Telecom Business 99's press room is in A8 of the Anaheim Convention Center. Your badge will be ready on Monday morning. (It is a sign of age...I kept reading about this reception with the Heisman trophy winners and kept seeing Sunday night when in fact it is Monday...and I will do the best I can to make sure the working press as access to a bonifide news event, five Heisman trophy winners and not one from Notre Dame.)

I am staying at the Anaheim Hilton from Saturday on so if you have a question or problem...call me.

below are the summaries that we got from exhibitors. I am trying to get booth numbers and more info...it will be in the press room on Monday and at my Website.

See you on Monday (or Sunday)

Bob

Arbinet Global Clearing Network? (AGCN?)

The pioneer of telecom capacity trading

WHAT: Be the first to preview the wealth of new enhancements to the revolutionary Arbinet Global Clearing Network (<www.arbinet.com)

· New features scheduled to be implemented April 1 include:

· Peering with other multi-carrier networks

· Shortened trading period (one week)

· Fixed price buying option

· Online quality-of-call compliance department

· Web site-selectable IP connectivity options

· Additional trading floor sort parameters

· Online consolidated billing statements

· Automatic trading alert delivery via email

· Alex Mashinsky, Arbinet’s founder and president, will participate in a panel on "Trading Bandwidth as a Commodity" -- March 31 at 9:00 a.m.

· Personally discuss the AGCN and "Trading Bandwidth as a Commodity" with Alex prior to his panel appearance

The AGCN in brief:

· First real-time exchange for clearing telecom minutes and bandwidth

· More than 173 million minutes transacted to date

· Only clearinghouse that guarantees quality of service

· Only clearinghouse that connects both regular PSTN carriers and ITSPs

· 175 affiliate partners signed on

WHERE: Arbinet

WHEN: March 29-31, 1999

RSVP: Randy Savicky/Matt Chionchio/Brian Bresnan

rsavicky@acsad.com

mchionchio@acsad.com

<bbresnan@acsad.com

FirstWorld Communications Booth #3028

FirstWorld Communications is an Internet solutions and telecommunications provider that delivers Internet services, data integration and consulting, and telephony solutions over a packet and local switch-based network.

Corporate Headquarters Anaheim Sales Office

7100 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 210 Koll Anaheim Center

Greenwood Village, Colo, 80111 201 South Anaheim Blvd., Suite 501

Ph: 303-874-8010 Anaheim, CA 92805-3860

Toll free: 1-888-765-FIRST (3477)

Web site: www.firstworld.com

E-mail: sales@firstworld.com

FirstWorld Communications - See Us At Booth #3028

Your One Stop For High-Speed Communications, Telephony Services, Internet Services, Data Integration & Consulting

FirstWorld Communications, Inc. is an Internet solutions and telecommunications provider that delivers Internet services, data integration and consulting, and telephony services over a packet and local switched-based network. FirstWorld uses a consultive approach, with dedicated teams of sales, engineering and customer care personnel that meet with business customers individually to diagnose needs and develop customized communications solutions. FirstWorld connects customers to its networks through direct fiber connections, digital subscriber line technologies, unbundled loops, or T1s, depending on the product set and specific needs of the customer. Services include high speed Internet access, electronic commerce, web hosting, video communications and system integration, as well as switch-based local and long distance telephony services. FirstWorld’s networks are also compatible with emerging technologies, including server-based applications such as virtual LANs and voice over Internet. The company uses a combination of both owned and managed facilities, with a digital network switch platform and related provisioning, billing and customer care applications.

FirstWorld’s management team, led by President and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon S. Ohringer, has extensive telecommunications expertise in network engineering and operations; information technology, business management processes; sales and marketing; and project development and finance. To fund its growth and expansion plans, FirstWorld has raised more than $300 million through private equity investments and a high yield bond offering. The company’s largest bondholders are Donald L. Sturm, former Vice Chairman of Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc., the founder of MFS Communications, and Enron Capital & Trade Resources Corp. ("Enron"), a subsidiary of Enron Corp., one of the world’s leading integrated natural gas and electricity companies.

