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To: Crossy who wrote (4)	5/20/1998 6:16:00 PM
From: Crossy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64

AMC Activates Shipment of MUX-6 Multiplexers to China (Friday, May 8) According to AMC (American Multiplexer Corporation) President Edward Tan, the company has just activated a shipment of 1000 MUX-6 multiplexers to China. The shipment, valued at $550,000, is part of a $30 million order from the Shenzhen Zhaohua Industrial Development Company, which is owned by the People's Republic of China. The 20-foot container will leave San Francisco for China on May 14, 1998. The MUX-6 multiplexer is capable of carrying six separate telephone lines over a single pair of twisted copper wire. Providing an immediate six-fold increase in existing telecommunications infrastructures, the MUX-6 is both cost-effective and easily implemented as an alternative to installing new telephone lines. Contacts: Mary P. Curtis or Patricia Colby Pacifico, Inc. (408) 293-8600 Edward Tan American Multiplexer Corp. (650) 875-6666, Ext. 15

To: Crossy who wrote (4)	5/20/1998 6:18:00 PM
From: Bosco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64

Greeting all - 1st, a heartfelt thank you to Harmony for starting this thread. I too have a position in AMUT. Ironically, my bullish beliefs in AMUT is its short term negative. While everyone is concerned about the Asian Flu Contagion, it is a great asset for AMUT to have this asian connection in the long run. I do think the co can try to be more visible and communicate more frequently with the investment communities. Anyway, enough said Best, Bosco

To: Crossy who wrote (4)	5/20/1998 6:20:00 PM
From: Crossy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64

Company (AMUT) Promises Cheap Bandwidth For Home Techweb Technology News: techweb.com (04/07/98; 4:55 p.m. EST) By John Borland, Net Insider A small San Francisco Bay Area company unveiled its version of a digital Net access technology Tuesday it said can provide high-bandwidth home connections cheaper than ISDN or other competing digital technologies. American Multiplexer Corp. (AMC) said its DigiCop system uses existing telephone infrastructure to provide home Net users with data rates up to five times faster than traditional modems. "This is an easy migration to high bandwidth," said AMC president Edward Tan. "We want to be able to hit the consumer and allow them to access the Net at high speeds. " The DigiCop box digitizes voice traffic and routes data traffic. Once installed in the home between the inside lines and the outside network, the system will let a PC be plugged directly into the home phone jack, and can be set to handle between 64 kilobits and 256 Kbits of data traffic. Users can have a continuous Net connection while also using their voice line with the technology, company officials said. The system uses symmetrical digital subscriber loop (SDSL) technology, allowing it to use the existing copper lines. Company officials said they expected telephone companies to sell the service to customers for between $20 and $30 a month. They did not say what the DigiCop equipment would cost for the companies themselves, but said the estimated subscriber price would let telephone companies recover their investment in about three years. Other companies are already offering similar SDSL technologies, but not at the price quoted by AMC. Uunet offers a 728-kilobit-per-second service in New York and some California cities that costs $150 to $250 per month, and requires the customer to buy the $400 equipment package. Other phone and Net access companies offer ISDN, which runs at 64 Kbps. A consortium of telephony and high-tech companies also are working to produce a different digital DSL standard that would provide much higher data-transmission rates, but would require considerably more infrastructure investment from phone companies. "The cost of ISDN is extremely huge from the point of view of existing infrastructure," Tan said. "On one hand, we have all the digitization features ISDN has, but we don't have the cost." Although the technology does sound promising, AMC has considerable work to do to break into a market dominated by bigger companies, said VisionQuest 2000 analyst Duane Smith. "A lot of companies are on the verge of such things," he said. "But one would have to wonder about their ability to conform with emerging standards." Smith said he predicted the market for high-speed consumer access is huge, ranging from billions of dollars for equipment manufactures and possibly tens of billions for ISPs. But this means big players such as Lucent Technologies, Cisco, Rockwell Semiconductor, and others will move into the space, and have a disproportionate effect on the standards determination, he said. A smaller company like AMC will likely find itself at a disadvantage in this process, he said. AMC officials said their technology could fill an immediate market gap while standards are being developed, however. Since the DigiCop system is relatively inexpensive, without the pricy infrastructure investments needed for the asymmetrical DSL, the phone companies "have nothing to lose in adopting this standard," Tan said. ISPs do not have to install any additional technology to receive the high-bandwidth signal, he added. The DigiCop system would be ready for shipment to phone companies in about three months, Tan said.

