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To: Bill France who wrote (22129)	11/25/1997 9:32:00 AM
From: Jack Sman	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 41046

Anyone interested in NEWS???? WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 1997--Franklin Telecom (OTC/BB:FTEL) Tuesday announced that its recently introduced Tempest Data Voice Gateway has been selected by the Syracuse University High Performance Distributed Computing Lab to demonstrate toll-quality voice over an ATM network. The Rural Educational System Network (RESNET) demonstration was the result of a joint effort by Lucent Technologies, IBM, Sheco Energy Co., Syracuse University and Franklin Telecom. Dr. Salim Hariri, head of the High Performance Distributed Computing Lab, said: ''In my telephony laboratory at Syracuse University, we tested several voice-over-IP gateways. The Franklin Tempest stood out as the quality leader for its voice quality. We have recently demonstrated successfully the use of the Tempest to provide telephony service over IP/ATM network as part of the RESNET demonstration held on Thursday, Nov. 20, 1997.'' (http://www.atm.syr.edu/projects/RESNET/index.html) The mandate of the RESNET project is to develop a reliable, state-of-the-art means of linking people in remote areas with educational, medical and entertainment resources that have, until now, been unavailable to them. The design for the RESNET system, developed by Syracuse University, utilizes Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and single-mode fiber. RESNET will connect the Tyler County Courthouse, Woodville ISD High School, Tyler County Hospital, Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation, Big Sandy ISD, Livingston High School, the Polk County Courthouse and the Polk County Hospital with the main campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. The demonstration was held at the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation, 75 miles northeast of Houston. An inter-LATA voice call over an OC-24 ATM backbone was accomplished by simply picking up a telephone in the Tribal Council Meeting Room and dialing the extension of the Woodville school library, 16 miles away. State, regional and local officials were on hand to witness this ground-breaking event, which also included demonstrations of remote teacher/student video conferencing and multicast DVD movie viewing. For the demonstration, Lucent Technologies provided the optical fiber, IBM supplied the ATM switch hardware and Sheco Energy did the physical cable installation. Syracuse University provided the system personnel and technical personnel. Franklin Telecom provided the voice-over-IP hardware (the Tempest) and support. According to Frank Peters, Franklin's president and chief executive officer: ''We are delighted that Syracuse chose our Tempest to be part of this innovative program. This application demonstrates the life-changing potential in these new technologies. In one sense, the world is shrinking; in another, it is expanding beyond what we could have imagined only a few short years ago. ''It is extremely gratifying that such a prestigious operation recognized the Tempest's outstanding voice quality and reliability above other available products and incorporated the Tempest into this project.'' The primary business of Franklin Telecom, founded in 1981, is the design and manufacturing of communications devices, high-speed LAN, WAN, telco and satellite systems and software. Franklin has an installed base of more than 100,000 nodes worldwide. Franklin's Internet subsidiaries, FNet and Internet Passport, provide services using FTEL products. ˜NOTE TO EDITORS: For the latest up-to-the-minute information, visit ˜the company's Web site: ftel.com . ˜ ˜ --30--DB/la* RPL/la ˜ ˜ CONTACT: Franklin Telecom, Westlake Village ˜ Helen West, 805/373-8688 ˜ C KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA TEXAS ˜ INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED EDUCATION ˜TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT ˜Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet ˜ with Hyperlinks to your home page. ˜ URL: businesswire.com ˜ ˜