| Cognitronics to Sell Voice Information Systems to Nextlink Communications
 
 DANBURY, Conn., July 22 /PRNewsire/ -- Cognitronics Corporation (Amex: CGN - news) announced today that Nextlink
 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXLK - news) has selected Cognitronics' McIAS(TM) 16xx/IP product technology to
 provide voice announcement services on its nationwide network.
 
 Nextlink, a competitive communications company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington providing local, long distance and
 enhanced communications services to commercial customers in major and mid-sized markets in the United States, will install
 Cognitronics' McIAS 16xx/IP voice information systems on its Nortel DMS-500 digital switching systems to provide voice
 information services to its customers, including network, number change intercept and automatic number announcements.
 Enhanced services announcements may be added in the future.
 
 ''We welcome Nextlink to the growing list of competitive telephone service providers who have selected Cognitronics'
 McIAS 16xx/IP technology to provide announcement services on their networks,'' said Brian J. Kelley, president and chief
 executive officer of Cognitronics. ''Sales under this recently signed agreement, which are subject to the receipt of definitive
 purchase orders, are expected to begin in the current quarter.
 
 Statements contained herein which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in
 this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
 Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, variability of sales volume
 quarter to quarter, product demand, market acceptance, litigation, risk of dependence on significant customers, third party
 suppliers and intellectual property rights, risks in product and technology development and other risk factors detailed in the
 company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
 
 Cognitronics is a leading manufacturer and supplier of voice information systems, including telephone network and call
 management products, to telephone operating companies, other telecommunications providers and original equipment
 manufacturers.
 
 SOURCE: Cognitronics Corporation
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