InnoMedia will be at booth #1035 to demo and discuss it's family of Voice-over-IP products. We're especially excited about the announcement of the newest version of our hardware/software 4-port analog solution, InfoGate.

Enhancements to InfoGate 2.0 include compatibility with the H.323 Version 2 international standard, SNMP support and server to client compatibility. Server to client compatibility allows calls to be routed to or from a variety of H.323 clients that include InfoTalk, SofTalk, EZPhone and MediaRing. This addition to InfoGate expands the calling area of both the gateway and appliance uses, and speeds the deployment into areas where gateways are not yet available. PC-based Internet phone software and applian ce products that include SofTalk, EZphone and MediaRing, allow locally placed calls to be routed over the Internet to remote gateways that complete the call by dialing out to any telephone.

Please let me know if I can get you any additional information on InfoGate or if we can schedule a convenient time for you to come by the InnoMedia booth at the show.

ioWave, Inc. Booth 2059

New Products that have been introduced …ioLink 1 - 5.7 GHz 4T1/E1

Company highlights…ioWave's high-speed, fixed, digital, point-to-point wireless voice, video and data communications is designed for rapid, reliable, and cost-effective deployment of wireless T1/E1 and multiple T1s. The system utilizes FCC precertified frequency (2.4 GHz and 5.7 GHz), cutting-edge Spread Spectrum Technology. Applications include local bypass, diverse/alternate routing, hotstandby, and Internet access, video conferencing, voice over IP, and distance learning. The system consists of an SNMP-compliant indoor modem and a compact RF outdoor unit. The components are lightweight, easy to install, can be used with standard antennas and standard DSI interface.

What categories do you fit:

ITXC Booth (#2033)

ITXC Corp, the tier one carrier of Internet telephony, will have a booth at the Telecom Business '99 trade show in Anaheim. Please stop by and visit our Vice President of Marketing, Mary Evslin, at booth #2033 to find out how we have expanded this past year (we currently have the largest Internet telephony footprint) and our views on the future of Internet telephony. Please e-mail me or call me if you would like to set up a specific time to meet with Mary Evslin at the show.

Opal Manufacturing Booth 127

Opal Manufacturing Proudly Presents Quality Wood Enclosures for their line of Card Vending Units:

Opal is now designing and manufacturing a line of Quality Wood Enclosures for our Card Vending products. The enclosures are manufactured with the same quality that is present in the entire Opal product line. The enclosures are available for the Slim DD, DD Marquee and the Tri D models in several finishes and colors. This will assist Opal's clients in placing machines in strategic high volume upscale locations.

Tri D Marquee Series:

Opal Manufacturing Proudly Presents the 3 Bin Machine for the 2 Bin Price:

The Tri "D" offers the same reliability and quality that is present in the entire Opal product line. The nit's footprint is exactly the same size as Opal's 2 bin. It also offers an extremely large 15" x 20" uninterrupted space on the face of the machine, for point of sale graphics. This will assist Opal's clients in attracting the attention of consumers to drive incremental sales. The large number of options are consistent with the rest of the Opal line of machines.

What categories do you fit:

Enhanced services

Long Distance products or services

Wireless products or services

Prepaid Card Vending Machine Manufacturing

TelePacific Communications, a California-based phone company is providing service to small- and medium-sized businesses in Southern California. As a full service telecommunications provider, TelePacific integrates the local and long distance voice, data, Internet and multimedia needs of its business clients in California. TelePacific will be launching a new, customized service at the Telecom Business Show in Anaheim on Monday, March 29, 1999. Stop by their booth for a demonstration.

Telx

New Product Collocation facilities along Qwest Communications Backbone

New Products that have been introduced Collocation with direct connects to all major backbone networks. Telx actively markets the products and services of its collocators within the industry to promote their business_and ours.

Company highlights

With the communications industry expanding exponentially everyday there exists a tremendous need for the established communications infrastructure of the world today to be built up and connected to the new emerging companies and their networks of tomorrow. Telx provides collocation space and a formal introduction to the carrier decision makers to promote our customers' business.

