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New Online User Conference Format Eliminates Travel for Hundreds of Customers SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Last week, WebEx (NASDAQ:WEBX), the leading provider of on-demand web collaboration applications, kicked off the WebEx Experience Online Forum, an interactive online conference that continues this week. WebEx saved an estimated 1,035,384 pounds of carbon dioxide by not requiring the more than 650 attendees to travel to participate in sessions. To calculate the savings, the company used demographic data from previous conferences, unique attendee figures and emissions estimates from the company's carbon calculator and Carbonfund.org. "These days, good business practices need to be profitable and sustainable. WebEx helps companies improve their reach, lower the cost of doing business and reduce the carbon dioxide emissions that lead to global warming," said Rick Faulk, chief marketing officer, WebEx. "If just 0.1 percent of the meetings held on WebEx replaced a long haul flight, our services would save nearly 60 tons of CO2 from being emitted every day." WebEx meetings are a productive alternative to business travel which is a leading contributor to harmful carbon dioxide emissions. A person that flies just 30,000 miles a year puts more than 19,100 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Replacing even a small number of those trips with web meetings can dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions. For example: -- Using WebEx instead of one person flying from New York to London for a team meeting would save 2,690 pounds of carbon dioxide -- Using WebEx instead of two people traveling from Chicago to San Francisco for a sales presentation would save 4,696 pounds of carbon dioxide -- Using WebEx for a training session with 12 participants flying from Dallas to San Francisco would save 22,377 pounds of carbon dioxide As part of its WebEx for Clean Air program, WebEx offers a "Plant-a-Tree with WebEx" campaign, an easy way to experience the business productivity benefits of web meetings while helping offset carbon dioxide emissions. Users simply go to http://www.webex.com/go/zerocarbon sign up for the special WebEx Meeting Center free trial, hold two business meetings and WebEx will plant a tree in their name through Carbonfund.org. The 2007 WebEx Experience Online Forum began last Tuesday, May 15th and continues through Thursday, May 24th. To register for this week's sessions visit http://www.webex.com/experience. To hear sessions that occurred last week including keynote presentation given by Don Tapscott, co-author of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything visit http://www.webex.com/go/library About WebEx With 2.3 million registered users, WebEx is the global leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web. These applications enhance high-touch business processes, such as sales and training, with efficient web-touch interactions. As an on-demand provider, WebEx is able to facilitate both internal and external collaboration. WebEx delivers its range of applications over the WebEx MediaTone Network, a global network specifically designed for the secure delivery of on-demand applications. WebEx applications support multipoint videoconferencing, web conferencing, telework and application remote control. WebEx is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit http://www.webex.com/www.webex.com for more information. WebEx and MediaTone are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of WebEx Communications, Inc. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may be identified by use of the terms anticipates, believes, continue, could, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, potential, predicts, should or will, or the negative of those terms or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. In particular, these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the statement that WebEx helps companies improve their reach, lower the cost of doing business, and do their part to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. Factors which could contribute to risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the failure of customers to utilize WebEx applications effectively in their businesses. A fuller discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could affect WebEx Communications, Inc. are more fully set forth in WebEx Communications, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including WebEx's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2007. WebEx Communications, Inc. assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information contained in this press release. DATASOURCE: WebEx CONTACT: Colin Smith of WebEx Communications, +1-408-566-5694, Web site: http://www.webex.com/

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