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Technology Stocks : NHC COMMUNICATIONS (TSE:NHC) acquiring THE FIBER COMPANY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lalit Jain who wrote (66)	1/28/1999 9:33:00 AM
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Any comments on this? Thursday January 28, 8:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: NHC Communications NHC Communications and Prestige Telecom Sign Accord to Promote Switchex/DVS Prestige Telecom to Offer the Switchex/DVS to Its Existing Customer Base MONTREAL, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- NHC Communications (Toronto: NHC - news) and Prestige Telecom today signed an agreement under which both companies will join forces and draw from each other's expertise to promote and install NHC's Switchex/DVS to TELCOs and major telecommunication providers world-wide. In effect, Prestige Telecom will offer complete turnkey solutions featuring the Switchex/DVS including installation and maintenance to its existing client base and potential new customers. Prestige Telecom specializes in optimizing telecommunication networks and is an established global EF&I (Engineering, Furnish and Install) provider of telecommunication engineering implementation and installation services whose strength lies in their ability and competence to provide private and public operators with specific turnkey solutions to meet particular requirements. On the home front Prestige Telecom has a commanding reputation with both Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). Prestige Telecom's growing list of customers, include Bell Canada, Bell Atlantic, BC Tel, Sprint, Ericsson and Teleglobe among many other reputable and prestigious firms. Prestige Telecom is an international world leader in research and development of optimization solutions for telecommunication networks. Prestige Telecom, maintains an international presence in West Africa with their subsidiary company, Prestige Telecom, S.A., which offers high quality data transmission equipment and service to both private and public enterprises. In addition to providing their expertise in the installation and maintenance of similar type products, Prestige Telecom will now offer to its existing customers of various RBOCs, TELCOs and CLECs, the Switchex/DVS to remotely automate the process of voice and data circuits, line provisioning and management. NHC will propose, Prestige Telecom for the installation and maintenance of the Switchex/DVS, by working together on current and future Switchex/DVS sales, both NHC and Prestige will ensure that the proposed multiservice voice and data network solutions fully meet the service requirements of the customers world wide. The Switchex/DVS is designed for PBX line site management and CO (Central Office) provisioning, offering the ability to dynamically connect equipment side to subscriber line without dispatching a technician. It is also designed to facilitate xDSL type service deployment, by permitting loop qualification testing, provisioning and management of xDSL lines. The Switchex/DVS liberates telecommunication service providers from the expense and time needed to manually connect test equipment and hook-up individual lines into DSLAMs or other devices. The Switchex/DVS is the first physical layer switch to combine both voice and data and to support up to 5,400 lines and support various protocols including analog voice, Basic Rate, X.25, Frame Relay, T1 and E1 lines and automates instant connects and disconnects even to remote locations. ''The demand for sophisticated voice and data switching equipment is growing rapidly,'' said Sam Edery of Prestige Telecom. ''Under this agreement we will be offering the industry's most advanced physical layer switching solution enabling us to deliver innovative and cutting-edge solutions that satisfy the requirements of both existing and new customers.'' ''I am delighted of our new association with Prestige Telecom,'' said Sylvain Abitbol, President of NHC Communications. ''Prestige is extremely well-positioned to help NHC take advantage of the growing Telecommunications market, their expertise and commitment is reflected in their impressive list of companies they have already provided their services to.'' NHC Communications is publicly traded on the TSE under the symbol NHC and works with customers worldwide to design, manufacture and deliver LAN/WAN connectivity and physical layer switching solutions that are certified in over 30 countries. For more information, contact NHC Communications at 800-361-1965 or 514-735-2741 or visit nhc.com. For more information, contact Prestige Telecom at 514-457-4488 or visit prestige.ca. SOURCE: NHC Communications