Confertech Systems is First to Successfully Demonstrate API Integration With Broadband Associates M.SHOW Service.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 20, 1998--

To Deliver Internet Presentation Capabilities To Customers

Frontier Corporation (NYSE:FRO) today announced its subsidiary, Confertech Systems Inc., is the first company to successfully demonstrate Broadband Associates M.SHOW(tm) service through its Sonata(R) Application Programming Interface (API), affording customers the ability to perform an integrated multimedia presentation.

Broadband Associates, headquartered in Littleton, Colo., is a provider of Internet presentation solutions. The M.SHOW service allows end-users to present real-time, interactive multimedia teleconferences delivering audio, video, text, graphics, animation and still pictures, in addition to archiving presentations for later review using the Internet. By combining M.SHOW with the scalable and flexible architecture of the Sonata system, Confertech Systems can provide Internet presentation capabilities to its systems customers.

"We've been working with Broadband to develop a strong partnership since the beginning of 1998. Consequently, we are confident that the Internet presentation product we offer our customers will provide superior functionality and seamless integration," said Bill Ernstrom, corporate vice president and general manager of Confertech Systems.

Added Robert Ogdon, president for Broadband Associates, "By leveraging the cutting-edge technologies associated with the M.SHOW service, Confertech has greatly expanded the scope and reach of the Sonata system."

With these Internet presentation capabilities, end-users will have the ability to market and sell their products and services, conduct corporate briefings and provide training session to participants worldwide. Customers may also reap additional benefits from their ability to reach new audiences, saving valuable time in training employees, and the acceleration of decision-making processes.

Confertech Systems will begin to market this Internet presentation capability to current and potential Sonata system customers in first quarter 1999.

About Broadband Associates

Broadband Associates, Inc. Is an industry leader in the creation and offering of global communications services and technologies which capitalize on the explosive potential of the Internet. As the innovator and provider of M.SHOW - a live multimedia presentation service - Broadband continues to expand its growing range of service-based Internet presentation offerings for the Fortune 1000. M.SHOW is currently being made available through leading resellers worldwide. For more information see www.mshow.com.

M.SHOW is a trademark of Broadband Associates.

About Confertech

Confertech Systems is a market leader in data and audio conferencing and is among the largest conferencing solution companies in the world. A subsidiary of Frontier Corporation (NYSE:FRO), Confertech Systems provides state-of-the-art, "business-critical" conferencing solutions to facilitate the highest quality meetings and collaborations.

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