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Microtel's -MCTL- 41%-Owned Affiliate Digital Transmission -DTSX-
Announces Initial Orders of $2.4 Million From Nextel -NXTL-
ONTARIO, CALIF. (March 24) BUSINESS WIRE -March 24, 1999--
Orders For 1999 Deployment Are Under An
Existing Multiple Year Contract
MicroTel International, Inc. (NASDAQ Small Cap: MCTLC) today announced
its 41%-owned affiliate Digital Transmission Systems, Inc. (DTS)
(OTCBB:DTSX), a leading telecommunications network access equipment
manufacturer, has received several orders for FlexT1 network access
equipment from Nextel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL), a wireless
communications services company headquartered in McLean Virginia.
The orders are for initial 1999 deployment requirements in continuation
of a multiple year contract and total approximately $2.4 million.
Nextel deploys the FlexT1 unit with standardized CSU functionality and
T1 performance monitoring at each cell site in the network. FlexT1
products integrate voice signals from cell site radio equipment and
signals from other sources (such as data services) and transmits them
back to Mobile Switching Offices of wireless service providers to
manage and non-intrusively troubleshoot their networks rapidly. "Nextel
is committed to delivering a powerful new level of high quality
communication services and the networking equipment from DTS will help
us accomplish that" commented Gary Ottosi, vice president of network
operations for Nextel. "We chose DTS products because of their
functionality, expandability, reliability and competitive price."
Nextel Communications is the leading provider of fully integrated
wireless communications and has built the largest guaranteed
all-digital wireless network in the United States that covers thousands
of communities across the U.S. including 92 of the top 100 U.S.
markets.
"DTS is proud to be an integral part of the expansion of Nextel's
guaranteed all digital national network," said Dick Pfeiser, Vice
President of Sales for DTS. Founded in 1990 and headquartered near
Atlanta, Ga., DTS designs, manufactures and markets components to
build, access and manage high-speed telecommunications networks
worldwide.
MicroTel International, Inc. is a holding company for its three wholly
owned subsidiaries - CXR Telcom Corporation in Fremont, CA; CXR, S.A.
in Paris, France and XIT Corporation in Ontario, CA. and its 41%-owned
affiliate company Digital Transmission Systems, Inc. near Atlanta,
Georgia. CXR Telcom Corporation, CXR, S.A. and Digital Transmission
Systems, Inc. design, manufacture and market electronic
telecommunication test instruments, wireless and wireline voice, data
and video transmission and networking equipment. XIT Corporation
designs, manufactures and markets information technology products,
including input and display components, subsystem assemblies, power
supplies, hybrid microelectronic and other circuits. The Company
operates out of facilities in the U.S., France, England and Japan.
For further information please consult the Company's investor Website
at microtelinternational.com
The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not
historical are forward-looking statements which involve risks and
uncertainties including, without limitation, economic and competitive
conditions in the markets served by the Company affecting the demand
for the Company's products, product pricing, market acceptance, access
to distribution channels and other risks detailed from time to time in
the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These risks
could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated
or described herein.
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CONTACT: MicroTel International Inc., Ontario
James P. Butler, CFO, 909/456-4321
Web site: microtelinternational.com
or
H.L. Lanzet Inc., New York
Herbert Lanzet/DeeDee Lanzet, 212/687-0061
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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