Coastcom's Advanced Intelligent Multiplexers Feature Year 2000 Compliance For New Century Networking.

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1997--Coastcom, a leading manufacturer of Advanced Intelligent Multiplexers (AIM), is pleased to confirm complete product compliance to the year 2000 dating issue. In response to customer concerns over potential problems at the turn of the century, Coastcom assures it is and always has been committed to New Century Networking for its current and future product developments.

Coastcom's D/I Mux III Intelligent Multiplexer can be set to any date in the 21st century. The date will automatically switch from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000. It will also recognize leap year. Alarm dial out and alarm history modes will seamlessly transition to the year 2000. Time trigger maps will also continue to be enabled after the century milestone.

NCC software, the network control program available for use with Coastcom multiplexers, is year 2000 compliant.

Coastcom understands customer concerns. New product developments featuring higher bandwidth and transport protocol enhancements will maintain year 2000 compliance to meet future needs, providing long-term reliability and trouble-free performance.

Coastcom develops, manufactures, and markets telecommunications equipment designed to leverage existing T1 networks and take advantage of emerging public network services. Its list of customers include interexchange carriers, regional Bell operating companies, independent telephone companies, federal and state government, as well as a wide range of private network users. The company, registered under ISO 9001, is located at 1151 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, Calif., 94502. For more information about Coastcom, visit our Web site at http://www.coastcom.com .

CONTACT: Frank Falcon

510/523-6606 (ext.383)