IDT Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2006

IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT, IDT.C) announces operating results for the fourth quarter, the three months ended July 31, 2006, and fiscal 2006.

• Q4 Revenues: $555.5 million, down 2.1% year over year.
• Q4 Net loss: $86.5 million, versus $0.0 million one year ago.
• Q4 Diluted net loss per share: ($0.91), versus ($0.00) one year ago.
• Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $514.8 million as of year-end, excluding $60.7 million held in discontinued operations.

The following table summarizes the operating performance of IDT's business segments excluding discontinued operations:

FOURTH QUARTER AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

• On May 22, our previously announced tender offer for outstanding employee options expired, with 7.9 million options tendered at $2.00 each.
• On June 15, our Board of Directors authorized a new stock buyback program, allowing for the purchase of up to 25 million shares of the company's publicly traded stock.
• On August 24, we closed the first of three stages of our sale of IDT Entertainment to Liberty Media, and subsequently on September 29 the final two stages closed. Beginning with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006, IDT Entertainment is being reported as a discontinued operation.
• During the fourth quarter, we decided to explore other opportunities for our IDT Spectrum assets, and disassembled the team that had been pursuing a wireless backhaul business.
• On September 7, 2006, Pipex Communications plc agreed to purchase our U.K. based Toucan consumer phone services business for ‚¤24 million (approximately $45 million at current exchange rates) in cash and stock.
• We continued the cost reduction program that was implemented in the third quarter. To date, approximately 535 positions have been eliminated, and we have recorded approximately $23 million in restructuring charges relating to these workforce reductions. Beginning in fiscal 2007, we expect these changes to result in approximately $35-40 million in savings on an annualized basis.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

In addition to the standard Line of Business Detail that follows, an additional Line of Business report for the telecom business is included as an addendum at the end of this release. This is designed to provide enhanced disclosure of the results of our core operating businesses, as well as that of other new initiatives in telecom.

IDT Telecom

Calling Cards

Calling card revenues were down 2.3% versus the third quarter of fiscal 2006, and decreased 7.5% when compared to last year's fourth quarter. During the quarter, we continued instituting selective price increases on cards in the U.S. and Europe, in an effort to improve gross margins, resulting in improved revenue-per-minute price realizations in both the U.S. and Europe. As a result of these price increases as well as competitive market pressures, minute volumes declined, leading to overall lower revenues. In the fourth quarter, the U.S. calling card business carried 2.9 billion minutes, as compared to 3.2 billion minutes in the third quarter and 3.6 billion minutes in the fourth quarter one year ago. The European calling card business carried 301 million minutes, as compared to 328 million minutes in the third quarter and 384 million minutes in the fourth quarter one year ago.

For the full fiscal year, calling card revenues were down 3.9% from fiscal 2005. This decline occurred both in our U.S. and European operations, as a result of our current pricing strategy, and was only partially offset by the rapid growth of our still nascent operations in South America and Asia.

Gross margins in our calling card business normalized in the fourth quarter at 22.0% in comparison to 5.5% in the third quarter, as third quarter gross margins were negatively impacted by the regulatory fee assessments that were accrued. The margin improvements we have experienced over the latter half of fiscal 2006 have been driven by our continued focus on margin over revenue growth in the U.S. and European markets. While we expect over the long-term to maintain our strategy of managing our calling card businesses for maximized sustainable free cash flow, we have historically shifted our short-term strategy from time to time, seeking to take advantage of opportunities to increase market share in important markets. Such strategic shifts generally result in temporarily narrower calling card gross margins. If such opportunities arise during fiscal 2007, it is possible that we will decide to grow revenues and market share at the expense of gross margins for a given period of time.

Consumer Phone Services

Consumer phone services revenues were 3.6% higher than those recorded in the third quarter, and 13.8% lower than those in last year's fourth quarter, reflecting a continued decline in our U.S. customer base, and an increase in revenues from our European based consumer phone services operation, Toucan. For the full fiscal year consumer phone services revenues declined by 21.6% in comparison to fiscal 2005, reflecting this same trend.

