[0] Memotec Launches a First in Communications Networking Solutions.

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MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000

Memotec Communications Inc. (Memotec) (TSE:MCM.) announced today the launch of its New CX Series, a first in a line of communications networking solutions to offer seamless delivery of services over a single platform, independent of transport infrastructure (IP, ATM, Frame Relay, ISDN).

"Worldwide deregulation is spurring the growth of new service providers offering low cost integrated services over a variety of backbone infrastructures. Providing delivery of these services independent of backbone infrastructure, while assuring Quality of Service (QoS), will enable Memotec to compete aggressively in this space," explains Memotec's President, Mark Silverman. These benefits are made possible by the New CX Series' unique service architecture and interoperability.

Maximizing Opportunities in the Pacific Rim And Around the World

Companies worldwide are moving towards applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Voice over IP, or Distributed Call Centers, which can be supported more efficiently by an integrated voice data infrastructure.

The New CX Series enables these new applications by supporting distributed PBX functions over ISDN, robust IP routing support, and gatewaying of Voice over IP to worldwide PSTN requirements.

Distributed PBX architectures allow a network of PBX's to act seamlessly as a single entity, while the robust IP support coupled with Memotec's Voice over IP implementation allows voice calls to be carried over IP infrastructures anywhere in the world.

These features, and others, enable customers to address new worldwide opportunities and to manage and grow their business.

"In the Pacific Rim, we have seen an increase in demand for call centre solutions, and interactive voice response systems," says Bob Adhar, Memotec's Regional Sales Director for Australia and South Asia. "Early adoptors of new technology will be able to achieve a strategic advantage which is becoming ever so important in our globalized economy."

Reducing costs and increasing productivity

Memotec's New CX Series enables telecom carriers and corporate customers to integrate their voice and data traffic, and hence dramatically reduce line costs. With a relatively low up-front investment, customers get a complete networking solution that does not require add-ons. "We are banking on the belief that customers want to avoid the surprise of a bunch of expensive add-ons after their initial investment. And the New CX Series offers a scalable solution that gives customers the reassurance that their investment is good for today and tomorrow," says Jacques Bitton, Memotec's Director of Marketing and Development. "Memotec has been present at every step of the telecommunications network evolution so we have been well-positioned to support next generation infrastructures such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Internet Protocol (IP)."

About Memotec

Memotec Communications Inc. is a networking company that provides data, voice and video convergence solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers and corporate customers. Its product line of access devices and edge switches provides consolidation of multiservice traffic over packet-based and cell-based networks such as Frame Relay, Internet Protocol (IP), and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).

Memotec's mission is to enable customers to lower operational costs and increase productivity by consolidating voice and data over a common infrastructure. With offices around the world, and more than 100,000 products installed in over 94 countries to date, Memotec serves the diverse and specialized needs of customers in Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim. Memotec Communications Inc. is based in Montreal, Canada and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MCM).

Note: The statements contained in this announcement are based on the state of the art data information compiled by Memotec as of the date of this announcement.