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Talk Visual in $5 Million Deal to Purchase Frederick Engineering for Stock and Cash.


Business/Technology Editors

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2000

(OTC-BB: TVCP). TALK VISUAL CORPORATION announced today that it has signed a definitive Letter of Intent to acquire all the outstanding capital stock of Frederick Engineering of Baltimore, Maryland "Baltimore" redirects here. For the surrounding county, see Baltimore County, Maryland. For other uses, see Baltimore (disambiguation).
Baltimore is an independent city located in the state of Maryland in the United States.
. Frederick Engineering, with significantly profitable revenues of approximately $4 million, produces test equipment used by datacom and telecom personnel who manage Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, DSL DSL
 in full Digital Subscriber Line

Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary
 and ISDN ISDN
 in full Integrated Services Digital Network

Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media.
 systems.

Eugene Rosov, Talk Visual's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated today from Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe.

Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048.
 "We're very pleased with the relationship with Frederick Engineering. They are a solid, long-term player in the test equipment field, with a world-class engineering team, solid management, and a demonstrated ability to provide products, services and earn profits. Their proven testing technologies in ISDN, and in local and wide area networks, are directed towards a client base which complements our service provisioning efforts in voice, video, and data, and equipment sales as well. We're looking forward to working closely with the Frederick management team to develop and integrate our marketing efforts and sales activities."

Dean DiMattia, President of Frederick Engineering, said today from Baltimore, Maryland "We're excited about working with Talk Visual. Their vision for a worldwide network of partnerships and retail stores, combined with their developing private network, makes them an ideal partner for the sales of our equipment. Frederick satisfies the growing demand for affordable, user-friendly, multi-function WAN/LAN test equipment. We believe the market is vast, and developing, and tracks closely the growth of worldwide telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. . Our products are used by network managers and technicians who must rely on internal resources to deliver highly reliable services internally and externally. Frederick's telecom and datacom products are easy to use, their development is customer-driven, and they are in use today in over 40,000 systems worldwide. We hope to expand our engineering and manufacturing activities immediately, and to pursue new acquisitions and new products with the assistance of Talk Visual Corporation." In other news, Talk Visual announced that the latest Executive's Corner posting will be issued today. It is available by clicking on the appropriate icon at the Company's website.

About Frederick Engineering

Frederick Engineering's mission is to meet the growing demand for affordable, user-friendly, multifunction WAN/LAN test equipment, with the highest level of customer satisfaction by producing feature-rich network test products that are extremely easy to use and that can be utilized for go-no go testing as well as detailed analysis. Further, Frederick recognizes the increasing need for expert knowledge as datacom and telecom personnel strive to keep pace with evolving test technologies.

Frederick Engineering integrates new and existing technologies to meet these demands. Its WAN products are unique in their ability to handle multiple interface needs in an all-in-one, modular, portable package with all accessories. The ParaScope family of products are used to quickly turn up and troubleshoot To find out why something does not work and to fix the problem. Troubleshooting a computer often requires determining whether the problem is due to malfunctioning hardware or buggy or out-of-date software. See debug.  telecom and datacom networks. Pass/Fail indicators, signal analysis, alarm logging, bit error testing, experts and a 7-layer protocol analyzer See network analyzer.  are just a few of the analysis tools of the ParaScope family test arsenal.

The Company's LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used.  products provide quick and easy troubleshooting Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving. It is the systematic search for the source of a problem so that it can be solved. Troubleshooting is often a process of elimination - eliminating potential causes of a problem. , maintenance, and base-lining of complex single/enterprise Ethernet and Token Ring networks A LAN access method that uses the token passing technology in a physical ring. Each station in the network passes the token on to the station next to it. Token Ring and FDDI LANs use the token ring access method. See Token Ring, FDDI and token passing. . The LANWizard network management and analysis software automatically discovers network devices and creates a corresponding map enabling total visual control of networks. Comprehensive report generation, protocol and conversation statistics, IP conversations, pinging See ping.

pinging - ping
 and protocol analysis are just a few of the tools of the LANWizard family test arsenal.

Extremely customer driven, the staff at Frederick strives to maintain the absolute highest level of customer satisfaction. Free technical support and both standard and custom training programs help to achieve this level of customer satisfaction. All FE products comply with the EC directive and carry the required CE stamp of compliance and Declaration of Conformity.

Frederick Engineering, Inc. is located at 3620 Commerce Drive, Baltimore MD 21227 and on the web at www.fetest.com

ABOUT TALK VISUAL CORPORATION

Talk Visual Corporation (OTC-BB: TVCP) is a pioneer in the video teleconferencing See videoconferencing.  industry. It is developing global retail facilities to accommodate the growing video-communications needs of two key market segments: businesses and expatriate Expatriate

An employee who is a U.S. citizen living and working in a foreign country.
 ethnic populations. Talk Visual can be reached toll-free at 1-877-22VIDEO within 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. , or at 305 572-0575 from abroad.

A list of Talk Visual's videocalling shops is at www.talkvisual.com. The site allows visitors to order the 4th edition of the company's impressive full-color newspaper. Talk Visual sells pagers at www.beeperforabuck.com. Information on the new Talk Visual TV225 Video-Telephone can be seen on www.thevideotelephone.com. In addition, visitors are directed to visit the company's home page at www.talkvisual.com and click on the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) A group of commonly asked questions about a subject along with the answers. Vendors often display them on their Web sites for use as troubleshooting guidelines.  section, and or to read the Chairman's Corner latest bi-weekly message. The Company's new FREE videocalling sign-up website service is available to public videocall rooms, private and public corporations, and individuals worldwide. The service can be accessed at www.videocallme.com.

Statements in this press release which are not historical including statements regarding Talk Visual's or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future are 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 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, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Such statements include statements regarding the ability of Talk Visual to develop and integrate marketing and sales activities with Frederick Engineering, the size of the test equipment market, its development and corresponding tracking with the growth of worldwide telecommunications, the ability of Frederick Engineering to expand its engineering and manufacturing activities, and to pursue new acquisitions and products. It is important to note that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in any forward-looking statements. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include whether or not the marketing and sales integration of Frederick Engineering will improve the Company's financial activities, the impact of expansion of Freee3rick Engineering's engineering, manufacturing, new product introduction and acquisition program, will have on Talk Visual's financial position, and other risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including but not limited to, the annual report on form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1999, and the quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2000. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation solicitation

In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual
 of an offer to buy any securities.
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