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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (6111)	2/8/1999 9:36:00 AM
From: Mark Duper	Respond to of 21876

ASND bidding up a bit: Monday February 8, 7:56 am Eastern Time Company Press Release WebTel Wireless Launches Innovative Wireless VoIP Service Using the Ascend MultiVoice for the MAX Industry First Wireless VoIP Deployment Builds Up and Expands the Ascend MultiVoice Gateway to the Wireless Market NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999-- Ascend Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASND - news), a leader in wide area networking (WAN) and Intelligent Networking (IN) solutions for providers and users of the next-generation public network, today announced that WebTel Wireless, Inc., a California-based provider of wireless phone and Internet services, has standardized on the Ascend MultiVoice(TM) for the MAX platform for the industry's first Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (WVoIP) service. ''We believe that by bridging wireless and IP telephony, wireless operators can offer domestic and international long distance calling plans economically and profitably through toll-bypass via a managed IP network,'' said Aaron Haskal, president, CEO and founder, WebTel Wireless, Inc. ''Our breakthrough effort will pave the way for the future of wireless and we plan to share this vision and market our solutions to other cellular operators. We chose Ascend as our solutions provider because they have the expertise and vision, and the leadership to help integrate wireless into the next-generation public network.'' ''The Ascend MultiVoice for the MAX VoIP gateway is being deployed by a number of service providers worldwide and the WebTel deployment signifies an exciting new direction and expansion into the wireless market,'' said Ron Chan, director of marketing, Enterprise Networking Division, Ascend Communications, Inc. ''We believe that WebTel has accomplished something unique with their initial deployment of Wireless Voice over IP, and Ascend is looking forward to working with WebTel to help bring their vision to fruition.'' Haskal is speaking on a panel at the CTIA Wireless '99 show today between 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., and will present WebTel Wireless' service introduction milestones and his vision for the future of wireless -- ''Wireless Voice over the Internet.'' Speakers on this panel will discuss how ''voice over the Internet is about to change wireline telephony, and hear what challenges and opportunities it brings to wireless carriers.'' Why Wireless Voice over IP? New VoIP networks are rapidly being deployed worldwide as part of the next-generation public network and present a significant opportunity for service providers to economically turn-up new services. Wireless service providers can leverage VoIP solutions to route calls across a managed VoIP backbone network to successfully terminate toll-quality, wireless voice calls worldwide. This new, innovative transport method of bridging wireless networks and VoIP backbone networks will benefit both the service provider and the end-user. WebTel Wireless' VoIP network allows carriers worldwide to terminate calls in Arizona and provide long-distance calls for about half the cost compared with the same service using the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Additionally, by bridging WebTel Wireless' managed IP network with the Ascend MultiVoice VoIP platform, the company is well positioned to deliver integrated voice (both wireline and wireless) and data into a single network, and open up its market for international communications. Today, WebTel Wireless offers flat-rate long-distance telephone and Internet services (both wireline and wireless). The company's initial deployment of Wireless Voice over IP consists of five operational Points of Presence (PoPs) in Flagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott, Sedona, and Tucson, Arizona. Each PoP consists of MultiVoice VoIP hardware and software running on the MAX 6000 platform with interfaces to the WebTel Wireless network. Service is being expanded to include both domestic and international long-distance toll-bypass. WebTel Wireless is in the process of deploying Wireless Voice over IP PoPs and introducing services in the Southwestern and Eastern U.S., Europe and Asia. ''If you're not thinking globally, you're not thinking,'' concluded Haskal.