The customer base for our U.S. bundled unlimited local and long distance phone services was approximately 135,000 as of July 31, 2006, compared to 165,000 customers as of April 30, 2006. The customer base for long distance-only service stood at 257,000 at the end of the fourth quarter, as compared to 264,000 at the end of the third quarter. These declines, particularly in our bundled offering, are an ongoing result of our decision to stop marketing the services early in calendar 2005 following the FCC's abolishment of the UNE-P pricing regime. We do plan, however, to re-enter the market in a limited manner with certain new bundled telecommunications products beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

Wholesale Carrier

Wholesale carrier revenues increased 5.5% sequentially, and declined 9.7% from the fourth quarter a year ago. On a sequential basis and year over year, minute volumes continued to increase, while at the same time price realization per-minute continued to decline. Nonetheless, gross profit per-minute increased, as cost per-minute decreased at a faster rate than did revenue per-minute. In the fourth quarter, wholesale carrier carried 1.92 billion minutes, in comparison to 1.79 billion minutes in the third quarter, and 1.81 billion minutes in the fourth quarter one year ago. Wholesale carrier gross margins increased to 12.1% in the fourth quarter, versus 11.6% in the third quarter, and 9.2% in last year's fourth quarter, reflecting the addition of a number of new, higher margin customer relationships. Going forward, we believe wholesale carrier gross margins will continue to fluctuate, although in a more narrow range than in recent quarters.

For the full fiscal year, wholesale carrier revenues declined 3.3% in comparison to fiscal 2005, as an increase in minute volumes was outweighed by lower per-minute price realizations.

Voice over IP

During the fourth quarter we continued our integration of Net2Phone's network and product lines into IDT Telecom. Beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 2007, Net2Phone will no longer be reported as a separate segment, as it will be fully sharing its operational infrastructure and costs with IDT Telecom's other businesses.

Net2Phone's revenues decreased 2.2% in the fourth quarter as compared to the third quarter, and increased 15.5% compared to the fourth quarter one year ago. The sequential change resulted from a slight decline in hardware sales. For the year over year period, continued growth during fiscal 2006 of Cable and Voiceline customers, as well as minute growth, led to an increase in revenues. For the full fiscal year, revenues increased 28.0% in comparison to fiscal 2005.

IDT Capital

Beginning with the fourth quarter, certain non-telecom related operations that had previously been reported within the IDT Telecom segment were moved to IDT Capital. Previous quarter's segment results have been reclassified to reflect this change. Inclusive of these businesses, IDT Capital's revenues for the fourth quarter increased 15.6% sequentially, and 229.9% versus the year ago period. The increase in the sequential period was driven by seasonal strength in our CTM brochure distribution business and the addition of Ethnic Grocery Brands, consisting primarily of our recently acquired Vitarroz business, for the full quarter. For the year over year period, the revenue increase was primarily due to the rapid growth of our energy business. As of the end of the fourth quarter, IDT Energy serviced approximately 200,000 total meters in New York State, compared to 165,000 meters at the end of the third quarter.

For the full fiscal year, revenues increased 318.6% in comparison to fiscal 2005, as a result of the strong growth in IDT Energy's customer base. We intend to continue aggressively acquiring customers in this business during fiscal 2007.

Telecom Line of Business- Addendum

The Telecom Line of Business addendum separates Calling Card revenues by region, as well as breaks out operational performance within our Consumer Phone Services business geographically, between the U.S. and Europe, each an independent business.

In addition, an Other category has been separated out from the results of our Calling Card business. As of this quarter, the Other category primarily contains the operational results of TuYo. Certain businesses that are non-telecom related but were previously included in the Other category are now reported within the IDT Capital segment. Previous quarter's results have been reclassified to reflect this change.

IDT CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

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ABOUT IDT CORPORATION

IDT Corporation is an innovative and opportunistic multinational holding company with operations that span various industries. Through its Telecom subsidiary, IDT provides telecommunications services worldwide to the retail and wholesale markets. IDT's Capital division incubates newer businesses, and the company's Spectrum subsidiary holds its spectrum license assets. IDT Telecom provides retail and wholesale telecommunications services and products, including pre-paid and rechargeable calling cards, consumer local, long distance, and wireless phone services, and wholesale carrier services. Through Net2Phone, the company also provides a range of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communications services. IDT Capital's operations include an Energy Services Company (ESCO) in New York State, ethnic food distribution, brochure distribution and other initiatives. IDT Corporation's Class B Common Stock and Common Stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols IDT and IDT.C, respectively.

In this press release, all statements that are not purely about historical facts, including, but not limited to, those with the words "believe,""anticipate," "expect,""plan," "intend,""estimate," "target" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent IDT's current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements due to numerous important factors. These risks and uncertainties include, but are certainly not limited to the specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our reports filed with the SEC. All forward-looking statements and risk factors included in this document are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to IDT as of the date thereof, and IDT assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or risk factors.