Communications Systems Awarded Significant Contract From Major Hong Kong Telecommunications Company.HECTOR, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999-- Communications Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq National Market: CSII CSII Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion CSII Cancer Surveillance Improvement Initiative CSII Center for Systems Interoperability and Integration ) today announced that its U.K.-based Austin Taylor Communications, Ltd. subsidiary has started shipping a range of corrosion-resistant wall plates to a major Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. telecommunications company See telecom company. that incorporate U.S.-style high-speed data connectors and British-style voice connectors. Initial orders placed by the customer have totaled approximately $500,000 thus far in 1999. The result of a joint development effort between the customer and Austin Taylor, the hybrid wall plates were deemed the most efficient means for bringing voice, data and video into Hong Kong offices and homes. As a former British colony, Hong Kong bases its voice communications system on the British standard, while the U.S. standard has been adopted for high-speed, Category 5 data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. . In addition, the corrosion-resistant technology incorporated into the Austin Taylor devices helps ensure fault-free performance in Hong Kong's high-humidity operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . Communications Systems, Inc. provides physical connectivity infrastructure and services for the convergence of voice, data and video communications. Designed for open architecture environments, the Company's offerings include structured wiring systems and connecting devices based on fiber optic and twisted pair copper technology; media conversion technology; network design, specification and training services; and high-speed internet access software for schools. Statements regarding the Company's anticipated performance in 1999 are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: buying patterns of its Regional Bell Operating Company The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against American Telephone & Telegraph. History customers, competitive products, the success of its recent acquisitions, and other factors discussed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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