Franklin Telecom Tempest Selected for Network Between Singapore and Malaysia; Tempest Data Voice Gateways Connect U.S./Singapore/Kuala Lumpur.WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 1999-- Franklin Telecom (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :FCM FCM See: Futures commission merchant FCM See futures commission merchant (FCM). ) Monday announced that Elanet Corp., a Next Generation Telco based in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. , is using Franklin's Tempest(R) System to establish a link between Singapore, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . In addition to functioning as a Next Generation Telco, Elanet is also a reseller of telephony products and services in the region. The Tempest network that is being established will serve two functions: it will handle ongoing traffic like any telco; it will also provide a live demonstration for Elanet's customers of the Tempest products. These include not only the award-winning Tempest Data Voice Gateways but Franklin's celebrated AMAS AMAS Address Matching Approval System (Australia Post) AMAS Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences AMAS Anti Malignin Antibody in Serum (cancer test) System for authenticating, tracking and billing calls as well. Ronald G. Weaver, vice president of worldwide sales, stated, "Southeast Asia is one of the top three VoIP markets in the world and a strategic target for our company." Weaver went on to say: "Elanet Corp., under the leadership of managing director Mr. Wikie Chiu, is a strong company that has been active in the Southeast Asia VoIP Telephony and Telecom market for several years. The company's headquarters are in Singapore with additional offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Plans have been announced recently to open offices in Manila as well." "The continued development of the telecommunications infrastructure in Southeast Asia," Weaver continued, "has created a demand for more innovative and cost effective methods of transporting communications. This is an environment ideally suited to demonstrate how effective Voice over IP can be in answering these demands. We look forward to working with Elanet both as a customer and as a reseller." About Franklin Telecom The primary business of Franklin Telecom is the design and manufacturing of communications devices, including hardware and software solutions that enable superior quality Voice over IP applications. Franklin's Internet subsidiary FNet provides Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. global Telco services. Certain statements in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements, expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For additional information about this company, visit the Officer's Message page at Franklin's Web Site: www.ftel.com -- for Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. & Franklin's Next Generation Telephone Equipment www.fnet.net -- for Internet Telephony Next Generation Telephone Service www.franklin.net -- for Internet Services, E-Commerce and Access |
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