of
the Digital Life Program, which works to create a networked world where
communication becomes fully embedded in our daily lives. He has written both
technical and lay articles about the digital future and given over 250 presentations
throughout the world on the future of information and its commercial and social
impact.

Dr. Lippman is an advocate of the idea that the edge based innovation is poised to
revitalize and transform communications in ways similar to the PC revolution in
computing. He noted, "Whatever device you have today will itself become software
and break free of its current hardware platform." He also noted, "Our job is to
build the collaborative future and show you how you can live in it."

According to Siva Ravikumar, damaka's CEO, "We are very much honored to have Dr.
Lippman join our team. He has spoken extensively to the telecommunication industry
on pushing control and intelligence from the network to the end-user. This is
exactly what damaka is doing and we are delighted to work together with a visionary
MIT professor to spread the joy of communication and collaboration."

Dr. Lippman received both his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from MIT. In 1995
he completed his PhD studies at the EPFL, Switzerland. His current research
interests are in the design of flexible, interactive digital television
infrastructure.


About damaka, Inc.
damakaT (www.damaka.com) is the world\'s most comprehensive, peer-to-peer,
standards-based communication & collaboration software. damaka provides voice,
video, IM, file transfer, Internet radio, desktop sharing & other features in an
easy-to-use, real-time environment. A technology pioneer in distributed
softswitching, damaka offers its white-label solution to Operators, Enterprises and
Consumers. The damaka platform is based on industry standards and uses patent
pending technology to provide a very secure peer-to-peer environment for Internet
users worldwide.


Web Site = http://www.damaka.com

Contact Details = corporate@damaka.net