| FCM, interesting: 
 Monday November 15, 9:32 pm Eastern Time
 
 Company Press Release
 
 Franklin Telecom Reports First-Quarter
 Results
 
 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Franklin Telecom (AMEX:FCM - news)
 today announced the results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 1999.
 
 Net sales decreased by $158,000, or 17 percent, from $933,000 in the three months ended Sept. 30, 1998, to $775,000 in the three months ended Sept. 30, 1999. This quarter had a loss of $3,035,000, as compared with a loss of $1,165,000 for the same quarter last year.
 
 Almost half of the loss this quarter was attributable to a one-time bad-debt reserve for a single customer. The loss per share was 12 cents for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 1999, as compared with a loss per share of 6 cents for the same quarter last year.
 
 
 Single customer, not paying its bills? USAT?
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