USA Global Link Booth 3040

New Products that have been introduced

In addition to USAGlobal Fax, Instant Call--a web callback product (www.instantcall.com <http://www.instantcall.com/)

Company highlights

USAGlobal Fax is an IP-based fax service. This is the first of many IP-services from USA Global Link as it builds the world's first fully-integrated IP-based telecommunications network. This service can easily redirect traffic from LAN-based fax systems from the public switched network to the internet. USAGlobal fax will save companies up to 50% on their fax traffic and free corporations from the high cost of LAN-based fax networks and from regular fax machines.

USA Global Link press conference on Tuesday, March 30, at 1:30 PM.

VIP Calling, Inc. Booth Number 3048

VIP Calling, Inc., based in Burlington, Mass., is the leading facilities-based carrier utilizing the Internet to provide wholesale international telecommunication services. Founded in 1996, the company has deployed the VIP Calling Network, a state-of-the-art IP telephony network providing PSTN-level quality. The VIP Calling Network has gateway and switching facilities in New York and Los Angeles, a Network Operations Center in Burlington, Mass., and high capacity points of presence (POP) in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and South America. VIP Calling enables carriers, prepaid card operators and telephony resellers to reduce costs and increase profit margins.

WinStar Communications, Inc Booth 4035 Stock Symbol WCII

New Product

Distributor Channel and Off-net Wireless Point to Point solutions. Integrated T-1 and ISDN PRI Services_

New Products that have been introduced

WinStar Wireless FiberSM Solutions_

WorldPort Communications

WorldPort provides international long distance and Internet services primarily to Europe and North America. We offer domestic and international voice, data, video, Internet traffic and other telecommunication services to long distance carriers, medium and large corporate customers, distributors and ISP's.

Booth Assignments

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ANAHEIM --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 26, 1999--Telecom Business '99, takes place next week at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., Mar. 29 through 31.

Company: Celltech Information Systems

Booth: 7052

Contact: Michelle Goodwin/ 281-873-2300 x118/

mgoodwin@celltechinfo.com

Celltech Information Systems announces a solution that provides a convergent billing and support system for the TOTAL telecommunications provider. Our system supports providers of wireless, long distance, local exchange, Internet and paging services with the system applications and services required to facilitate the complicated rating, taxing and processing associated with billing wireless and other telecom services. To keep pace with the latest direction of the telecommunications industry, Celltech has developed WinCommand - a feature-rich billing and support system that provides a Windows-based customer management system and a multi-service statement format. Users maintain local control of the customer database, allowing quick and easy access to subscriber data. Along with the standard complement of monthly reports, you are free to generate custom reports for management, marketing, accounting, and other areas of your business that have dynamic reporting requirements.

Company: CP Internet

Booth: 3051

Contact: Carrie Lundberg/ 218-722-4245 x103/

clundberg@cpinternet.com

CP Internet provides the industry's most complete turnkey Internet and telecommunications package. The package includes national level marketing systems; a complete home office sales support team; a sophisticated back office accounting system that includes direct debit, credit card processing and direct billing; an all-encompassing two-week training program; award-winning end user technical support and customer service; and a mission critical network operations center. For a low initial investment, CP Internet partners can offer their customers: consumer and commercial Internet access, Web page creation and hosting, turnkey Internet stores, domain name accounts, dedicated Internet access, e-mail accounts, business intranet solutions and Internet security systems.

Company: DirectNet

Booth: 3053

Contact: Michelle Machado/ 949-224-1316/

mmachado@directnet.com

DirectNet is a leading provider of telecommunications products and services, supplying advanced voice, data and Internet, phone card services, international carrier terminations, and other value-added services to more than 200 countries worldwide. The company's core business units support a diverse customer base including Fortune 500 companies as well as the majority of U.S. Tier I and Tier II long distance providers. Privately held, DirectNet is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., and maintains operations in New Jersey, New York, Texas, London, Prague, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taiwan. On-going expansion includes service to other key markets in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Company: Franklin Telecom

Booth: 1044

Contact: (pre-show) Jim Colletti/ 602-917-2130/ elemnt@aol.com

(on-site) Mary Ann Lawson/ 800-372-6556/ mlawson@ftel.net

For more than 18 years, Franklin Telecom has been an industry leader and innovator in the telecommunications industry. Franklin Telecom manufacturers communication devices, high speed LAN, WAN, Telco & Satellite Systems and related software. The Tempest Data Voice Gateway is the core of Franklin's product line. Franklin has also moved into markets, including Voice-over-IP, which allows telephone calls over the global Internet and private networks.

