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News release on ILUM after the bell on Friday. Related QuotesILUM 33 9/16 +7/8 delayed 20 mins - disclaimer Friday October 22, 4:57 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release ILLUMINET Calling Name -- CNAM -- Access and Transport Service Delivers Broadest Coverage Available to Date OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1999--ILLUMINET (Nasdaq:ILUM - news), the largest unaffiliated provider of SS7 network services in the United States, announced that it has agreements in place with all the major Calling Name Delivery (CNAM) database owners in the country. This gives ILLUMINET the broadest CNAM coverage available today through a single source. ``The conclusion of these agreements is significant because it now gives ILLUMINET customers access to all available CNAM data,' said Eric Rock, Product Manager for database services. ``Full coverage through a single source is an efficiency and cost benefit to our customers, and it also adds value to their end-user offering,' said Rock. ILLUMINET's two-part service bureau approach, which includes data access and storage as well as delivery services, allows carriers utilizing its network to gain immediate nationwide access to all major CNAM databases, without the sizable investment in time and dollars required to negotiate individual agreements and build-out interconnection on their own. Further, the breadth of ILLUMINET's offering ensures fewer incomplete identification messages delivered to the subscribing consumer, a condition more likely to occur with in-region services. ILLUMINET, which began providing CNAM data services in 1995, currently serves competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) and independent telephone companies with its CNAM access and transport services. ILLUMINET (www.illuminet.com) provides advanced signaling network technology and enhanced applications, including number portability, wireless fraud management, SS7 network usage measurement and billing services to local, interexchange, and wireless telecommunications providers throughout the United States. Editors Note: ILLUMINET is a registered service mark of ILLUMINET, Inc., in the United States and Canada. Other product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. This release contains information that is forward-looking. ``Forward-looking' statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation reform Act of 1995 (``Act'), are based on current expectations, estimates and projections. Such statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Act. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about ILLUMINET's beliefs and expectations are forward-looking statements. These statements contain potential risks and uncertainties. There are certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. ILLUMINET undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: ILLUMINET Penny Thomas, 360/493-6724 pthomas@illuminet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More Quotes and News: Iluminet Holdings Inc (NasdaqNM:ILUM - news) Related News Categories: telecom ------------------------------------------------------------------------