To: Billwar who wrote (24568 ) 1/8/1998 5:39:00 PM From: David D. Respond to of 41046
Thought this note from Frank Peters was worth reposting. We intend to announce a couple of large carrier contracts shortly which will allow us to accelerate the FNet roll-out in the United States and Canada. The next phase, which we will begin during 1998, is world-wide deployment. To date we have negotiations underway in the U.K., Japan, Germany, China, Italy, Pakistan, Korea, Mexico and Argentina. We have already shipped Tempest Evaluation units with sales potential in the millions. It has become increasingly clear that we are faced with a once-in-a-life-time caliber opportunity: we have an outstanding product ready at precisely the right moment. Indeed, the Tempest has surpassed our wildest dreams as to quality of voice and response. As far as I know, we are the only company designing, building and USING our own equipment to provide a new telephone SERVICE. It is imperative that we utilize our resources to maximize this unprecedented opportunity. Therefore we have reorganized the company to focus on the Tempest and FNet. Some projects from the past will be postponed or canceled so we can use all of our people to assure the success of the Tempest DVG equipment sales and the FNet service offering....... ......Last September I asked "What if you could make a call from any phone in your house or at work and have the call connected to another phone - anywhere? Your voice sounded good and the cost was half of what you usually pay. Would you sign up for such a service?" We are now delivering! The Franklin Data Voice Server, the Tempestr* connects FNet subscribers to any telephone - anywhere. The Vision: We envision Franklin building a worldwide communications company offering System products made of proprietary software and hardware sold by FTEL which are extremely hard to copy and, Services provided by FNet which are unique to FNet subscribers worldwide. Franklin Telecom will design and build the hardware and software. FNet will sell services and hardware products from FTC and others. There is a manufacturing license which links FTC & FNet.... ... -- Frank W. Peters SO TELL ME, Is the man doing what he said he was going to do? David D.