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To: Captain James T. Kirk who wrote (3791)	6/5/1998 9:22:00 AM
From: SteveG	Respond to of 9236

Pre-Supercom deluge begins? <A> Orckit DSL Products Selected for Multi-year Deployment in Europe TEL AVIV, Israel -- Orckit Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: ORCTF) announced today that it was selected, together with a partner, by a major European telecom operator to supply High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line products. Orckit will supply its CopperTrunk(TM) HDSL equipment for broad deployment beginning in late 1998. Under the terms of the framework agreement, the customer will purchase minimum quantities equal to approximately $20 million over a period of two years. Digital Subscriber Line is a technology that enables high speed data transmission on regular copper telephone wires. Orckit Communications is a leading company in the field of Digital Subscriber Line, or "DSL," solutions, which enable telephone companies and Internet Service Providers to optimize the bandwidth utilization of the "last mile" of copper wire in the Local Loop. Orckit possesses both core silicon expertise and a wide range of DSL products, including its FastInternet(TM) DSLAM System with ADSL and SDSL, and its CopperTrunk(TM) HDSL and VDSL product lines. Orckit has key strategic silicon alliances with Harris Semiconductor, Fujitsu Microelectronics and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, and alliances with telecom equipment providers Fujitsu Network Communications, SAGEM and Siemens' Public Communication Network Group. For more information about Orckit and its DSL solutions, visit Orckit's web site at orckit.com. Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of the Company and its competitors, risk of operations in Israel, government regulation, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

To: Captain James T. Kirk who wrote (3791)	6/5/1998 9:23:00 AM
From: SteveG	Respond to of 9236

<A> U S West Commun Unveils ADSL Internet, Voice Svc In 20 Sites DENVER (Dow Jones)--U S West Communications Group Inc. (USW) unveiled its second 20-city mass deployment of Megabit Services, its asymmetric digital subscriber line integrated Internet and voice service. In a press release Friday, the company said service will begin later this month in Washington and will appear in a total of 40 locations by the end of July. Megabit provides an always-on, no-wait Web tone, the data equivalent of a dial tone. The service lets customers transmit data and voice calls over turbo-charged existing phone lines, the company said. U S West provides wireless, wireline and high-speed data networking services.