Hyperion selects ETC As Voice Of Its Network

Waukesha, WI—April 30, 1998

ETC (Electronic Tele-Communications, Inc.) announced that Hyperion Communications, a leading provider of competitive communications services, has selected the Digicept® 2002 to provide voice applications for its network. Units are scheduled for installation at 12 Hyperion sites across the country.

“ETC looks forward to working with Hyperion, the newest customer in our growing list of competitive service providers," said Cynthia Carlson, Vice President of Sales, ETC. "We are pleased that Hyperion has selected ETC’s Digicept® 2002 technology to provide a voice for its network."

Digicept® 2002 speaks for the switch in the wireline or wireless telephone network by providing a nearly unlimited number of standard and custom intercept announcements to the end user. These announcements include automatic number (referred to as ANA by technicians to verify the phone number associated with a line), changed number (area code and relocation information), referral number, local number portability, voice prompts for services and other announcements related to the AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network). Digicept® 2002 keeps pace with the changing telephone network, the growing demand for enhanced telephone services, and the implementation of area code and other numbering plan changes.

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 NASDAQ under the National Market Symbol ETCIA (Electel).

Hyperion is a competitive local exchange carrier that designs, constructs, operates and manages state-of-the-art fiber optic networks and facilities in 22 markets primarily in the eastern half of the United States. Hyperion is an owned subsidiary of Adelphia, the seventh largest cable television operator in the United States which currently serves approximately 1.9 million subscribers in 12 states.

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.

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