Franklin's FNet subsidiary is a Next Generation telephone company, and is developing an international telephone network, using Franklin Telecom's technology.

Franklin has an installed base of over 100,000 nodes worldwide, holds two major patents on hardware designs in the LAN transmission area, has copyrights on 20 hardware designs and over 350 software programs. The products are renowned for durability and reliability due to Franklin's commitment to quality and service. These products and applications can be found in many markets, including Fortune 500 companies, banking, industry, government, military, education and many other segments.

Company: Integretel Incorporated

Booth: 3046

Contact: Greg Calcagno/ 408-362-4000/ info@integretel.com

Integretel, Inc. is one of the leading providers of local exchange carrier (LEC) billing and collection services for any type of telecommunication provider. With over 11 years of nationwide billing experience, Integretel offers solutions for long distance, operator service, ISPs, service bureaus, and other provides of enhanced services. We customize our data processing and receivables management to meet our clients' unique and changing needs. We also offer a competitive finance receivables program to help our client's increase their cash flow. Other capabilities include state-of-the-art customer care, 3rd party collections, expert client management, and validation/fraud control services.

Company: ICG Communications, Inc.

Booth: 4051

Contact: Mark Stutz/ 303-414-5529/ mark_stutz@icgcom.com

Company: ITXC Corp

Booth: 2033

Contact: Mary Evslin/ 609-419-1500 x102/ itxc@itxc.com

ITXC Corp(tm) is a privately-held company incorporated in July of 1997 by Tom Evslin, the founder and former VP in charge of AT&T WorldNet(tm) Service. ITXC, whose name stands for Internet Telephony eXchange Carrier, received its initial seed funding from telephony giant AT&T and Internet telephony pioneer, VocalTec Communications. It is currently funded by Venture Capital money from Intel, Chase Capital, Flatiron, VocalTec, Polaris, and Spectrum Equity. It has built the largest affiliate network of Internet service providers, resellers and telephone companies in the world. It sells various services to its network affiliates. The company's first product, WWeXchange

Service offers intelligent routing, authentication, authorization and settlement enabling its affiliates to enjoy immediate financial success from the new IP telephony industry. The company is located in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

Company: Nuera Communications

Booth: 4041

Contact: Jill King/ 619-625-9220 x1252/ jking@nuera.com

Nuera Communications provides network operators and OEM customers with the industry's best IP telephony and voice over frame relay products and technology. Nuera's standards-plus approach combines industry standards for carrier-class voice over IP and frame relay with proprietary enhancements to achieve standards-based interoperability while still allowing users to maintain a competitive edge in cost, quality, reliability and delivery of new features and services. Nuera's products optimize bandwidth utilization while maintaining superb quality for transmission of voice, fax and data traffic.

Nuera's products have twice received BCR magazine's Best in Test award for voice over in head-to-head tests against vendors including Cisco, Lucent, Nortel and Ascend. Nuera has also received Data Communications magazine's Hot Product award for top quality over frame relay, and Editors' Choice and Product of the Year honors from Internet Telephony and Computer Telephony magazines.

Company: Parity Software

Booth: 1024

Contact: Stephanie Overgaag/ 415-332-5656/

Stephanie.Overgaag@Parity.com

Parity Software will be demonstrating our tools for building your own computer telephony applications: voice mail, VoIP Gateways, debit card platforms and more! Our VOS product line provides a rapid application development environment that combines the ease-of-use of a GUI with the flexibility of a scripting language. Parity's CallSuite family of ActiveX controls turn Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Delphi into powerful telephony toolkits. Also learn about building Internet telephony applications using Parity's tools and about joining Parity's network of Gateway developers. Get ahead of the pack - use Parity's tools to get your applications to market fast.

