3Com and U.S. Robotics Proxy Statement Declared Effective.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. and SKOKIE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1997--3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) and U.S. Robotics (U.S. Robotics, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.usr.com) A modem manufacturer highly regarded for its quality products. The company manufactures its own chipsets (data pumps) and often leads with innovations. Its HST protocol was a high-speed, reliable protocol before V. (Nasdaq: USRX) today announced that the final proxy statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. for their proposed merger was declared effective by the Securities Exchange Commission on Thursday, May 8, 1997 and has now been mailed to shareholders of both companies. The special meetings for both 3Com and U.S. Robotics stockholders are scheduled for June 11, 1997. 3Com Corporation has helped more than 50 million people gain access to critical information through high-speed networks. Designed to serve large enterprises, service providers, small offices and homes, 3Com products provide a scalable architecture to meet the immediate and long term connectivity needs of today's user. With research and development on three continents, 3Com is one of the data networking industry's largest and fastest growing companies. The company's innovative marketing, engineering, sales and support simplify communication, optimize network reliability and protect customer investments. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at http://www.3Com.com or call 1-800-NET-3COM. U.S. Robotics is one of the world's leading suppliers of products and systems that provide access to information. The company designs, manufactures, markets and supports remote access servers, enterprise communications systems, desktop/mobile client products and modems and telephony products that connect computers and other equipment over analog, digital and switched cellular networks, enabling users to gain access to, manage and share data, fax and voice information. Its customers include Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , regional Bell operating companies, inter-exchange carriers and a wide range of other large and small businesses, institutions and individuals. -0- Note to Editors: 3Com is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation. U.S. Robotics is a registered trademark of U.S. Robotics Corporation. CONTACT: 3Com Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Bill Slakey, 408/326-1286 Bill_Slakey@3Com.com or 3Com Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Bob Ingols, 408/764-8002 Bob_Ingols@3Com.com or U.S. Robotics Media Relations Kathleen Behoff, 847/982-5161 Kbhoff@USR See U.S. Robotics. 1. USR - U.S. Robotics, Inc. 2. usr - User. The "/usr" directory hierarchy on Unix systems. Once upon a time, in the early days of Unix, this area actually held users' home directories and files. .com |
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