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Wednesday July 29, 5:45 am Eastern Time
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International FiberCom Inc.'s Concepts in Communications Subsidiary Signs Agreement With Lucent Technologies
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1998--International FiberCom Inc. (NASDAQ:IFCI - news; PHLX:IFC) and its chairman and chief executive officer, Joseph Kealy, Wednesday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Concepts In Communications Inc. (''Concepts''), signed an agreement with Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news) to market, install and maintain the MERLIN LEGEND(R) Communications System and the PARTNER(R) Family of Communications Systems in the State of Tennessee.
The PARTNER family of systems gives small business customers a full range of current technology, tailored to their needs and size. The PARTNER system has been designed to enable a company's existing fax machines, modems, answering machines and credit card scanners to be incorporated into the system without adapters or dedicated lines.
The PARTNER systems are also designed modularly to allow businesses to upgrade from the smallest PARTNER system to the largest without replacing entire system.
Lucent Technologies' MERLIN LEGEND System, which operates as a key system or a PBX (private branch exchange), offers smaller businesses the same features and capabilities available to large businesses. The newest MERLIN LEGEND, with capacity of from 144 to 200 stations, operates a multimedia platform.
The system offers a line of digital/ISDN telephones, Internet access, high-speed data transfer, and conferencing and collaboration capabilities. Business customers eager to become more technologically sophisticated are given access to advanced communications applications by combining large screen display telephones with the latest transmission technology.
The MERLIN system reduces the need for small businesses to purchase new equipment as their communications requirements change.
Both the PARTNER and MERLIN LEGEND Communication Systems features a multi-line cordless business telephone and a broad range of voice mail and new and call accounting products.
Commenting on the agreement, Thompson Brown, president of the Concepts unit, stated, ''This agreement enables us to enhance the service we provide our customers by offering high-quality, Lucent Technologies communications systems. Furthermore, it is a continuation of a long established relationship between Concepts In Communications and Lucent Technologies.''
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company.
For more information about Lucent Technologies, visit the company's Internet Web site at lucent.com.
International FiberCom is a fully integrated ''one stop shopping'' outsource provider for the telecom and CATV industries. Through its four subsidiaries, IFCI provides a range of high level engineering, broadband network systems design, installation of structured cable and fiber-optic networks and complete telecommunications systems integration services with LAN's and WAN's expertise.
Its Kleven Communications subsidiary specializes in the design, installation and maintenance of fiber-optic and other cable services for the telecommunications and cable industries.
Its Tennessee based subsidiary, Concepts In Communications, provides systems integration services including design, engineering, installation and maintenance of structured cable systems, network hardware and software, workstation peripherals and intercommunications systems.
Concepts maintains value added reseller and/or partner agreements with Lucent Technologies, 3Com, Bay Networks, Novell, WIN Communications, BellSouth, Compaq and Hewlett Packard. Its telecommunications engineering subsidiary, Compass Communications, specializes in designing broadband video, voice and data networks systems.
Southern Communications Products is a leader in a fast growing niche business within the telecommunications equipment sector.
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Contact:
International FiberCom Inc., Phoenix
Joseph P. Kealy, 602/941-1900
or
Liviakis Financial Communications Inc.
Robert B. Prag, 916/448-6084 |
