To: ivan solotaroff who wrote (29879 ) 5/28/1999 2:18:00 AM From: Doug R Respond to of 79450
Ivan, MTON: You DO have a way with neologisms...HRPL....nice observation. The HR part of it would be taken as a predisposition toward limited short to intermediate term upside but a solid opportunity if taken advantage of early. The chart and technical profile is very interesting here. If they would just release news BEFORE the close one of these days. Oh...and one more thing; they released another bit of just-after-the-close press again: Date: 5/27/99 4:16:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time Metro One Telecommunications Announces New Call Center in San Antonio PORTLAND, Ore., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTON), the 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 Antonio, Texas. This new call center will service traffic from subscribers in the greater Central Texas area whose calls were previously handled from Metro One's existing call center in St. Louis. "This new call center adds to our unmatched nationwide network of call centers and represents the continuation of our strategy to provide the best EDA service in the industry on a localized basis," commented Timothy A. Timmins, president and chief executive officer of Metro One. Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. is recognized as the pioneer in the development of Enhanced Directory Assistance services for the telecommunications industry. The company operates a network of nineteen strategically-located call centers throughout the U.S. Revenue for the full year 1998 was $45.1 million. The company handled approximately 71 million requests for directory assistance on behalf of its carrier customers in 1998 and approximately 24 million requests for directory assistance during the first three months of 1999. For more information about Metro One, visit the Metro One Telecommunications web site at metro1.com . This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, increased competition, expiration of EDA contracts, the rapidly changing telecommunications market, changes in pricing policies by the company or its competitors, lengthy sales cycles, lack of market acceptance or delays in the introduction of new version of the company's products or features, the timing of the initiation of wireless services in the new market areas by telecommunications customers, the timing and expense of the company's expansion of its nationwide call center network and other factors detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including its most recent Form 10-Q dated May 3, 1999 and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998. The forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these risks and uncertainties. SOURCE Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. CO: Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. ST: Oregon, Texas IN: TLS SU: PDT 05/27/99 16:15 EDT prnewswire.com