Channell Receives First RUS Listing for Telecommunications Pedestal Enclosures.Business Editors TEMECULA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2000 Channell Commercial Corp. (Nasdaq:CHNL CHNL Channel ) Monday announced that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has placed Channell's FlexPed CFP 1. CFP - Constraint Functional Programming. 2. CFP - Communicating Functional Processes. 3. CFP - Call For Papers (for a conference). series telephony pedestal enclosures on the List of Materials acceptable for use on telecommunications systems of RUS borrowers. A unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, RUS is a vital source of financing and technical assistance for the construction of the telecommunications infrastructure of rural America. There are an estimated 1,000 network operators that adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. RUS standards, whether or not they utilize RUS funding. The FlexPed CFP series pedestal enclosure family represents Channell's first RUS listing and is the result of extensive technical qualification and independent laboratory testing. Now, RUS network operators can specify Channell FlexPed enclosures for use in their networks nationwide. Shipments are expected to begin this quarter. William H. Channell, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. said, "Channell is committed to serving America's rural telecommunications network operators with leading edge products and technical support. We are very pleased to receive RUS listing for our new line of telephony pedestal enclosures and look forward to expanding our position in this strategic domestic market with additional new products the company expects to release in the near future." About Channell Channell Commercial Corp. is a global designer and manufacturer of telecommunications equipment primarily supplied to telephone and broadband network operators worldwide. Major product lines include a complete line of thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. and metal fabricated enclosures, advanced copper termination and connectorization products, fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power management systems and coaxial-based passive RF electronics. With headquarters in Temecula, Channell currently operates its U.S. manufacturing facilities in California and a distribution facility in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . International operations include manufacturing facilities in Toronto, London, Sydney (Australia) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Channell's customers have included telco and broadband service providers such as AT&T, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , British Telecom, Singapore Telecom, Telekom Malaysia, Telstra, Cable & Wireless, Rogers Canada, Shaw Communications, Optus, Cox Communications, Time Warner, Media One and TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. . Corporate Profile An eight-page Channell Corporate Profile can be viewed at www.channellcomm.com The Corporate Profile includes illustrations of the Local Loop and typical Channell products in the Local Loop. It also includes a discussion of the company's markets, competitive position and growth strategy. Forward-Looking Statements Forward-looking statements contained within this news release are subject to many uncertainties in the company's operations and business environments. Examples of such uncertainties include customer demand, material costs, integration of acquired businesses and worldwide economic conditions among others. Such uncertainties are discussed further in the company's annual report/10K and S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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