INGATE® WINS PULVER 100 AWARD

Named Pioneering New Growth Company in Communications Sector

Stockholm, September 27, 2004 - Ingate® Systems (www.ingate.com, which produces and sells the world.s only fully Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-capable enterprise firewalls, once again won the prestigious pulver 100 Award, the VoIP industry.s premiere listing of privately held growth companies that represent the future of the communications ecosystem. This is the third time Ingate has earned this recognition.

The pulver 100 Award is bestowed by pulver.com, which produces the VON conferences and is actively engaged in promoting the growth of communications technology.

For enterprise LANs protected by existing firewalls, not capable of handling SIP communication between the LAN and the outside world, Ingate also produces and sells the Ingate SIParator®, a device that works in conjunction with an existing network firewall to seamlessly enable the traversal of SIP communications.

"It is an honor to once again be named a pulver 100 company," said Olle Westerberg, Chief Executive Officer, Ingate Systems. "Ingate is leading the industry in developing SIP-enabling technologies that bring applications such as VoIP, IM, video and presence to the enterprise. We are continuing to innovate next-generation firewall technologies that bring SIP to every business quickly, easily and cost-effectively."

"Ingate Systems demonstrates unmatched creativity and technological expertise in crafting SIP-based communications solutions for the enterprise," said Jeff Pulver, founder of Pulver.com. "From their newest far-end NAT traversal module to the Ingate SIParator, Ingate has proven themselves to be the industry leader in developing next-generation firewall technology."

About the Pulver 100

Originally introduced in 2002, the pulver 100 features private companies in the communications sector that have substantial real-world deployments and enjoy significant growth rates. The value chain characterized by pulver 100 differs from the vertically integrated telecom model of the last century, focusing more on a networking-industry model that espouses open interfaces, connectivity decoupled from services, and software decoupled from hardware. For additional details on the 2004 pulver 100, please visit: www.pulver.com/pulver100

About Ingate® Systems

A world leader in next generation firewall technology, Ingate® Systems produces and sells the world's only fully SIP-capable enterprise firewalls and the Ingate SIParator®, a device that connects to an existing network firewall to seamlessly enable the traversal of SIP communications and winner of Internet Telephony magazine's Product of the Year Award in 2002 and again in 2003. Ingate Systems has a long history of developing secure communications technology and today offers enterprises unprecedented value and ability to develop SIP-based, person-to-person real-time communications. Ingate's security products currently protect the networks of retail companies, financial institutions, industrial firms, government agencies and small-to-large enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Ingate's principal shareholders are Intertex Data AB and Bell Net Corp. Ingate Systems AB is located in Stockholm and Linköping, Sweden. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ingate Systems Inc., is located in Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on Ingate Systems, visit www.ingate.com.

For more information, please contact:

Johan Terve, Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Ingate Systems AB
+46-70 202 53 00
johan@ingate.com

Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager, Ingate Systems
(917) 414-9262
hillary@ingate.com