ALYA Training 24 Technicians to Install and Maintain 300 Buildings for the Puerto Rico Telephone Company.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999--

ALYA (OTC BB:ALYA) has begun training 24 technicians from the "Puerto Rico Telephone Company ("PRTC") to install and maintain a complete, state-of-the-art, contactless security control solution" based upon ALYA's O.P.E.N.centrix(tm) (Open Platform for Essential Networks).

The system will provide Access Control to about 300 buildings and 11,000 employees in Puerto Rico. ALYA provides the data acquisition hardware and firmware, as well as sophisticated communication software and the Graphical User Interfaces for multiple workstations.

"This is a world class reference site for ALYA." announced Douglas Corbett, president of ALYA International. "Over a three-week period, ALYA will be training 24 Technical Specialists from PRTC in ALYA's facility. The first group was here last week and training will continue through mid-July," continued Corbett. "ALYA's technology is available to implement not only the advanced security functions but also value-added applications for multi-billion dollar niche-markets such as destination tourism, asset tracking, health care and a multitude of others.

The Puerto Rico state-owned Telephone Company was sold to a consortium led by GTE Corp. for approximately $2 billion in May 1998. Bell Atlantic Corp. (NYSE:BEL) announced a proposed $52.8 billion acquisition of GTE in July 1998, and the merger is expected to be completed by the first half of 2000.

With 1998 revenues of more than $25 billion, GTE Corp. (NYSE:GTE) is a leading telecommunications provider with one of the industry's broadest arrays of products and services. In the United States, GTE provides local service in 28 states and wireless service in 17 states, as well as nationwide long-distance, directory, and internetworking services ranging from dial-up Internet access for residential and small-business consumers to Web-based applications for Fortune 500 companies. Outside the United States, the company serves customers on five continents.

ALYA International, Inc. is a leader in the development of software and hardware for intelligent building control and security systems and is based in Vancouver, Canada with offices in Austin, Texas; Antwerp, Belgium; and Beijing, China. ALYA International is listed on the OTC bulletin board under the symbol ALYA.