Innovative Communications Technologies, Inc. and Time Warner Telecom Sign Agreement.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2004 Time Warner Telecom Time Warner Telecom NASDAQ: TWTC is headquartered in Littleton, Colorado. The company provides managed network services, specializing in Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VoIP and security, to enterprise (Nasdaq:TWTC TWTC Taipei World Trade Center (Taiwan, ROC) TWTC Time Warner Telecom ) and Innovative Communications Technologies, Inc., (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :ICTN ICTN I Can't Talk Now (chat) ) signed a fiber-optic delivery and referral agreement that offers both companies the ability to achieve enhanced competitive advantages. Time Warner Telecom (TWTC) currently delivers local services to Innovative Communications Technologies (ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. ) in Seattle and Portland over its regional fiber networks and has plans to deliver services to ICT facilities in San Diego and Tucson over the next two years. As the companies continue to work together, other opportunities exist for ICT to deliver similar infrastructure in all 44 markets where Time Warner Telecom currently operates. Time Warner Telecom's national footprint provides ICT with the ability to utilize TWTC's metro city fiber, and 800 Gbps regional fiber networks as an integral component of its self-contained GPTN GPTN General Purpose Telephone Network . TWTC and ICT plan to leverage each other's strengths in executing the agreement to capture previously unavailable and extremely competitive segments of business. "Time Warner Telecom is in the position to take advantage of technologies and trends in the industry. They are particularly capable and experienced with integrating flexible services with non-traditional applications such as ICT's," said Barry Henthorn, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ICT. "There's a lot of synergy between Time Warner Telecom and ICT," said Joseph Wells, vice president and general manager for Time Warner Telecom's Seattle operations. "We'll be able to scale capacity to meet the needs of ICT's technology far faster than competitors, while providing them a footprint to help penetrate new markets." About the Company Since 1989, Innovative has been a pioneer in the development and positioning of private telecommunications networks for businesses. Innovative's proprietary technology and alliances with industry leaders now place the company at the forefront of the telecommunications industry. The GPTN technology combines proprietary leading-edge packet switching technology and dedicated fiber-optic networks with Innovative's Voice Over Packetization Technology (VOPT). VOPT uses packet switching instead of traditional circuit switching when routing calls. Customers use their existing equipment and pay only a fixed monthly rate, eliminating per-minute billing and the long-distance carrier. For more information visit the company's website at www.ict.net Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Innovative's expectations about successfully expanding its GPTN business and securing significant additional customers for its products or services. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied in such statements. These risks and uncertainties include the inability to manage expected growth, the loss of a large customer, the failure to realize the increased revenues and improved operating margins that the Company has associated with sales of GPTN, the loss of any key personnel, tightening regulation of the communications technologies and channels used in our systems, our inability to introduce new services that are accepted by the market, the loss or non-performance of our sales representatives, unfavorable results of existing and potential litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , and the possibility that competitors could develop or acquire technology that could erode Innovative's technical advantages. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to announce publicly the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained in this news release. |
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