To: Crossy who wrote (4)	5/20/1998 6:27:00 PM
From: Crossy	Respond to of 64

American Multiplexer Corp. Launches DigiCop telechoice.com April 9, 1998 -- American Multiplexer Corp. introduced its Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (SDSL) -- DigiCop -- a solution for telephone companies challenged with the demand for voice, data, and Internet lines. Based on adaptive data/voice splitter technology (patent pending), DigiCop turns existing copper lines into digital subscriber lines, leveraging the existing copper network and eliminating the need for a modem. At speeds faster than ISDN rates, DigiCop carries digital traffic while providing a voice channel for traditional analog telephones. With the current telecommunications, computers and telephones are directly connected to an adaptive multiplexer located at the subscriber point or remote terminal (RT). The adaptive multiplexer interfaces with a central office terminal (COT) over a conventional subscriber loop. When attached to both the RT and COT, DigiCop turns existing copper wire into digital subscriber lines. By adding DigiCop to existing copper wiring, the entire infrastructure becomes digitized, thus increasing data transfer speed from 64 kbps to 256 kbps. With DigiCop, AMC feels it can make use of approximately 80 percent of existing copper wire serving subscribers. HDSL, ADSL, and ISDN require clean copper wires, and will work on only 10 percent of the existing infrastructure. American Multiplexer Corp. was created through the acquisition of Temasek Telephone Company. Temasek has developed and marketed advanced telecommunications products including multiplexers since 1991. AMC also produces the MUX-6 product which is capable of creating six separate, standard telephone lines from one single copper pair of twisted copper wire. The MUX-6 is a further development of the original Temasek technology geared for commercialization to a worldwide customer base. AMC recently announced that it has begun shipping production units of the MUX-6 to the People's Republic of China in fulfillment of a $30 million order. A wholly-owned AMC subsidiary in Malaysia is dedicated to research and development activities. Corporate headquarters are in South San Francisco, Calif. Utilizing 2B1Q via the Motorola and Siemens chipsets, DigiCop is targeted at the home PC market. AMC is offering a turn-key solution (including router) to the telco market at a price point below $1,000. Initial versions available today provide service speeds between 64K and 256K. Future offerings (4-6 months) are projected to scale upwards of 700K and ultimately 1.5Mbps. TeleChoice sees AMC's DigiCop as somewhat of a wild card yet isn't ruling out its possibilities of becoming a viable alternative for quick, easy and relatively high speed access. Considering its aggressive price point and if provisioning and support processes are complete and comprehensive, it could do well with service providers.

