Gendis Inc - Coastal Energy Sells Gendis Shares

Gendis, Inc.

Toronto, Ontario, Dec. 13, 2000 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- Coastal Energy Corporation announced that it sold 1,677,000 common shares of Gendis Inc. to hold 800,000 common shares.

TEL: (416) 867-9079 Coastal Energy Corporation TEL: (416) 867-9079 Coastal Energy Corporatio FAX: (416) 867-1961 A. W. Kim, Corporate Secretary

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Alcatel ADS - Ameriquest to Offer Alcatel Data Networking Products - Bolsters Ameriquest's Ability to Build Enterprise Class - Data Networks

Alcatel Sa Ameriquest Technologies, Inc.

Alcatel ADS - Ameriquest to Offer Alcatel Data Networking Products - Bolsters Ameriquest's Ability to Build Enterprise Class - Data Networks

New York, New York, Dec. 13, 2000 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- AmeriQuest Technologies, Inc. and Alcatel announced that they will partner to sell and provide technical services for Alcatel's Omni family of data networking products.

AmeriQuest will use Alcatel's Omni family of data networking products to offer complete, customized technology infrastructure solutions designed by AmeriQuest's engineers to meet the business needs of its customers. These products include Alcatel's OmniCore, OmniStack, OmniSwitch, OmniSwitch/Router and OmniAccess.

Access to Alcatel's Omni family of data networking products gives AmeriQuest maximum flexibility in designing and implementing both local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs). In particular, being an Alcatel reseller greatly strengthens AmeriQuest's ability to implement very large networks for major organizations.

AmeriQuest's relationship with Alcatel will make it much more competitive in penetrating the large end-user market, where AmeriQuest can leverage its long-standing networking expertise by offering Alcatel's Omni family of data networking products.

"Partnering with Alcatel greatly enhances AmeriQuest's ability to implement mission critical enterprise networks, including gigabit and ATM backbones," said Alex Kramer, AmeriQuest President and CEO. "Specifically, combining Alcatel's excellent data products with AmeriQuest's long history of providing networking expertise allows us to pursue a greater number of high end opportunities with Fortune 1000 companies and other large organizations."

"Alcatel is extremely pleased to provide AmeriQuest with world-class data networking products," said Sergio Gemo, Alcatel Vice President of Channel Sales. "Alcatel's Omni family of data products is ideally suited for the changing requirements of today's networks. Partnering with AmeriQuest allows us to extend our global reach to even greater heights."

About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 23 billion in 1999, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. To learn more about Alcatel, please visit http://www.alcatel.com.

About AmeriQuest AmeriQuest, the Technology Infrastructure and Services Company, provides technical consultation, services and products to VARs (Value Added Resellers), Systems Integrators and Fortune 1000 companies. The company's expertise is in high availability, local and wide area networking, thin client technology, infrastructure asset management, e-business and telephony. AmeriQuest also provides logistical services and lease financing. AmeriQuest's common stock is traded on the OTCBB under the symbol AMQT. To learn more about how AmeriQuest can help you, please visit http://www.ameriquest.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the other factors that could cause actual operating results to differ materially are general economic and business conditions, the failure of net sales to increase as required so that the Company can achieve operating profitability, the failure to improve gross profit margins, the failure to expand the Company's customer base, the rate of growth in the computer industry, competitive factors and pricing pressures, changes in product mix, inventory risks due to shifts in market demand, and changes in agreements with manufacturers and master distributors regarding the terms of product sales to the Company.

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Leading Engineering Firm Selects Netscout Systems to Manage Its Wide Area Network-- Ch2m Hill Deploys Netscout's Infrastructure Performance Management Solution Worldwide to Improve Application Response Time --

Netscout Systems, Inc.

WESTFORD, Mass., Dec 13, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT) today announced that CH2M HILL, one of the nation's largest environmental engineering firms, has selected NetScout to optimize application performance and control bandwidth costs across its Wide Area Network (WAN).

By using NetScout's infrastructure performance management technology, CH2M HILL can increase visibility into traffic patterns and more accurately assess bandwidth consumption of applications traversing its frame relay network. As a result, the performance of important engineering applications can be better managed for availability to end users alongside competing applications that are needed by internal users to exchange, produce and transmit customer proposals.

CH2M HILL's frame relay network extends throughout six countries and 98 locations, supporting more than 7,000 users from its Denver, Colorado headquarters. The firm has deployed NetScout's real-time monitoring and capacity planning solutions in conjunction with a suite of NetScout's application-aware, high speed probes to support these geographically dispersed locations.

"Our enterprise WAN is key to the way we work and communicate with our clients," said Lisa Hamilton, network and telecommunications manager for CH2M HILL. "By collecting data from NetScout's probes we can generate daily reports on bandwidth utilization by application for each of our operating regions. With this in-depth information we can then make more informed business decisions regarding the performance of our networks."

CH2M HILL uses NetScout's performance management system to identify bandwidth utilization on its frame relay circuits to remote sites; to perform tighter calculations of bandwidth upgrades needed in those locations; and to "rule out" the WAN as the bottleneck for performance issues. These reporting tools also help determine how an upgrade, in turn, may impact service level agreements.

"A perceived lack of available bandwidth in the WAN often masks less obvious, extremely important factors influencing the delivery of information to end users. These factors become more prevalent and costly as the size and complexity of the network grows. They may include, for example, application design issues that render an application unresponsive or cause bandwidth contention between applications," said Michael Szabados, vice president of marketing, NetScout Systems. "By deploying our solutions, the network operations manager can identify and distinguish the true source of problems and increase quality of service through improved troubleshooting and proactive measures."

