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To: Bindusagar Reddy who wrote (51207)	8/2/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: Kent Rattey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

<I think Smart money did not sell> The smart money sold at 55 a week ago and bought back at 44 on Friday. What is so smart about riding a stock down 11 points? I didn't feel brilliant when I bought Netscape at 54 and finally sold at 38. The smart money sold at 54, bought it back at 22 and sold it at 40. Kent

To: Bindusagar Reddy who wrote (51207)	8/2/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

I think Paul J. of BAC/RS has called it right in the past. He was bullish when ASND was in 20s, saying that they are building the next generation TELCO networks and are winning major contracts with Big TELCOs, in his research he mentioned several wins that were announced later. Here is what paul said about STRATUS deal. Paul Johnson has the finest track record regarding ASND. Both up and down. Glenn

To: Bindusagar Reddy who wrote (51207)	8/2/1998 1:11:00 PM
From: Mighty Mizzou	Respond to of 61433

Bindusagar, I'd love to know what Joe Noel of HQ thinks of this. He seems to be pretty good at analyzing comm tech.

To: Bindusagar Reddy who wrote (51207)	8/2/1998 1:27:00 PM
From: Bindusagar Reddy	Respond to of 61433

Ascend To Establish Thai Office To Target Access Market 07/02/98 BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1998 JUL 2 (NB) -- By Sasiwimon Boonruang, Bangkok Post. To strengthen its market base in Thailand and the region, Ascend Communications [NASDAQ:ASND] will set up an office here during the third quarter this year, aiming to capture at least 70 percent of the access market share. According to Ascend Communications director, international marketing, Jeff Gustafson, Ascend has been in Thailand for almost two years in terms of products and technology. The establishment of the company office here this year did not mean Ascend was late to the game, only that now was the right time to set up an office. Thailand had huge potential in the telecommunications networks even though it was currently facing economic turmoil - which will only be temporary, he said. Ascend will work closely with telecommunications carriers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) helping them to design voice over Internet protocol services (V-over-IP) and virtual private networks (VPNs) which are a trend in data communications and telecommunications convergence. In line with its plan to set up an office here between July to September, Gustafson noted that Ascend will recruit staff with marketing and technical skills, and most will be system engineers who directly support local customers. Meanwhile, the company will create and strengthen systems integration and reseller channels. Two primary resellers will be Datacraft and World Information Technology (WIT). Ascend would like to find other resellers who are Value Added Resellers (VARs) to focus on Wide Area Networks (WAN) since this is a very big market. The Thai office will be part of Ascend's strategy to support the exploding Asean public data network development. Illustrating the growth of data traffic, Gustafson said data traffic will overtake voice traffic on the MCI network around the year 2000. Ascend provides total solutions for telecom carriers including ATM, frame relay, remote access and Internet access. In the worldwide market, Ascend grew tremendously in 1997, according to Gustafson, who said it was the number one provider of frame relay and ATM equipment to service providers with 42 percent and 23 percent market share respectively. Ascend was also the number one provider of remote access and Internet access dial ports with 62 percent market share in ISDN and over 50 percent in analog. He said 80 percent of Ascend sales are to carriers and ISPs, its primary markets. In the Asian region, the three major markets of Ascend are telecom carriers, ISPs and the enterprise space, he said, adding that Ascend sales were 50 percent, 40 percent and 10 percent in these markets respectively. In Thailand, Thai Farmers Bank was one of its major customers deploying Ascend frame relay connecting all the branches of the bank throughout the country with its office headquarters. Other reference sites for Ascend were the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec), KSC Internet and Ucom. Being very active in Thailand, Ascend had 70 percent in access market share here last year and it hopes the market share this year will remain the same. Gustafson added that the emerging market requirements are upgrading phone systems to digital technology; high capacity voice service availability such as T1, E1, R2, ISDN, PRI; Internet deployment; infrastructure upgrades; and increasing PC sales. Markets currently on the rise include Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, while markets with the greatest potential were Indonesia, India, Pakistan and Vietnam, he said. Reported By Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com (19980702/WIRES ASIA, NETWORK/)