To: Crossy who wrote (4)	5/20/1998 6:31:00 PM
From: Crossy	Respond to of 64

DigiCop Subscriber DSL Ready To Roll In 3 Months newsbytes.com DigiCop Subscriber DSL Ready To Roll In 3 Months DigiCop Subscriber DSL Ready To Roll In 3 Months 04/07/98 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1998 APR 7 (NB) -- By Craig Menefee, Newsbytes. Start-up firm American Multiplexer Corp. [OTC:AMUT] (AMC) on Tuesday announced a technology it claims turns existing copper lines into instant digital subscriber lines (DSL). It could reach consumers as early as three months from now, said company officials at a conference attended by Newsbytes. The firm's symmetrical digital subscriber loop (S-DSL) technology -- dubbed DigiCop -- is an inexpensive solution for telephone companies challenged with the burgeoning demand for voice, data, and Internet lines, the firm said. Edward Tan, president of AMC, said the cost of installing DigiCop service could be amortized by telephone companies over a three-year period by charging from $20 to $30 a month for flat-rate access at 64 kilobits per second (kbps). Current DigiCop designs can be tuned at up to 256 kbps access speeds, said Tan, adding: "We have a 700 kbps solutions and a 1.5 megabit-per-second (Mbps) solution whenever the market is ready." DigiCop uses an adaptive data/voice splitter technology for which the firm has a patent pending, to leverage the existing copper network and eliminate the need for a modem at the consumer end. Tan described the system as needing no repeaters or other expensive telephone network equipment. It is also simple to operate, inexpensive to maintain and needs no retraining of technical staff, he said. "One of the most important benefits is, it is easy to migrate to higher speeds," said Tan at the conference. "Most technologies today will not allow the provider to migrate. For instance, ISDN operates at 128 kilobits per second (kbps). You cannot migrate. In the case of DigiCop you can migrate to a higher speed whenever the market demands." Tan said special installation will not be required. In use, a telephone technician will install a 6-inch (15.2 cm) by 4-inch (10.2 cm) box outside, near a consumer's junction box with the telephone system. At the PC, a small adapter plugs directly from the serial port into a standard telephone jack. Once service is established, connection to the Internet is perceived as continual, though bandwidth is conserved by, in effect, cutting the connection when no data is actually flowing. The system detects voice phones going off-hook and allows simultaneous voice connections over one of the wires, said Tan, though technical details of how the interruption will work were sketchy at the conference. AMC was clearer about how the hook-up is done. Telephones and computers both are connected directly to an adaptive multiplexer located at the subscriber point, in the small outside box. The adaptive multiplexer then interfaces with the central office terminal over a conventional copper subscriber loop. When attached between central office and subscriber, the DigiCop manages the data traffic and turns copper wire into high-speed digital subscriber lines, claims the firm. The firm claims DigiCop will work with 80 percent of the existing copper wire. Alternatives like home digital subscriber lines (HDSL), asymmetrical digital subscriber lines (ADSL) and ISDN serve only limited line lengths at a higher cost and require such clean copper lines that they will work on only 10 percent of the existing infrastructure, said the firm. Asked directly what the system will cost telephone companies, Tan declined to say. However, he said, "There are 80 million potential PC telephone lines in the US. If we attack only one percent of that market, that represents a $500 million business in US alone -- and this technology will have a global application." Reported by Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com . 13:18 CST (19980407/WIRES ONLINE, NETWORK, TELECOM/) Copyright c Newsbytes News Network. All rights reserved.

To: Crossy who wrote (4)	5/20/1998 6:43:00 PM
From: Crossy	Respond to of 64

IDC Reports 32% Growth in Sub-T1 Data/Voice Multiplexer Market Voice over frame relay will differentiate sub-T1 multiplexers from alternate solutions, says IDC micom.com Simi Valley, Calif., September 22, 1995 -- In a recent study, industry analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) reports worldwide revenues of $390.5 million in 1994 for the sub-T1 data/voice multiplexer market, a 32% increase over the previous year. The market continues to be driven by the ability of these products to eliminate incremental per-minute charges on phone calls and fax transmissions between company sites. Through integration, companies with two or more locations can consolidate all data, voice, fax and local area network (LAN) traffic over a single wide-area connection, running at or below T1 (1.544 Mbps) speeds. Because company-wide phone calls and faxes ride toll-free with data and LAN traffic, companies can save thousands of dollars every year in communication expenses. In 1994, the market for sub-T1 data/voice multiplexers reached $390.5 million on unit shipments of 61,905. Worldwide revenues grew nearly 32% from the previous year and unit shipments increased 47.6%. IDC expects worldwide market revenues to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 13%, and unit shipments to grow 22% through 1999. This market promises to be very competitive as the products evolve to support new networking technologies, including support for LAN/WAN environments, higher voice compression and frame relay. Noteworthy, IDC reports that demand for frame relay support has increased dramatically over the past 12 months. For many North American companies, using frame relay instead of private leased lines has saved between 30% and 35% on wide-area costs. According to MICOM President and COO Gil Cabral, "We have seen substantial interest from our customers in the ability to send integrated voice, fax, data and LAN traffic over public frame relay." The study also shows that MICOM Communications Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MICM) share in this market grew from 41.9% to 43.5% in 1994, making MICOM the worldwide market leader for the fourth consecutive year. IDC analyst Curtis Price, author of the July 1995 report, believes that the new ability of MICOM's integration products to support frame relay, announced last month, will enable the company to hold its leading position in the market. PCSI held the second largest share of worldwide revenues with 14.1%. MICOM has been in this market since 1991 when the company first rolled out its Marathon 5K. Today, with the ability to switch data, voice, fax and LAN traffic simultaneously between multiple locations, MICOM products allow companies to chose public frame relay, private networking using MICOM's MicroBand ATM cell relay technology, or a combination of both, for their transmission protocol. These protocols are standard on MICOM's NetRunner Integration Routers, Marathon Integration Multiplexers and STADIA Integration Hubs. MICOM Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:MICM) is the worldwide market leader in providing integrated networking solutions under the brand names "Marathon", "NetRunner", "STADIA", "FrameRunner", "MicroBand ATM" and " EasyRouter". MICOM products save companies money by integrating remote data, voice, fax and LAN traffic over private and public networks. Represented by distributors in over 85 countries, MICOM is headquartered at 4100 Los Angeles Avenue, Simi Valley, Calif. 93063, USA. Tel: (805) 583-8600. Fax: (805) 583-1997. MICOM, NetRunner, Marathon, STADIA, FrameRunner, MicroBand ATM and EasyRouter are registered trademarks or trademarks of MICOM Communications Corp. Last Modified: December 08, 1995