Company: Phoenix Technologies, Inc.

Booth: 4059

Contact: Paul Amick/ paula@phxtech.com

Phoenix Technologies manufactures two complementary telecommunications applications, and the CMS/Server Convergent Billing and Customer Care System, and the CMS/2000 Enhanced Switching Platform. Both applications are Client/Server based and utilize an open database architecture (ORACLE or SQL/Server). Utilizing the latest developments in Client/Server technology, CMS/Server's Billing and Customer Care modules include call rating and tariffing, customer care, provisioning, accounts receivable, work order/trouble ticket processing, Web-based management, and flexible export utilities, for interface to existing General Ledger or Financial Reporting systems. The Excel based CMS/2000 is designed to provide Tandem Switching, Calling Card, International Gateway, One Number Calling, Callback, 1+ Resale, and Feature Groups. Service Bureau or Turnkey applications from $100K.

Company: Plastic Graphics/Colorado PlastiCard, Inc.

Booth: 521

Contact: Ron Hession/ 213-742-9852/ rhession@earthlink.net

Why not work with a different type of plastic card manufacturer?Plastic Graphics, your smart choice for Phone, I.D., ATM, Access, Credit or Smart Cards is your partner. Together with our sister plant, Colorado PlastiCard, Inc. we are currently producing over 300 million cards annually. Using state of the art equipment for printing and finishing we invest in technology as our ticket (card) to the future as well as our responsive approach to customer's needs. You will enjoy reliable delivery of top-quality cards from a company with vast experience and a long-standing reputation for quality.

Company: RAD Data Communications, Inc.

Booth: 6058

Contact: Michele Pollaro/ 201-529-1100 x269/ market@radusa.com

RAD Data Communications is a premier manufacturer of data communications equipment. RAD offers a broad range of Wide Area Networking (WAN) product and system solutions for corporate and carrier networks. These include "last mile" modem systems, data/voice multiplexers, ATM equipment, packet switches, Internet access routers and digital cross-connects. Service and sales support are available in more than 95 countries.

Company: Rocky Mountain Internet, Inc.

Booth: 1020

Contact: Michael Schaefer/ 303-313-0882/

michael.schaefer@corp.rmi.net

Bill Gelfeld/ 303-313-0672/ william.gelfeld@corp.rmi.net

Company: Teleflex Systems, Inc.

Booth: 835

Contact: Trish Black/ 561-998-9356/ pblack@tele-flex.com

Teleflex Systems, Inc. is a world-class designer of telecommunications billing and voice processing systems offering a convergent billing solution for multiple telecommunications products, including local and long distance, debit, callback, paging, cellular, PCS, and Internet. Our systems modular design utilizes the multi-tasking IBM AS/400, allowing you to start with the right sized system and expand as your business grows.

Our billing applications run seamlessly with our voice processing applications, debit, callback, voice mail, operator services, and credit card recharge. This offers the convenience of one platform, one company, and one bill for all your voice processing and billing needs.

Company: TelePacific Communications

Booth: 7069

Contact: Ken Bisnoff/ 888-253-8325/ kbisnoff@telepacific.com

TelePacific Communications, a California-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) is based in downtown Los Angeles and integrates the local and long distance voice, data, Internet and multimedia needs of its corporate clients in California. TelePacific is servicing the unique needs of small- to medium-sized California and Nevada businesses by providing a consultative approach that helps customers make informed and intelligent choices about their telecommunications needs. They provide customized service to more than 60 of the largest businesses in Los Angeles and Orange counties including hospitals, universities and hotels. Local dialtone will be expanded to other California and Nevada markets later this year.

TelePacific will be introducing a new product at the Anaheim Telecom Business Expo on March 29th. Stop by booth 7069 for a virtual demonstration.

Company: Telephony Experts, Inc.

