Comdial introduces Scout, new digital wireless multiline telephone.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1994--Comdial Corp (Nasdaq NM:CMDL), a leading designer and manufacturer of advance telecommunication systems, Wednesday announced Scout, a wireless, multiline telephone designed to provide the convenience of wireless communications to its IMPACT and DXP system users.

Scout is being introduced at the UNICOM '94 Conference in Washington, D.C. The fully-featured Scout can operate either from its base station on a desk or it can be carried via hand, clip or lanyard to almost any place within a very large facility.

Whether operating from its base station or in its mobile mode, Scout provides the ability to put calls on hold, transfer calls, conference calls together or use its standard intercom feature. First shipments of Scout are scheduled for early in the first calendar quarter of 1995.

According to Comdial President and Chief Executive Officer William G. Mustain, ``Scout gives users of our DXP and IMPACT digital systems virtually all of the enhanced functions normally associated with a corded IMPACT LCD telephone while providing them the convenience and freedom to move throughout their facility without the inconvenience of missing important telephone calls.''

The versatile Scout, only 6-1/2" long and weighing about 8 ounces, offers features and functionality not usually available with wireless telephones. While on the move, the multiline Scout not only alerts users to incoming calls with an audio signal or vibration but it also identifies the calling party.

Its dedicated LED flashes to indicate that a message is waiting in voice mail or that a priority call needs to get through. Using spread spectrum technology, the Scout dynamically selects available channels from the 902 to 928 MHz frequencies insuring that your calls remain private.

The Scout wireless, multiline telephone is the latest example of Comdial's commitment to providing system solutions to its customers. The Scout now provides DXP and IMPACT users the ability to cost effectively outfit their employees with one telephone that can go from location to location within the facility while giving them 95 percent of the features and enhanced capabilities of their IMPACT LCD corded telephone.

Operating from its base station, Scout comes equipped with a headset jack for hands free communications.

Comdial Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of a broad range of advanced telecommunications products and systems solutions.

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