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Microcap & Penny Stocks : FRANKLIN TELECOM (FTEL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stan Howe who wrote (24633)	1/9/1998 8:30:00 AM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Respond to of 41046

Stan, your supermarket analogy is an interesting one and could have some merit however, I would not be so quick to postulate/speculate the nature of the relationship between FTEL and WCOM, since the negotiations continue. Perhaps they could also, serve as a marketing arm? or even go as far as to be a large BUYER of equipment from FTEL, akin to the deal struck by Deutch Telecom and VOCLF? See, Stan, guessing or trying to imagine what exactly Frank, is indeed negotiating could be subject to several scenarios. Not Hype Just not Negative. bg

To: Stan Howe who wrote (24633)	1/9/1998 9:30:00 AM
From: Rick	Respond to of 41046

Stan - I think the FTEL/WCOM relationship goes much much deeper than that......

To: Stan Howe who wrote (24633)	1/9/1998 10:06:00 AM
From: jim bowman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41046

Stan, I think your analogy is right on and puts this deal in perspective for the short term. Some store chains are very selective about the products they shelve; others aren't. I'm sure WCOM could be could be counted among the picky. The key for me in the announcement is that WCOM allowed FTEL to leverage the WCOM name. If this was just a collocation deal, WCOM would still take FTEL's money and collocate the equipment, they just might not let them use their name -- especially if they completed their evaluation and were somehow luke warm to FTEL. With the recent positive reviews, there is no reason to think this is the case. If WCOM actually issues a news release, I will be impressed, but I think, at this point, FTEL is being very deliberate in releasing enough information to get the desired stock price and hold it there. With this(preliminary?) announcement, I would guess that FTEL wanted to say enough to get the price over five bucks and keep the clock ticking. Bigger deals often take more time and haggling and, in all likelyhood, are under negotiation as we speculate. As Helen said, there's more to come! Another $0.02 Jim