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TRIT - Friday March 17, 4:17 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Triden Telecom Expands to Asian Investors TYLER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2000--Triden Telecom, Inc. (OTC BB:TRIT) is pleased to announce their sponsorship of the Fantasy Investor 2000. NAI Interactive Ltd. (www.na-investor.com) hosts this fantasy stock contest which is designed for potential online investors in the Chinese Community throughout Asia and North America to adapt to the online trading environment and to inform them about the venture capital market. The Fantasy Investor 2000 contest runs from April 3, 2000 until June 3, 2000 and will be exposed to over 14 Million potential investors in such major cities as Hong Kong, South China, Taiwan, Singapore, Vancouver, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Participants in the Fantasy Investor 2000 will be selecting 6 out of 50-80 companies to form their personal portfolio. At the end of the trading day, the earnings produced in their portfolio will determine their position. Investors will also see the Triden Telecom banner on the game site and will be prompted to view the Triden Telecom Company Profile that will be posted on www.na-investor.com throughout the duration of the contest. Triden Telecom will also have a presence in all print media and radio promotions of the contest. Mr. Robert S. Hardy, President, and CEO of Triden Telecom believes the Fantasy Investor 2000 contest is an ideal way to expose Triden Telecom to potential investors in Hong Kong, China and North America and is one of the unique ways of expanding the potential market for Triden and subsidiaries. Mr. Hardy says Triden is looking for other potential Mergers or Acquisitions to bring further value to the combined companies of Triden and the shareholders. Other major corporate sponsors on the Fantasy Investor 2000 include: KPMG, Netvigator.com (the Internet division of Hong Kong Telecom (NYSE: HKT-news) CDNX, Yorkton Securities and Ming Pao. NAI Interactive Limited (www.na-investor.com) is the leading Chinese investment web site, which specializes in providing micro cap and small cap (venture capital) companies news and information to over 250,000 Internet visitors per month. NAI Interactive Ltd. Also provides Internet marketing support through their chained sites www.hkmoney.net and www.sc-investor.com. This press release may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the ``safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company's products, subscriber growth, product demand, competition, and other risks and uncertainties. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Triden Telecom Inc. Robert S. Hardy, President and CEO Tel: 903/581-2040 Fax: 903/581-2272 triden@iamerica.net www.tridentelecom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------