Jeff: here is some news on FTEL/FCM
released on Friday in case anyone missed
it.
my interpretation of the action on thurs
and fri after they made AMEX: a lot of
people jumped onboard hoping for a quick
trade. in the past franklin, i believe
has been widely known as a good trading
stock. i am sure a lot of people still
keep there eyes on it and trade it. thats
why i encourage a Long Term view. more often
than not if you try to trade it you will
be surprised or disappointed. with the
stock making AMEX, increasing revenues, and
great new product intros, i believe we have
a lot to look forward to. heres the news:
Franklin Telecom Takes VoIP Products to CeBIT
Tempest System to Demo at European Supershow
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1999-- Franklin
Telecom (AMEX:FCM - news) Friday announced that it is demonstrating its
Tempest® System VoIP family of products at CeBIT Hannover, which will
run through March 24 in Hannover, Germany.
CeBIT '99 anticipates more than 600,000 visitors from 100 countries.
Franklin President Peter Buswell said: ''Obviously, with our line of
products and services, we need to be here. One core aspect of Voice over
the Internet (VoIP) is that it diminishes the significance of national
and international boundaries in communication -- the Internet is a
global unifying factor.
''This is the premier event for international telecommunication. It's
very timely for us, as well, as we put the finishing touches on our
60-channel E1 international version of the Tempest Data Voice Gateway.''
In addition to demonstrating Franklin's products, interviews are being
conducted to enlist additional overseas representatives for Franklin.
Frank Peters, Franklin's chairman and chief executive officer,
commented: ''The last few months have been critical and productive in
terms of developing and refining our product line -- which, of course,
is an on-going process -- but we are now at a point where our primary
focus is on showing the world what we've got and how our products and
services can benefit them. CeBIT is the ideal forum to spread the
word.''
Peters went on to say that conversations will also be held with
potential joint-venture partners for Franklin's Internet and VoIP
subsidiary, FNet Corp., which is currently deploying a global, next-
generation telephone company utilizing a hybrid of traditional
circuit-switched technology with satellite and new Internet Protocol
Data Voice Gateways.
Franklin's booth is A60 in Telecommunications Building 26.
The primary business of Franklin Telecom, founded in 1981, is the design
and manufacturing of communications devices, high-speed LAN, WAN, telco
and software. Franklin customers have installed more than 100,000 nodes
worldwide. Franklin's Internet subsidiary, FNet, provides
Voice-over-Internet-Protocol global telco services.
For additional information about this announcement, visit the Officer's
Message page at Franklin's Web Site: www.ftel.com; www.franklin.net for
Internet Services and Access; and www.fnet.net for Internet Telephony
and Franklin's Next Generation Telephone Company.
Certain statements in this news release constitute ''forward- looking
statements'' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the company to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements.
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Contact:
Franklin Telecom, Westlake Village
Helen West, 805/373-8688 (shareholder relations)
Debra Kent, 805/373-8688 (media relations) |
