American Access Technologies, Inc. Ships First in a Series of Orders to Bell Labs.

LAKE MARY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1999--

Telecommunications equipment manufacturer American Access Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AATK) announced today that it has shipped the first in a series of expected orders for Bell Labs/Lucent (NYSE: LU). The $70,000 initial order for 123 zone cabling units will outfit Bell Labs' North Colorado facility.

"Lucent and Bell Labs really like the products. This is the first time Bell Labs is putting it in to its own facilities, following many of its customers, such as Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW), Qwest (Nasdaq:QWST), and Level 3, (Nasdaq:LVLT), which have standardized on zone cabling with American Access," said Project Leader Bob Steger, of ICG Foti, (Nasdaq:ICGX) Value Added Reseller for Lucent Technologies. "We have gotten so much work by having this product to differentiate from the normal practices of the industry. In the very near future, this will be the norm."

American Access manufactures zone cabling units that mount in ceilings, raised floors, and in custom furniture. The Company's concept of "zone cabling" is a cost-saving, space-efficient alternative to conventional communications wiring systems, reducing costs of installation and maintenance by as much as 70%, and providing versatility for voice and data infrastructures.

American Access Industrial Designer Richard Murray said, "This proves to me that Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies believe in this product line. Once Bell Labs realizes the cost savings, we'll start seeing more and more facilities being outfitted."

Along with Bell Labs/Lucent (NYSE:LU) publicly-held companies that are customers of American Access include: IONA (Nasdaq:IONA), SGI (NYSE:SGI), Baan Company N.V. (Nasdaq:BAANF); Qwest Communications International Inc. (Nasdaq:QWST); Fina, Inc. (NYSE:FIN); First Data Corporation (NYSE:FDC); Gateway 2000 Inc. (NYSE:GTW): Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS); Household International Inc. (NYSE:HI); Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM); Mobil Corporation (NYSE: MOB); Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO), Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT); and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW). Several private corporations, school districts and other government entities also are AAT customers.

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