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ELON & T news: Thursday May 18, 1:59 am Eastern Time Company Press Release AT&T Joins LONMARK Interoperability Association as Sponsor Communications Powerhouse Joins Efforts to Promote Open LONWORKS Systems PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2000--The LONMARK© Interoperability Association today announced that AT&T (NYSE:T - news) joined the Association as a Sponsor member. The Association's 250+ members work together to promote the widespread use of open, interoperable networks of everyday devices using Echelon's (Nasdaq:ELON - news) LONWORKS© platform in homes, buildings, factories, and transportation systems worldwide. As a Sponsor member, AT&T will sit on the LONMARK Board of Directors and will play a key leadership role in facilitating the design and marketing of open, interoperable LONWORKS products. ``AT&T is excited to join the LONMARK Interoperability Association,'' said L. Scott Perry, vice president, strategy and business development for AT&T Business Services. ``Working with Echelon and the other Association members will enable us to develop and deliver the right set of network services to our customers for networking LONWORKS control networks across wide area networks -- like the Internet.'' ``We welcome AT&T to the LONMARK Interoperability Association and look forward to working closely with them,'' said M. Kenneth Oshman, chairman, CEO and president of Echelon Corporation. ``As one of the world's leading telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers, AT&T brings a powerful global connectivity infrastructure for remotely managing and interacting with LONWORKS networks and for delivering valuable new services to LONWORKS networks.'' About AT&T AT&T (www.att.com) is the world's premier provider of voice and data communications, with more than 80 million customers, including businesses, government and consumers. With annual revenues of more than $62 billion and 150,000 employees, AT&T runs the world's largest, most sophisticated communications network and has one of the largest digital wireless networks in North America. The company is a leading supplier of data and Internet services for businesses and offers outsourcing, consulting and networking-integration to large businesses. It is also the nation's largest direct Internet service provider to consumers. Internationally, Concert -- the AT&T/BT joint venture -- serves the communications needs of multinational companies and international carriers worldwide. About The LONMARK Interoperability Association Since its inception in May 1994, the LONMARK Interoperability Association has become a major driving force in the establishment of interoperable guidelines for building, industrial and residential/utility automation. LONMARK membership is open to any manufacturer, end-user and system integrator committed to the development and use of open, interoperable products using multi-vendor LONWORKS control networks. Further information on the LONMARK Interoperability Association and its members can be found on the LONMARK Association website at www.lonmark.org. About Echelon Corporation Echelon Corporation (Nasdaq:ELON - news) is the developer of LONWORKS networks, recognized internationally as a standard for interoperable control networks. With thousands of application developers and millions of devices installed worldwide, the LONWORKS system is a leading open, networked control solution for building and home automation, industrial, transportation, and public utility applications. Echelon offers a full range of off-the-shelf hardware and software products to support the development, installation and management of intelligent, open and interoperable control networks. Echelon is based in Palo Alto, with international offices in China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. News and information are available at echelon.com. Note to Editors: LONWORKS©, LonPoint©, LONMARK© and the LONMARK logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other trademarks belong to their respective holders. biz.yahoo.com