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To: Larrie Woods who wrote (33958)	5/19/1998 8:32:00 AM
From: Oliver Pepper	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 41046

Franklin Telecom Announces Addition of Billing Authorization Server for Tempest System Company is First to Incorporate Invoice Technology With Internet Telephony Hardware, Will Debut at CTI Expo This Week WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1998-- Franklin Telecom (OTC BB:FTEL - news) today announced the addition of a Billing & Authorization Server to its Tempest(R) IP Telephony System. The Server provides a centralized, easily managed invoicing facility for a network of Tempest Data/Voice Gateways. The new product will be demonstrated for the first time in booth No. 443 at CTI Expo Spring '98, being held this week in Baltimore. ''The addition of the Billing & Authorization Server enables real time customer tracking. The easy-to-access yet still comprehensive accounting reports which this system generates, will provide the information necessary to maximize revenues,'' said Peter Thornton, Vice President of Product Marketing. ''Franklin Telecom is now the only Internet Telephony vendor that has incorporated invoicing technology with the VoIP hardware.'' ''The feedback from our customers has been nothing but positive,'' said LDNet's president, Mitchell Marks. ''Franklin's software is comprehensive and user friendly. Their software authenticates instantaneously and automatically utilizes least cost routing. The standard invoice includes multiple reports which are easy to understand and can be readily Web interfaced.'' LDNet, which provides Internet service to eight midwestern cities using the Tempest System, was among the first to beta test the Billing & Authorization Server. With the Tempest, a call can be placed from any ordinary touch tone phone to any other ordinary phone throughout the world. The infrastructure which supports this call is completely invisible to the caller. The Billing & Authorization Server within the Tempest System tracks and manages the database of subscribers. When a call is placed the Billing & Authorization Server has two primary functions: it authenticates the user code (PIN number) and verifies that the account has sufficient credit; then it sorts through the available options to route the call by the timeliest and most cost efficient means possible. Credit, debit, pre-paid and other account types are supported by the Billing & Authorization Server. Once a call is completed, the Gateway sends Call Detail Record (CDR) information to the Billing & Authorization Server. The Server is informed of the subscriber update and makes the necessary changes to the database to reflect a new account balance. The Tempest Billing & Authorization Server runs on Windows NT with SQL Server, and is scalable. It can support a very large network of VoIP Gateways, using a state-of-the-art client/server architecture. Network owners and their customers are able to view reports generated by the Billing & Authorization Server through the customer support workstation or a Web browser. A sophisticated invoicing application supports additional features such as batching, reprints (with watermarks) and fixed charges. Customized formats, user logos, graphics, and special notices, such as holiday greetings are supported. The invoices are sized for standard window envelopes and can also be e-mailed. The customer support user interface is a simple point-and-click for creating and maintaining the network, which includes rate tables, subscriber rights, subscriber billing options and network management. According to Frank Peters, CEO and president of Franklin, ''The Billing & Authorization Server on the Tempest System has multi-level tracking capabilities. This makes it possible for the entrepreneur who is setting up his own Voice-over-IP phone company and reselling the service to easily keep track of the orders and commissions from his resellers and their customers, as well.'' LDNet (www.ldnet.com) is a privately held Voice over the Internet provider which currently services eight midwestern cities. For further information, call 216-520-3358. 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 over 100,000 nodes worldwide. Franklin's Internet subsidiaries, FNet and Internet Passport provide services using FTEL products. Certain statements in this press release constitute ''forward-looking statements'' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements, expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Contact: Franklin Telecom (company contact) Diane McCarthy, 805/373-8688 dianemc@ftel.net or Franklin Telecom (investor contact) Helen West, 805/373-8688 hwest@ftel.net or Rourke MS&L (media contact) Tiffany Hilton, 408/453-9194 thilton@rourkemsl.com