Booth: 1030

Contact: Shelton Glenn/ 310-445-1822 x310

shelton@telephonyexperts.com

This year at Telecom Business 99 Telephony Experts will be demonstrating a full suite of award winning, turn-key applications designed for easy interfacing to all types of domestic and International protocols (T1/E1/R1/R2/ISDN/FXO/FXS/IP/Frame Relay). These applications include prepaid/postpaid debit card, e-commerce, enhanced wireless, audiotex, Tandem switching, IP/Frame Relay gateway and gatekeeper, residential 1 +, survey, termination, and more. All of these ready to run applications include a full featured, SQL based, carrier class billing facility and a secure, multi-tiered agent/administrator front end.

Company: Teltrust, Inc.

Booth: 6054

Contact: Elizabeth Isaacson/ 800-530-3222/ hr@teltrust.com

Company: United Buyers Advantage

Booth: 6054

Contact: Andrea Funkhouser/ 954-340-1240/ andrea@ubuy.com

United Buyers Advantage (UBA) is recognized as one of the nation's premiere providers of value-added benefits and services. UBA's mission is to deliver state of the art customer retention and acquisition programs to businesses, associations and affinity groups. UBA's Internet division, United Interactive Technologies,Inc.(UIT) has developed unique solution sets for large resellers and end users of internet web sites, web hosting, and electronic commerce. Our latest offering, Webclassified.net is an asp driven web based application, that auto-generates a three-page client web site. Webclassified is targeted specifically to Telecommunication Resellers and their existing book of business.

Company: USA Global Link

Booth: 3059

Contact: Mark Petrick/ 515-472-1550/ mpetrick@usagl.com

USA Global Link, Inc., a pioneer of innovative telecommunications and Web-based e-commerce, offers services to customers in more than 170 countries and territories. Since 1992, USA Global Link has been one of the leaders in alternative global telecommunications strategies, including: Internet Protocol (IP)-telephony, discount international long-distance, Global 800SM toll-free numbers, and Global RefileSM services. USA Global Link's Global InterNetworkSM is the world's first international, facilities-based communications network based on IP technology. With its popular new Instant CallSM button and other Web-based e-commerce tools, the company has secured a leading position in the Internet/telephony integration services arena.

Company: Verifications Plus

Booth: 3070

Contact: Tim Duggan or Marcia Fiegen/ 800-582-9501

tduggan@advanced-data.com or mfiegen@advanced-data.com

Since 1992, Verifications Plus has provided FCC compliant third-party verifications. The combination of experience, highly-skilled agents, and cutting-edge technology allows Verifications Plus to deliver unsurpassed performance. Professionals at Verifications Plus are committed to giving excellent customer service as they develop long-term partnerships with each client. The TPV services offered by Verifications Plus are complimented by a full array of value-added processes.

Clients consist of long-distance carriers and resellers, local and cellular providers, and gas and electric retailers. During a typical day, Verifications Plus handles more than 12,000 calls. In the past seven years, Verifications Plus has processed over 5,000,000 records.

Company: Vista Telecom an Interoute Company

Booth: 419

Contact: Jacqui Salameh/ 213-614-1900/ jsalameh@vistatelecom.com

Founded in 1993, VTI, now an Interoute Company is a leading provider of prepaid calling cards offering competitive products for virtually every market in the USA.

Interoute USA provides a comprehensive menu of quality telecom products and services: From the design and production of phone cards, to developing point-of-purchase programs, to point of sale activation, to custom voice prompts and finally to providing the connection when the call is made. We strive to meet the demands of all our customers and are dedicated to providing the best quality service at the best value.

Company: Westcon Inc.

Booth: 4063

Contact: Tom Dolan/ 800-527-9516/ tdolan@westcon.com

Westcon Inc. is a global value-added distributor of networking technology products. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the company operates in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia. A recognized industry leader in value-added service and support and a trendsetter in connectivity training for resellers, the company was founded in 1985. We will be featuring the hottest products from Lucent, Nortel Networks and Xedia. Lucent will doing a demonstration on its Voice-Over-IP products. Nortel will be featuring its System 5000 Chassis as well as its Contivity Exranet Switch 1000. Xedia will be featuring its Access Point gateway product.

CONTACT: Business Wire Trade Show Services

Jim Liebenau, 800/237-8212