Accugraph to provide network management tools to Rogers Communication Inc. group of companies.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1996--Accugraph Corp. (NASDAQ:ACCUF)(TSE:ACU.A) Friday announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with two Rogers Communication companies to provide software solution tool sets for the management of the companies' wireless and networking services infrastructures.

The agreement, announced at the Personal Communication Services Wireless trade show in San Francisco this week, calls for Accugraph to initially provide Rogers Cantel Inc. with applications to support Cantel's network transmission engineering and provisioning disciplines, with planned links into Rogers' overall Operational Support Systems.

Accugraph Senior Vice President Ron Munden said Accugraph's telecommunications software modules are geared to provide functions and tools for engineers to perform network infrastructure design and provisioning tasks in a faster, more efficient manner. "Our agreement with Rogers Communication is especially rewarding for us because the Cantel solutions we are designing and will implement include a common engineering database for storage of all Cantel network assets and connections. This is where the telecomm industry is heading, and we believe this installation represents a quality model for wireline as well as wireless applications."

Munden said Rogers Communication intends to include its Rogers Network Services unit in the application deployment, and to phase in the use of Accugraph software for RNS in conjunction with the Cantel launch.

Rogers Cantel is Canada's largest wireless telephone company, offering more than one million subscribers wireless products and services which include both analog and digital cellular services. Jean Pierre Larocque, Director of Cantel's Operational Support Systems, said the efficiencies gained by having on-line networking information puts the engineering and provisioning planning tasks in a very advanced stage. "We believe this positions us to be competitive in costs and services well into the future."

Rogers Network Services is the communication company's fastest-growing operation. It distributes high-volume voice and data transmission for corporate customers via fiber-optic networks. "The Accugraph product implementation represents a core part of Rogers' engineering and operations enterprise information model," said Larocque. "The platform will provide the required flexibility for embedding our Standards and Practices in a comprehensive knowledge set, which relates both to our ongoing planning, engineering, and building activities, as well as to our daily operational tasks."

Phil Thrasher, Accugraph's Director of Canadian Business Operations, said he believes the agreement between the two companies will have long-term benefits for Rogers.

"The use of Accugraph's software tools to document Rogers plant and transmission facilities will provide Rogers with the framework for deployment into Cantel's and RNS' Operational Support Systems, which will further enhance its service provisioning capabilities," said Thrasher. "The selection of Accugraph by Rogers provides an advanced and efficient solution to address network infrastructure management across the Rogers group of companies. We're elated to be a part of Rogers future direction and quality standards."

Accugraph maintains corporate headquarters in El Paso, Texas, with research and development facilities in El Paso and Huntsville, Alabama. Accugraph is publicly traded on the Nasdaq National Market (ACCUF) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ACU.A).

CONTACT: Accugraph Corp.

Ron Munden, 915/581-1171

Phil Thrasher, 613/599-9799

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Rogers Cantel Inc.

J. P. Larocque, 514/340-7469

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Rogers Network Services

Carl Scase, 416/391-7280