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Technology Stocks : Glenayre Technologies(GEMS)- a pure cellular PCS play? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (2892)	11/5/1998 5:20:00 PM
From: margin_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3431

Another $1.5M order after the bell today. P.

To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (2892)	11/5/1998 5:31:00 PM
From: Linda Kaplan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3431

$8.5 million in the three contracts, and a fourth of undetermined value, all in two or three days. Nice going, GEMS! Glenayre Receives $1.5 Million Order For Enhanced Services Platform From Poland's Netia Telekom PR Newswire, Thursday, November 05, 1998 at 17:09 CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Glenayre Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:GEMS) today announced it has received a contract to provide its enhanced services solution to support voice and fax mail boxes for the wireline telecommunications network of Netia Telekom S.A. of Poland. The initial order is valued over $1.5 million and will be shipped during the fourth quarter of 1998. Netia Telekom is the leading private provider of fixed line telephone services in Poland. In addition to basic telephone services, Netia offers a wide range of value-added services. Over the period of the contract, Glenayre's MVP(R) modular voice processing system and applications will be deployed by Netia Telekom in major cities throughout Poland. Advanced personal communications services the Glenayre platform provides that will enhance the services of Netia Telekom include voice and fax messaging, message waiting notification, the ability to make outbound calls directly from the voice mailbox, bulletin boards, virtual telephony, and the single number service, Constant Touch(R). Netia's mission is to become the preferred supplier of services to Poland's business and residential customers by guaranteeing quality and customer satisfaction. The Glenayre enhanced services platform was selected because it offers a flexible and sophisticated solution. Glenayre's voice processing system and applications will be deployed by Netia throughout its five regions in Poland through 1998 and 1999. The MVP systems' modular architecture enables it to expand to keep pace with customer usage. "Netia Telekom is implementing a state-of-the-art digital network as part of their focused, customer-oriented approach. Glenayre is excited to be working with Netia Telekom, a company that highly values customer service, to provide state-of-the-art messaging," said Dan Case, president of Glenayre's Integrated Network Group. Netia currently holds 23 licenses to build and operate telecommunications networks, and provides service to approximately 13.4 million people or roughly one-third of the Polish population. For over 30 years, Glenayre Technologies Inc. has been developing and providing leading edge personal telecommunication systems. The Integrated Network Group of Glenayre produces the Glenayre Intelligis product family that enable mobile and fixed network operators to increase revenues, reduce subscriber churn and improve network reliability and efficiency with enhanced services, network management and operational support systems. With over 2,000 employees and with products installed in over 100 countries, Glenayre's net sales exceeded $451 million in 1997. Additional information about Glenayre is available on the company's Web site at: glenayre.com. MVP is a registered trademark of Glenayre Electronics Inc. Constant Touch is a registered trademark and registered service mark of Glenayre Electronics Inc. SOURCE Glenayre Technologies Inc. -0- 11/05/98 /CONTACT: Pamela Rentz, Glenayre Atlanta, 770-283-2410, or Slawomir Nowak, Netia Telekom, 48 22 648 45 00/ /Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax, 800-758-5804, ext. 111723/ /Web site: glenayre.com Companies or Securities discussed in this article: Symbol Name NASDAQ:GEMS Glenayre Technologies