Worldwide Sales of Eicon's DIVA ISDN Solutions Break the One Million Unit Barrier.

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MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000

Strength of Global ISDN Market Continues to Power Worldwide Sales

Eicon Technology, (TSE:EIC.) a leading global provider of remote access solutions, today announced that worldwide sales of its award-winning DIVA ISDN solutions have exceeded one million units.

Eicon surpassed this milestone mark with the recent delivery of its DIVA PRO to CETELEM, a European credit agency, headquartered in France.

"The increased worldwide demand for high-speed remote access continues to drive sales of our ISDN equipment. This is a testament to the strength of the global ISDN market and Eicon's desire to provide the right products at the right prices," said Peter Brojde, President and CEO of Eicon Technology. "With the predicted number of Internet users reaching 1 billion by 2006, we continue to foresee rapid growth in the sales of both our ISDN and DSL solutions."

Globally, Eicon has developed a successful reputation for providing reliable, high performance ISDN connectivity solutions for remote access to corporate networks and the Internet. The company will continue to add new ISDN solutions to the DIVA Family.

"Eicon's DIVA products were the obvious choice for CETELEM, providing fast and easy set-up for complete integration with our current systems," comments John Pierre Caffin, CETELEM's Networks Manager. "Thanks to Eicon's DIVA ISDN solution, CETELEM is able to offer its clients first-class customer support, particularly during peak times such as a Saturday when hundreds of customers access our database simultaneously. With its dramatic increase in speed, ISDN enables us to support remote sites in just a few seconds - an extremely powerful and cost-effective solution."

In a 1999 report, industry analysts Dataquest ranked Eicon as the leading volume supplier of ISDN solutions throughout Europe. The company holds the top spot in no less than eight European countries.

"The Eicon brand is constantly evolving to meet market demand for cost effective, high speed connectivity," said Ken Gingrich, Eicon's Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Marketing Operations. "Our sales are not concentrated in any single country. We have always entered new markets with high-end 'best-of-breed' solutions, as opposed to concentrating on delivering large volumes of entry-level products. We have the industry's most complete portfolio of ISDN client and server products. The delivery of our millionth DIVA ISDN unit is yet another endorsement of our high quality solutions and market-leading position."

Eicon will introduce its new DIVA DSL solutions later this year. These products will deliver the reliable solutions that Eicon's customers have come to expect and demand. These offerings will make Eicon one of the most complete suppliers of digital communications solutions available.

Eicon Technology Corporation

Eicon Technology Corporation is a worldwide provider of remote access products for personal computers. The Company develops, markets and supports hardware and software products for connecting network servers and desktop and notebook PCs to corporate networks, host computers and the Internet. Its products are sold in more than 80 countries through a network of certified channel partners and Original Equipment Manufacturers. Eicon Technology shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "EIC." Information about Eicon and its products is available at http://www.eicon.com.

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