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(Applies to: MCTLC DTSX AT)
MicroTel's -MCTLC- 41%-Owned Affiliate Digital Transmission -DTSX- &
ALLTEL Supply -NYSE:AT- Announce Distribution Agreement
ONTARIO, CALIF. (March 31) BUSINESS WIRE -March 31, 1999--
Initial Orders Total Approximately $3,000,000
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, and ALLTEL Supply, have concluded an agreement under
which ALLTEL Supply (NYSE:AT) will use their extensive nationwide and
international presence to distribute DTS network access products.
ALLTEL Supply has placed an initial series of stocking orders, for two
of its wireless affiliates, totaling approximately $3,000,000. ALLTEL
is an information and technology company providing wireline and
wireless communication services, and a leading distributor of
communications and data networking equipment.
The agreement with DTS is coordinated with a strategic move by ALLTEL
Supply to enter the EF&I (Engineering, Furnish and Install) market.
ALLTEL Supply will provide their wireless customers with pre-assembled
portable call site enclosures containing all equipment installed,
wired, configured and tested. This reduces the on site installation
process to a minimum allowing rapid turn-on with minimum expense.
"This agreement with DTS has helped ALLTEL Supply launch our EF&I
program on a large scale," remarked Dan O'Sullivan, Director of
Distribution Services. "We like the DTS network access products
because they are specifically designed for the wireless market and
provide effective solutions for a large variety of wireless cell site
access applications."
MicroTel International, Inc. is a holding company for its three wholly
owned subsidiaries -- CXR Telcom Corporation in Fremont, Calif.; CXR,
S.A. in Paris, France and XIT Corporation in Ontario, Calif. 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.
James P. Butler, CFO
909/456-4321
Web site: microtelinternational.com
or
H.L. Lanzet, Inc.
Herbert Lanzet/DeeDee Lanzet
212/687-0061
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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