Compaq Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Leadership in Wireless Telecommunications Solutions; Independent Recognition Validates Compaq's Telecommunication Product Leadership.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1999--

Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) today announced it has received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan Engineering Product Line Strategy award in recognition of its ability to provide a range of reliable products that suit the needs of different customers -- and the Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN) telecommunications market.

Additionally, Frost and Sullivan singled out two products for special recognition -- the Compaq N-Series Intelligent Network Server (INS), the world's first Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Service Control Point (SCP) for Intelligent Network (IN) applications, and the industry-leading Compaq Home Location Register (HLR).

The Compaq N-series Intelligent Network Server (INS) enables wireless and wireline service providers to cost-effectively and reliably extend their telecommunications services into smaller capacity networks and allows smaller carriers to compete more favorably in the marketplace. Frost and Sullivan also found that the Compaq off-switch ANSI-41 HLR, more than other products, best allows wireless operators to provision and implement services efficiently.

This award recognizing Compaq's knowledge, expertise and innovation, further validates Compaq's leadership as a telecommunications provider. For more information about Compaq communications solutions, please visit Compaq's Web site at

http://www.compaq.com/solutions/communications/ens/ens-index.html.

Company Background: Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of computer systems. For more corporate information, see: http://www.compaq.com/.

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