Zoom Telephonics Announces Product Direction for Global Village Brand

Boston, MA, August 21, 2000 -- Zoom Telephonics Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOM) announced today the product direction for its recently acquired Global Village brand.

New Global Village products are expected to include dialup modems with the new V.92 standard, ADSL modems, cable modems and wireless LAN products.

"Global Village is a great brand with a history of providing excellent software and hardware for the Macintosh market", said Frank Manning, president of Zoom Telephonics. "Zoom is pleased to continue the proud tradition of the Global Village brand by introducing exciting new products for the Macintosh."

Zoom intends to ship a Global Village modem with the new ITU V.92 international standard in the fourth quarter of this year. The new Global Village V.92 modem will ship with the highly rated GlobalFax™ software. Other new Global Village products are expected to follow in 2001 and beyond.

Experienced Global Village technical support staff members have been retained by Zoom Telephonics. That staff will continue to provide technical support for Global Village brand products.

About Zoom Telephonics

Zoom Telephonics, a communications leader since 1977, designs, produces, and markets dial-up modems, cable and ADSL modems, wireless LAN products, home phoneline networking products, and other data communication products under the Zoom® and Hayes® brand names. Zoom products are available in over 3000 of the highest volume computer retailers in the USA and over 5000 retail outlets worldwide. For more information, visit Zoom at www.zoomtel.com.

Press Contact:
Larry Hancock
lhancock@zoomtel.com
580-347-3213

Disclaimer: This press release contains forward-looking information relating to Zoom's plans, expectations and intentions. Actual results may be materially different than those expectations as a result of known and unknown risks, including those set forth below. The technologies being pursued by Zoom are subject to the significant risks and uncertainties generally applicable to modem and data communications products, including rapid technological change and intense competition, uncertainty of new product development, uncertainty of component availability, early stage of development of certain data communications markets, uncertainty of market growth, as well as other risks set forth in Zoom's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Zoom cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Zoom expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in Zoom's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstance on which any such statement is based.