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American TeleSource International Inc. Completes Acquisition of Computel.


SAN ANTONIO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1997--American TeleSouce I (CANADIAN DEALING NETWORK Canadian Dealing Network (CDN)

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 ATIL. ) American TeleSource International Inc. ("ATSI") completes its acquisition of 100 percent of the stock of Mexico's largest private caseta operator, Sistema de Telefonia Computarizada, S.A. de C.V. ("Computel").

Through its acquisition of Computel, ATSI now operates 134 casetas (public calling stations) in 72 cities throughout Mexico.

Arthur L. Smith, president of ATSI states "these point-of-sale distribution channels are important to ATSI's marketing strategy for Mexico. These locations provide local telephone calls, domestic and international long distance, collect, calling and credit card calls, voice mail, fax transmission and reception."

H. Douglas Saathoff, ATSI's chief financial officer states, "ATSI benefits by balancing its international long distance traffic, with Computel's intra-Mexico long distance traffic. The result is increased revenue and lower transmission rates to ATSI. The Company's consolidated annualized annualized

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 revenues have grown to in excess of U.S. $20 million with this acquisition."

American TeleSource International, Inc. is the owner of The San Antonio International
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, currently trades under the symbol "ATIL.CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. " on the Canadian Dealing Network (CDN) in Toronto.

CONTACT: American TeleSource International Inc.

Don L. Merrill, Jr., 210/558-6090

210/ 558-6095 (FAX)

Internet: http://www.atsi.net

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