ADVISORY/Quintessent Developments that Enable Open Telecom Competition.

Business/High-Tech Writers, News/Assigmnet Editors

ADVISORY...

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Editor's Note: Quintessent Communications, Inc., an Operations Support System (OSS) interconnection software and services company, is using this media advisory to keep you abreast of noteworthy, yet lesser-known news items within the company and the telecom industry.

The media advisory will be broken up into several departments. Below gives a brief summary of each department:

-- Industry Headline News: Industry events that relate to

Quintessent's core proficiency

-- Fast Facts: Recent Quintessent news that hit the wire

-- Accolades: News on current corporate and executive recognition

-- Showcase: Corporate and product developments

Brian A. Vincent, President, Chairman and CEO 

INDUSTRY HEADLINE NEWS

Countdown to ASOG22: Getting CLECs Ready

The rules for ordering access are changing. Again.

Version 22 of the Access Service Ordering Guidelines (ASOG) goes into effect industry-wide on September 25th. Implementing this year's cutover will require an enormous effort compared to previous versions, which incorporated under 100 changes. ASOG22 requires more than 1600 changes and will drastically modify bandwidth access orders on the morning of September 25 for all carriers. CLECs' very profitability is threatened due to the massive amount of resources required to be compliant with this industry-wide ASOG version change.

Over the past three years, Quintessent has routinely provided timely and seamless updates to its ASRXchange(TM) application and carrier interconnection interfaces, which were built with frequent changes in mind.

On July 12-13, 2000, Quintessent hosted an exclusive conference to educate ASRXchange users on the many access ordering practices that are affected by the new standard. Bringing together order management professionals from leading carriers such as Adelphia Business Solutions, Avista Communications, Broadwing Communications and Williams Communications, Quintessent outlined how to electronically broker bandwidth services beyond September 25.

For more information on ASOG22 changes, including a white paper overview, visit the Quintessent Web site: http://www.quintessent.net/media0700/ASOG22/

FAST FACTS

-- Broadwing Becomes Electronic Bandwidth Broker 

-- Adelphia Buys into Full E-Bonding/E-Commerce Suite

-- Enhanced-911 Application Extends Carriers' Service to

Customers

-- Second Application Available for Tele.Commerce ASP

These and other recent press announcements can be viewed on Quintessent's Web site: http://www.quintessent.net/

ACCOLADES

Quintessent Co-Founder/CTO a Finalist for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2000

Dave Deutschman, Quintessent co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, was selected by Ernst & Young as a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year 2000 award for his innovative contributions to Quintessent's success. Quintessent has grown significantly during Deutschman's tenure -- from 39 employees in 1997 to 150+ employees today. The company's product line and customer base has grown as well.

"Quintessent's success is far-reaching, beyond what I had originally envisioned," Deutschman said. "It's truly rewarding that Ernst & Young recognized what Quintessent's founding vision and Tele.Commerce(TM) technology has done above the rest in the Pacific Northwest."

Quintessent a Finalist for Chamber Emerging Business Award 2000

Quintessent was chosen by the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce as a finalist in the Emerging Eastside Business 2000 award, the largest honor given by the organization for Eastside Puget Sound organizations.

SHOWCASE

"Speed is Life" Presented at ALTS 2000; Quintessent is Highlight at SUPERCOMM 2000

Quintessent's presence at the May CLEC event in Miami Beach, Fla. was capped with a presentation by Brian A. Vincent, Quintessent President, CEO and Chairman. Vincent's "Speed is Life" address articulated the rapid introduction of services and change in today's competitive market, and the crucial need for carriers to set up electronic bonds to a trading community that can rapidly and flexibly accommodate change.

Vincent was also invited to speak at the Telecom Investor Forum at SUPERCOMM 2000, June 6, in Atlanta. He presented an overview of Quintessent's vision in the telecommunications industry.

Quintessent Illustrates Comprehensive E-Bonding U.S. Network

For CLECs nationwide, an off-the-shelf interconnect solution can be measured in terms of how many carrier interfaces have been developed and are ready for immediate deployment. Quintessent recently unveiled its map of currently offered interfaces for comprehensive nationwide incumbent provider access.

See the illustration: http://www.quintessent.net/media0700/TP_map

Quintessent Demos 5 E-Commerce Applications

A wide breadth of service order types that can be automated in an interconnect solution is another factor that determines whether or not the solution meets the business needs of carriers. Quintessent led the industry in demonstrating at SUPERCOMM 2000 five business applications of the Tele.Commerce suite. The demos consisted of LSRXchange(TM) for local service (LSR) ordering, ASRXchange for access service (ASR) ordering, PreOrderXchange(TM) for local service pre-qualification, E911Xchange(TM) for enhanced-911 data record updates, and a prototype of LNPXchange(TM) for local number portability (LNP) transactions.

For more information on Quintessent's Tele.Commerce suite, go to: http://www.quintessent.net/webhome/products.nsf/all/ Products?opendocument

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Quintessent, Tele.Commerce, ASRXchange, LSRXchange, PreOrderXchange, E911Xchange and LNPXchange are trademarks of Quintessent Communications, Inc. in the United States.