3/1/99 FTEL NEWS RELEASE #1
Monday March 1, 11:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Franklin Telecom Sweetens Voice over the Internet for Remote Workers
Branch DVG Ideal for Small Branch Offices
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999-- Franklin Telecom (OTC BB: FTEL) is introducing a four port version of their award winning Tempest® Data Voice Gateway this week at CTExpo '99 in Los Angeles. The Branch DVG has been optimized for the needs of the remote worker or for small branch offices.
Each Branch DVG can interconnect four analog devices--including phones, fax or key system lines--directly to the Internet or to a private data network. The Branch DVG incorporates many of the same features found in the larger Tempest while drastically reducing the cost for integrating the remote worker or small branch office into the mainstream corporate environment.
Peter Buswell, Franklin's President and COO said, ''This is super cool because, for once, the little guy can actually be out in front of the giants. The mega-corporations are being very conservative about diving full-blown into the Voice over the Internet (VoIP) revolution--and yet with the Branch DVG the small to medium businesses can easily afford to take advantage of VoIP features that make them look (and function) like giants to their customers. This can give them a great edge.''
The Branch DVG is a low-profile, easy to remotely manage SNMP compliant package. It will be demonstrated at CTExpo '99 in Booth 3301. This is the third of four announcements that will be made prior to the show.
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 over 100,000 nodes worldwide. Franklin's Internet subsidiary FNet provides Voice over Internet Protocol global Telco services.
Certain statements in this press 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 which 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.
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
www.fnet.net - for Internet Telephony & Franklin's Next
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