ASC Names Key Business Development and Sales Execs to Roll Out RBOX Multi-Service Aggregator.

VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1999--Advanced Switching Communications (ASC), an emerging company that recently introduced the RBOX(tm) Multi-Service Aggregator for carriers and service providers, today announced three new additions to its senior management and sales management teams.

They are Glen Hunt, vice president of business development, Craig Jenkins, area sales director for the western U.S., and Alex Dobson, area sales director for the southeastern U.S. and Canada.

As ASC's vice president of business development, Mr. Hunt brings over 20 years experience in marketing and development for networking technologies. He was most recently vice president of marketing at Netrix Corporation, a manufacturer of ATM WAN switching products, and previously with Sprint International and Dynatech Corporation. He will oversee ASC's numerous existing and future strategic corporate partnerships.

Mr. Dobson, area sales director, joined ASC from 3Com Corporation, where he managed the MCI WorldCom account team and was responsible for coordinating worldwide sales efforts. Prior, Alex was the director of sales for 3Com's Carrier division in Canada and also worked in carrier sales for Motorola Information Systems and Develcon Electronics, a Canadian manufacturer of networking technology.

Mr. Jenkins, area sales director, joined ASC from Ascend, where he was director of sales for the GTE account worldwide. Before that, he was in sales management positions for Wellfleet, now part of N, Craig, and Alex demonstrates ASC's commitmentlls and develop the Multi-Service Aggregator mar privately held communications-equipment company in Vienna, Virginia. ASC recently introduced the RBOX family, a new generation of cost-effective and innovative Multi-Service Aggregator designed for carriers and service providers. ASC is headed by a management team from high-technology industry leaders including 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS), Ascend (Nasdaq: ASND), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Lucent (Nasdaq: LU). ASC's web site is http://www.asc1.com.