(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1999--MicroTel International Inc. (the "company") (OTC BB:MCTL) Tuesday announced that its CXR, S.A. subsidiary located in Paris has been appointed master distributor for France for Praxton Inc., the Campbell, Calif.- based provider of integrated business communications solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, CXR, S.A. will be the master distributor for Praxton's PHONE DATA eXCHANGE - PDX(TM) system, an integrated business communications solution designed to combine voice, data, messaging and Internet access -- generally known as "convergence" -- into one easy-to-manage product thereby consolidating the number of communications links required and reducing costs. PDX(TM) also enables PBX functionality, as well as enabling shared network access for LAN users and remote workers. Aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, as well as remote branch offices, PDX(TM) is an entry-level convergence product ideally suited to resellers wanting to address the burgeoning Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) convergence market. "Opportunities for VARs in the voice and data integration market are huge, especially in the SME sector," explained Jacques Moisset, president of CXR, S.A. "The Praxton agreement will enable us to address these opportunities and further underlies CXR's commitment to offer state-of-the-art communications solutions. The PDX(TM) product is an exciting addition to the product portfolio of our Networking Division, which has been concentrating on data-voice integration solutions for more than four years." MicroTel International is a holding company for its three wholly owned subsidiaries: CXR Telcom Corp. in Fremont, Calif.; CXR, S.A. in Paris; and XIT Corp. in Ontario and its 41 percent-owned affiliate company, Digital Transmission Systems Inc., located near Atlanta. CXR Telcom Corp., 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 Corp. designs, manufactures and markets information technology products, including input and display components, subsystem assemblies and power supplies. The company operates out of facilities in the United States, France, England and Japan. The statements in this news 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. --30--JP/np* KM/np CONTACT: MicroTel International Inc., Ontario James P. Butler, 909/456-4321 Web site: microtelinternational.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com
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