ETC INTRODUCES DIGICEPT EMCEE AT
TELECOM 99 + INTERACTIVE 99
Waukesha,
WI—October 8, 1999
Electronic Tele-Communications, Inc. will
debut Digicept Emcee™, an open systems network peripheral, at TELECOM 99 +
INTERACTIVE 99, October 10 to 17, at PalExpo, Geneva, Switzerland.
Digicept Emcee is The Voice of the Network™ offering standard
and revenue-generating applications, enhanced services, and opportunities for branding and
custom messaging. Charging for services is easily accomplished through Emcee’s
Bellcore AMA standard billing-ready data. Examples of Emcee’s offerings include
Wake-Up Service with time, temperature and weather, Repeat Dial, and other applications
for the advanced network. Furthermore, standard intercept messages can be created in TTY
Format for Universal Service and Section 255 compliance.
Emcee interfaces with and supports applications for T1, E1, ISDN, and SS7
network protocols. Additionally, Emcee’s open-standard CompactPCI architecture and
Windows® NT/Windows 2000 operating system provide the path to future capabilities and
applications.
"We are excited to bring Emcee to the market," said ETC’s
Director of Marketing, Scott Stephenson. "Emcee reflects a dynamic shift in
ETC’s future product development and where we, as a company, are positioning
ourselves in the market."
System administration of Emcee features a graphical user interface (GUI)
with drop-down menus and easy-to-navigate menu trees. Multiple remote systems can be
administered from a central location. ETC’s SMART Transfer™ and hot-swap
capabilities (span cards and power supplies) ensure high availability and redundancy.
"Emcee’s open architecture will enable ETC to bring new
applications faster to market for our customers," said Barry Leis, ETC’s Product
Manager. "Looking to the near future, we can now offer things like IP integration,
speech to text, and text to speech to our customers."
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.
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.
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