To: Crossy who wrote (4)	5/23/1998 11:41:00 PM
From: Crossy	Respond to of 64

AMUT (abbr. AMC) - management biographies Management Edward Tan is president and chairman of the board of AMC. A native of Singapore, Tan is a graduate of the prestigious Raffles Institution, Singapore. Upon graduation, he served on the Singapore Police Force for nine years, rising to the rank of Inspector of Police. In 1977, he founded a business that manufactured and sold aluminum products. In 1980, he left the industry and joined the firm of J. Ballas, Singapore, as a stockbroker. In 1986, Tan emigrated to the United States and entered the telecommunications industry where he started a value-added service network. In 1991, he founded Temasek Telephone Inc., which marketed PABX and telephone equipment. Temasek developed, among other products, a single line PABX. The following year, he teamed with Hispec, Singapore, to develop the MUX-6. Tan is a director and majority stockholder in AMC. ÿ Basilio Chen is the chief technologist for AMC. Chen has more than 20 years experience as a product developer in the telecommunications and computer industry and more than 10 years experience in executive management positions. He graduated cum laude from California State Polytechnic University where he received a bachelor of science degree in electrical and electronic engineering. He attended the Florida State University Master of Business Administration program and subsequently was a post-graduate researcher at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Chen started his career with National Telecommunications, the Latin American telecommunication operation company. In 1977, he moved to Wescom, Inc., a Silicon Valley telecommunications manufacturer which was acquired by Rockwell International. In 1979, he joined ROLM Corporation to undertake the technical migration of its popular Computerized Branch Exchange (CBX) into the international market. In 1979, he also founded Engineering Management Consultants, a technical consulting firm specializing in software engineering consulting and services. In 1984, he founded Evotech, Inc., a product development company that pioneered embedded computing. Chen has been a consultant to companies such as FMC, General Signal, Raychem, Ericsson, Racal Datacom, Pacific Bell, ROLM/IBM, Fujitsu America, and Perkin Elmer. ÿ Andrew Chan is the director of research & development for AMC. A graduate of Tunku Abdul Rahman College, he earned a diploma in technology, electronic engineering in 1985. During his more than 13 years of experience in telecommunications, Chan has held a number of engineering positions with companies such as Powermatic, Ramptel, Sime Darby/McDonnell Douglas and Unisys. In 1990, he joined Signal Corporation as engineering manager where he managed testing, technical evaluation and support for Telekom Malasia Berhard's Line Test Systems. In 1992, Chan returned to Tunku Abdul Rahman College as a lecturer on computer systems engineering and electronics. During his tenure, he also completed a LAN security access system project for the CAD laboratory, as well as a number of related R&D projects. Most recently, Chan served as technical director for Lattice Research where he directed the lead project management and consultancy team in the implementation of telecommunications projects. ÿ Chek Tan is the financial consultant for AMC. A graduate of the University of San Francisco, he earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting in 1970. After receiving his undergraduate degree, Tan earned a masters in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley in 1972. Tan has more than 20 years professional experience in accounting. Presently, he works as a certified public accountant at Chek Tan & Co. - a firm that he founded in 1981. Previously, Tan held accounting positions with firms such as Price WaterHouse and KPMG Peat, CPA. While at these companies, Tan was responsible for auditing several large clients including American President Lines, Levi Strauss and the Fireman's Fund. Tan's early accounting experience includes studying internal controls in financial insurance systems. Tan is a member of the American Institute of Certificate Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. He was the first president of the Singapore American Business Association (SABA).