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Woodland
Hills, Calif., April 24, 2000 – Vertel® (NASDAQ: VRTL), leading provider of mediation software for telecommunications networks, announced that today customers can quickly and easily evaluate its unique e*ORB software online.
Now available for download via the Web at www.vertel.com, customers can begin evaluating the software for use in their telecommunications infrastructure and product development -- instantly. Additionally, customers can purchase the software directly via the Vertel Web site in the first step of the company's e-business strategy.
The evaluation download represents the Vertel commitment to provide industry-leading technology to customers and to cut time-to-market at every step of the integration process, from initial trial to deployment. The free 30-day evaluation download of e*ORB software is supported via e-mail from the Web site.
"By providing immediate access to information and materials that used to take days and even weeks to obtain, the Internet has created a 24-hour business day," said Bruce Brown, president and CEO, Vertel. "As our worldwide customer base is forced to compete in Internet time, we feel that offering our software to customers via Web download is really the next level of customer support, making it easier than ever to evaluate our software and get to market ahead of the competition."
About e*ORB
e*ORB software is the telecommunications industry's first CORBA-based (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) technology designed with telecom-grade reliability (99.999 percent), high performance, small form factor, and platform independence for ease of integration. Leading telecommunications suppliers such as Compaq, Alcatel, and Tellium have already adopted e*ORB for mission-critical Internet and convergent telecommunications products.
About Vertel
Vertel is a leading provider of mediation software for telecommunications networks, enabling such devices as cellular phones to become an integral, intelligent part of a company's network topology. The company's pioneering mediation software, e*ORB(TM), is being adopted by top telecommunications, e-business, and manufacturing companies.
Vertel offers a variety of technologies and applications, supporting end-to-end network, and service management with the highest quality of service for network operations. Vertel solutions are deployed worldwide by service providers, network operators, software vendors, and systems integrators.
Vertel also develops turnkey management applications that fit individual customer requirements through its Professional Services Unit. The company is based in Woodland Hills and has sales offices throughout the world.
For more information on Vertel or its products, contact Vertel at 21300 Victory Boulevard, Suite 700, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91367; telephone: 818/227-1400; fax: 818/598-0047 or visit the Vertel Web site at
http://www.vertel.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for the historical information presented, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements. These statements should be evaluated together with the many risks and uncertainties that affect our business, including timely and successful development of products and technologies; successful introduction and customer acceptance of new and enhanced products and technologies in existing and new markets; the possibility that delays or difficulties will arise in implementing complex products and technologies and enabling them to work successfully with other complex products and technologies; the possible development and introduction of competitive products and new and alternative technologies; pricing, currency and exchange risks; governmental and regulatory developments affecting Vertel and its customers; the ability to identify, conclude, and integrate acquisitions on a timely basis; the ability to retain and attract key personnel; and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in public disclosure filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by Vertel, including, but not limited to, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
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