Reduced Costs, Increased Efficiencies Delivered By GDC High-Speed SDSL Network Units.

Business Editors, High-Tech Writers

MIDDLEBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000

Telecommunications carriers and service providers can dramatically lower operating costs while creating significant bandwidth efficiencies by using the UAS 7723MR SDSL access product, General DataComm Industries, Inc. (NYSE:GDC) announced today.

The UAS 7723MR is the latest addition to GDC's carrier-class Universal Access System that encourages the efficient grooming of backhaul-interoffice fractional wideband and narrowband traffic to DACS, frame relay, or ATM switches.

When used in combination with the GT 1033XR remote termination unit, the UAS 7723MR can dramatically reduce the number of E1 network port connections on such devices as frame relay or ATM destination switches. The UAS 7723MR supports a combination of SDSL and IDSL on the same NEBS-compliant platform.

"The UAS 7723MR provides important cost benefits for service providers offering high-speed Internet and frame relay services," said James O'Meara, vice president and general manager of GDC's Network Access Division. "Service providers need flexible tools to offer a variety of access speeds to the ever-growing community using the World Wide Web and special data services. With this product, carriers now require fewer expensive network ports and transmission facilities."

The new generation of UAS products has been designed to allow carriers to allocate under-utilized bandwidth to additional customers, thereby squeezing more revenue dollars from each network connection. The results appear in the bottom line not only as increased revenues but also in reduced operating costs.

The UAS 7723MR and the GT 1033XR are currently in beta test and will be generally available at the end of September.

About General DataComm

GDC (www.gdc.com) is a leader in the design, development, and manufacture of broadband, network access, and multimedia communications for service provider, government, and private enterprise networks. GDC has four business divisions: Broadband, Multimedia, Network Access, and VITAL Network Services L.L.C. Products and services in the Broadband Division include packet voice/data gateways for next-generation telecommunications providers. The Multimedia Division supplies the award-winning MAC 500 MPEG-2 ATM video concentrator, multipoint servers, gateways, MPEG-2 video interfaces and service provisioning platforms for IP and ATM networks. The Network Access Division offers DSL/Universal Access System solutions and a broad range of network access products comprising frame relay probes, integrated analog, and DDS; all managed under a distributed, open SNMP network management framework. VITAL Network Services L.L.C. provides a full range of professional and traditional support services worldwide for converging data, voice, and video networks.

All GDC products mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of General DataComm, Inc., a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of General DataComm Industries, Inc.