Comdial Demonstrates Enhancements to Hotel Communications Solution at HITEC '99.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999--

Impact Concierge Hospitality Package Includes Features to Increase

Cost Effectiveness and Improve Guest Convenience, Staff Productivity

and Hotel Security

Comdial Corporation (Nasdaq:CMDL) announced today that it will showcase new features to its Impact Concierge hospitality package at the HITEC '99 tradeshow on June 22-24, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Comdial will be exhibiting at booth numbers 1344 and 1346.

Comdial's Impact Concierge has become a valuable communication resource for the hospitality industry by improving productivity, cutting expenses and providing first-class guest services. Designed for installation in mid-sized hotels serving business travelers, Impact Concierge is a very feature-rich communications system. Impact Concierge is currently the only hospitality product on the market that offers call accounting, wireless integration, status reporting and voice mail from the same company and therefore allows for tighter system integration.

Hotel Owners

Impact Concierge contains unique features developed specifically to help increase profitability, enhance cost effectiveness and improve staff productivity for hotel owners. These include:

-- Two-Tier Costing for Calls and Internet Access -- Operators can

establish a surcharge and grace period for local and toll-free

calls. This allows operators to charge for extended 800 number

calls and Internet access.

-- Simultaneous Voice and Data -- Both voice and data calls are

billable commodities. Impact Concierge provides hotel owners the

option to provide simultaneous voice and data calls to the guests

and capture the additional revenue stream.

-- Cost Effective Retrofits -- Hotels faced with the need to upgrade

their communications systems can save money by installing the

Impact Concierge, in conjunction with Impact SCS telephones, and

avoid costly re-wiring.

-- Property Management System Integration -- Impact Concierge

integrates with the majority of currently available property

management systems.

-- Intuitive, User-Friendly PC Screens -- Comdial's Impact Concierge

is the only system equipped with a Windows(R) graphical user

interface (GUI). With turnover levels as high as 100% among

clerical staff, menu driven screens are easy to learn and

understand, bringing new employees up to speed quickly.

-- Wireless Integration -- By taking advantage of Impact Concierge's

wireless capabilities, hotel supervisors and staff can stay in

constant contact while attending to other duties.

To increase response rates to hotel emergencies, Impact Concierge offers:

-- Audible and Visual Alert for System Failure -- Personnel will

receive audible and visual alerts for system failures. These

alerts can be integrated with an external bell or tracker paging

system to assure immediate notification.

-- Emergency Notification -- In the event of an emergency, Impact

Concierge alerts the attendant, with a screen pop, and rings an

administrative telephone, as soon as the guest dials 911.

Guest Courtesy and Convenience

Addressing the needs of business travelers, Impact Concierge will now offer:

-- Voice and Data Extensions in Every Room -- With Impact Concierge,

hotels can add up to five extensions in each hotel room to

accommodate the growing number of guests that travel with laptops

and portable fax machines. Simultaneous voice and data ports also

allow guests to check voice mail and e-mail, surf the Internet,

as well as take and place calls all at the same time.

-- Wireless Telephones -- Hotels can now offer guests wireless

phones by adding the Air Impact wireless communications service

from Comdial to Impact Concierge. Guests can feel free to move

around the facility without worrying about missing important

calls.

-- Wake up Calls -- The Impact Concierge allows guests to set, and

cancel, their own wake up calls.

About Comdial

Comdial is a provider of integrated communications solutions for small and mid-size organizations. The Company's broad product line includes digital switches, wired and wireless business telephones, call center hardware and software, voice processing systems, and Internet Protocol telephony gateways. For more information about Comdial, please visit our web site at http://www.comdial.com.