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To: Ilaine who wrote (1815)	5/18/2000 11:50:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3891

PRESS RELEASE:ECI Telecom Gets Alcatel DTX-600 Supply Pact Dow Jones Newswires -- May 18, 2000 Dow Jones Newswires ( BW)(ECI-TELECOM)(ECIL) ECI Telecom Announces Major Contract From Alcatel Space To Supply DTX-600 Systems, Belonging to ECI Telecom's xTX Product Family Business & Technology Editors 6 PETAH TIKVA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2000--ECI Telecom Ltd. (NASDAQ/NM symbol: ECIL) today announced another successful contract for its DTX-600 systems, belonging to the xTX family of next generation telephony solutions. ECI Telecom will supply its multi-service DTX-600 Multi-Service Toll Quality compression systems to Alcatel Space, for implementation in the Intelig network. Alcatel space chose ECI Telecom's DTX-600 systems to enhance the efficiency, functionality and service capabilities of Intelig's domestic network in Brazil. 6 The Alcatel contract for the Intelig network will connect thousands of subscribers in Brazil to sophisticated services. The xTX family of Telephony Inter-Networking systems, supports adaptation of PSTN telephony to IP, ATM, and traditional TDM networks within the same platform. The xTX family of products link state-of-the-art IP and ATM telephony processing and adaptation technology with multi-service toll-quality DTX compression technology. Enabling compression ratios up to 20:1 toll-quality voice with Fax, Voice Band Data (VBD), native data and signaling traffic, the DTX-600 system is designed for global deployment network applications as well as end-user customer premises environments. Tzvika Friedman, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of ECI Telecom's Next Generation Telephony and DCME Unit stated, "ECI Telecom is a world leader in the implementation of toll-quality voice and data compression. The xTX family and the DTX 600/60 product family specifically enables ECI Telecom to meet a new set of network efficiency requirements encompassing end-to-end compression, dynamic allocation of integrated voice and data resources and multi-service capabilities. As part of the xTX family, the customer has a risk free upgrade path to VoATM and VoIP networks. We believe the DTX-600 is the most efficient equipment existing today in the market for toll quality voice and data" ECI Telecom Ltd. is a provider of integrated network solutions for digital communications and data transmission systems. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports end-to-end digital telecommunications solutions for today's new services and converging networks. The Company's products create bandwidth, maximize revenues for network operators, expand capacity, improve performance and enable new revenue-producing services. In doing so, they enhance the capabilities of existing networks to support voice, data, video and multimedia services. ECI Telecom's equipment supports traffic in more than 500 service networks in over 145 countries. This press release and additional information about the Company, are now available on ECI TELECOM's site on the World Wide Web: ecitele.com. If you would like to receive future news releases electronically, please forward your email address to corporate.marketing@ecitele.com Certain statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or future performance of the Company. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, product and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. --30--jh/ny*