Cardinal Technologies Partners With CyberLink to Ease ISDN Installation Process; Free service for customers makes ISDN more enticing.

LANCASTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 1996--Cardinal Technologies today announced a partnership with CyberLink Technologies, a service company that provides computer users with a "one call does it all" ordering service for all of their ISDN needs.

CyberLink's "ISDN Express" service will provide third party support between the customer and the ISDN service provider to ease the process of installing ISDN service.

"The experience of ordering and installing an ISDN line and coordinating this with ISDN hardware and software can be painstaking," said Bob Young, vice president of products, Cardinal Technologies.

"Cardinal has made our ISDN products easy to install and now the customer can easily get their ISDN service ordered. By partnering with CyberLink, Cardinal is ensuring that customers will enjoy the benefits of ISDN without the complexity associated with the installation of the service."

Cardinal has made this service easily accessible to customers by including an automated electronic mail form on its web page at http://www.cardtech.com or customers may call 888/FOR-ISDN.

CyberLink will provide this free service to customers regardless of the telephone company or ISDN service provider the customer is using. CyberLink has strategic partnerships established with such companies as Pacific Bell, MCI and GTE which enables fast and efficient service for their customers.

"We're pleased to partner with a company like Cardinal Technologies that really knows the ISDN market," said Steve Roberts, president, CyberLink Technologies Inc. "By offering their ISDN adapter at a consumer price point and giving the consumer a free installation set up service through CyberLink, Cardinal is making ISDN a more consumer-friendly technology."

In July, Cardinal began shipping the IDC100i, a $199 ISDN adapter that significantly lowered consumer's cost of entry for ISDN hardware. In November, Cardinal announced a new family of 33.6 internal, external and PC Card modems that upgrade to both 56 Kbps (analog) and 128 Kbps (ISDN). The ISDN upgrade option kit for these new modems is expected to be available in 1st quarter 1997 for only $79.

CyberLink Technologies was created in 1995 by a group of experienced professionals having extensive computer industry and telephone company backgrounds to act as an interface for computer users to the telephone companies.

The corporate goal is to provide home and business end-users with computer connectivity service and support programs that allow them to communicate more efficiently and effectively through the telephone companies' digital networks. For more information, customers may call 888/FOR-ISDN or reference CyberLink's World Wide Web address at http://www.isdnexpress.com

Cardinal Technologies Inc. manufactures modems and ISDN adapters for computers, which allow people to communicate and access information. Cardinal's world class products continue to receive the highest industry awards for superior performance and value. The privately-held company was founded in 1987 in Lancaster, Pa. and is a member of the Paul Allen Group of technology companies.

For further information, customers may visit the Cardinal web site at http://www.cardtech.com or contact Cardinal by phone at 800/775-0899 ext. 2401 or use the faxback service at 800/770-4864. -0-

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1827 Freedom Road 23692 Birtcher

Lancaster, Pa. 17601 USA Lake Forest, Calif. 92630

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CONTACT: Cardinal Technologies

Beverly King, 717/293-3013

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Brodeur Porter Novelli 

Blake Stowell or Mark Molzen, 801/765-1500

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CyberLink Technologies

Chris G. Straghalis, 714/855-1606

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