ETC Teams Up with Carrier Communications for
CITA Showcase

Toronto, Canada—February 28, 2000

Electronic Tele-Communications, Inc. and Carrier Communications, its Canadian distributor, will be exhibiting jointly at the Canadian Independent Telephone Association’s Seminar Showcase 2000, February 27 to 29, International Plaza, Toronto. Mr. Amjad Mir, President, Carrier Communications, will be attending the booth, #305, alongside ETC’s Canadian sales representative, Michael Bonnet, for the duration of the showcase.

ETC is one of the over 120 associate and special associate members who belong to CITA. Thirty-nine independent telephone companies form the Active Members of the Association. The Canadian Independent Telephone Association (CITA), founded in 1905, is a Canada-wide association of companies which provide telephone service within British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. The CITA represents Canada's independent telephone companies before federal and provincial bodies and deals with matters of major concerns to its members. The Association also actively promotes the increase and advancement of telephone service in the communities served by its members.

Carrier Communications markets PBXs, voice mail, CPE, peripherals and telecom solutions for a variety of switching and business environments. Its president is the developer of the telephone call accounting software "CallCount."

ETC designs, manufactures, and services quality telecommunications products that provide network solutions for domestic and international access providers. Headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin, ETC has operations in Atlanta, Georgia and Pleasanton, California. ETC is traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol ETCIA. For additional information on ETC, visit www.etcia.com.

Certain statements in this press release which are not historical facts are "forward-looking" statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any "forward-looking" statements are provided in compliance with the "Safe Harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. "Forward-looking" statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, technology changes, backlog, acquisitions, status of the economy, governmental regulations, sources of supply, expense structure, product mix, major customers, competition, litigation, and other risk factors detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are encouraged to consider the risks and uncertainties included in those filings.

For additional information about ETC, visit www.etcia.com.

 

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