Waukesha, WI—February 14, 2000

ETC, a leading designer and manufacturer of voice networking solutions, will showcase Digicept Emcee™, a new open-standard network peripheral, at the International Engineering Consortium’s IN World Forum being held this week in Miami, FL.

Described as The Voice of the Network™, Digicept Emcee supplies the necessary voice to broadcast information associated with applications in the advanced network. Examples of Emcee’s configurable applications and enhanced services include Wake-Up Service with time, temperature and weather, Repeat Dial (notification a line has been freed) and Automatic Callback (identification of last incoming call). Emcee also offers Bellcore AMA standard billing-ready data for ease in determining appropriate charges related to services.

Emcee has been engineered with an open-standard design and CompactPCI^® architecture. Operating under Windows^® NT/Windows 2000, Emcee can perform in a variety of networking situations and with various protocols—T1, E1, ISDN, and SS7. Network management features include a graphical user interface (GUI), drop-down menus, and easy-to-navigate menu trees. Multiple remote systems can be administered from a central location. Hot-swap capabilities of span cards and power supplies combined with ETC’s SMART Transfer™ ensure high availability and redundancy. Emcee’s design and functionality offers a path for the development and implementation of future IP-focused applications such as IP integration, speech to text, and text to speech.

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.

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to catalyzing positive change in the information industry and its university communities. The IEC provides high-quality educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics and students. In conjunction with the industry, the IEC develops free on-line Web-based tutorials. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops conferences, publications, and technological exhibits addressing major opportunities and challenges of the information age. More than 70 leading, high-technology universities are currently affiliated with the Consortium. The industry is represented through substantial corporate support and the involvement of many thousands of executives, managers and professionals. For additional information, visit www.iec.org.

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.

Digicept is a registered trademark of Electronic Tele-Communications, Inc.

Emcee, The Voice of the Network, and SMART Transfer are trademarks of Electronic Tele-Communications, Inc.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. CompactPCI is a registered trademark of PICMG-PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, Inc.

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

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