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To: Magnatizer who wrote (22767)	11/9/1998 4:11:00 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 79269

MTON news at the bell: Metro One Telecommunications Announces San Francisco Call Center PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTON), a leading provider of Enhanced Directory Assistance(R) (EDA) to the telecommunications industry, announced that it has commenced providing its EDA service from a new call center in San Francisco, California. This new call center will serve subscribers of several carriers in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. These calls were previously handled from Metro One's call centers in Sacramento and San Diego. "This new call center represents our fourth in California and adds to our growing nationwide network of call centers that is unmatched by any competitor," commented Timothy A. Timmins, president and chief executive officer of Metro One. "Local service is an integral part of our ability to provide the best EDA service in the industry and we have additional call center openings planned for later this year and in 1999." Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. is an independent developer and provider of Enhanced Directory Assistance services for the telecommunications industry. The company operates call centers located throughout the U.S. Revenue for the full year 1997 was $26.1 million. Revenue for the first nine months of 1998 was $31.3 million, or 84 percent above the same period in 1997. The company handled approximately 42 million requests for directory assistance on behalf of its carrier customers for the full year 1997 and approximately 50 million requests in the first nine months of 1998. For more information, visit the Metro One Telecommunications web site at metro1.com. SOURCE Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. CO: Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. ST: Oregon, California IN: TLS SU: 11/09/98 16:00 EST prnewswire.com