About CH2M HILL

CH2M HILL is a global project delivery firm, helping clients apply technology and safeguard the environment. The firm offers a growing range of integrated services that enable it to take any industrial or public works project from concept through planning, financing, design, construction, operations and maintenance. Every element of the firm is structured to ensure leverage of its global resources and know-how on satisfying each client's unique needs.

CH2M HILL's ability to integrate and creatively package services and contractual arrangements to meet specific project needs are of strategic benefit to its clients. Through its global network of offices and more than 7,000 professional staff worldwide, CH2M HILL provides local staff and global resources to clients wherever they may operate.

About NetScout Systems

NetScout Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of infrastructure performance management solutions for leading companies and service providers worldwide. NetScout serves approximately half of the Fortune 500 and counts among its customers 3M Corporation, Amazon.com, AT&T Wireless, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cable & Wireless, Cisco Systems, Computer Sciences Corporation, Exenet Technologies, Fidelity Investments, Intel Online, MCI, Reed Elsevier, Sprint, Sun Microsystems and Webhire.

NetScout's nGenius (TM) Performance Management System is a market-leading suite of monitoring and reporting applications that draw on rich, integrated performance data generated by NetScout's application-aware probe suite, advanced intelligent software agents, and network devices. NetScout's products help organizations increase their return on infrastructure investments by optimizing the performance of their network and its ability to deliver applications and content to end-users. NetScout is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts and has approximately 320 employees, with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Further information on the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.netscout.com

NetScout is a registered trademark, and the NetScout logo, nGenius, nGenius Application Service Level Manager, nGenius Real-Time Monitor, nGenius Capacity Planner are trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc.

SOURCE NetScout Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Peggy Flynn, 978-614-4162, flynnp@netscout.com, or Kristen

Bala, 978-614-6037, balak@netscout.com both of NetScout Systems; or Craig

Librett, 617-351-4129, clibrett@miller.shandwick.com, Jen Vrettas,

617-351-4181, jvrettas@miller.shandwick.com both of Miller/Shandwick

Technologies

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Wrq Ships Netmotion 2.0Wireless Infrastructure Software Offers Increased Security, Enhanced Windows CE Performance And An Array of New Roaming And Management Features

SEATTLE, Dec 13, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- WRQ Inc., a global leader in enterprise integration and connectivity software solutions, today announced that WRQ(R) NetMotion(TM) 2.0 is now available. This new version of the WRQ solution for wireless networking addresses many of the barriers to widespread adoption of wireless local area networks (WLANs) and wireless wide area networks (WWANs), with enhanced encryption, connection state handling and support for Pocket PC devices.

"NetMotion is the first product to let IT organizations extend full, secure network access to mobile workers without massive application customization and point solution development," said Craig McKibben, president of WRQ. "With the enhancements in NetMotion 2.0 for end-user performance, security, device support and system administration, our customers are going to be blown away by this product. This is a major upgrade."

Transparent to both applications and networks, NetMotion is a client/server solution that extends existing applications to wireless networks without customization, middleware or stack replacement. It is the ideal solution for both end users and IT managers because it provides the seamless use, ease of management and security associated with a wired network.

"Broad adoption of wireless networks has been deterred by implementation costs and the inability to duplicate the wireline experience, both for mobile users and network administrators," said Stephen Drake, senior research analyst at IDC. "Solutions such as WRQ NetMotion bring wireless WAN and LAN technology to an improved level of dependability, security and lower cost, and provide an opportunity for wireless to operate as a natural extension of corporate networks."

Available in two editions -- the Wireless LAN Edition and the Wireless WAN/LAN Edition -- NetMotion 2.0 improves the experience of workers on the go, giving devices the ability to move seamlessly between wireless networks, recover automatically when disconnected or out of range, and maintain application states throughout. NetMotion 2.0 adds encryption and compression technologies required in highly secure, wireless WAN environments and also supports Windows CE and Pocket PC devices in addition to the Windows 95/98 client. With the new capabilities in version 2.0, NetMotion now offers the only mobile, roamable virtual private network (VPN) on the market.

New Capabilities in NetMotion 2.0

Key enhancements in NetMotion 2.0 include the following:

-- Security. NetMotion 2.0 Wireless WAN/LAN Edition offers strong encryption that secures network communications over public and wireless networks. Administrators can choose from 56-, 128- or 168-bit encryption, allowing them to implement VPN functionality that meets the security levels their enterprises require.

-- Enhanced performance on Windows CE-based mobile devices. With NetMotion 2.0, WRQ has optimized the performance of Pocket PCs such as the Compaq iPAQ, HP Jornada 540 series and the Casio Cassiopeia E-125. The MIPS R3000 series processor is also supported, which includes Fujitsu's PenCentra 200.

-- Improved state handling and automatic recovery. If a mobile device is being used out of range of the wireless network, for example, the device will establish the NetMotion connection automatically once in range.

-- Centralized management tools. Wireless devices and connections can be easily tracked and managed, including the removal of connections to "lost devices" from the network. Bypass mode allows the NetMotion client to be disabled "on the fly" without rebooting, which is useful when the NetMotion server is taken offline temporarily.

-- Roaming features. Users can roam seamlessly across subnets and IP networks and take advantage of advanced interface-assisted roaming detection algorithms.

-- Application persistence. Application connections are maintained for wireless users through out-of-range conditions, device suspension for battery-life management and rapid roaming.

NetMotion Architecture

The WRQ mobile solution consists of the NetMotion Mobility Server running on Microsoft Windows NT Server and a NetMotion Mobility Client that runs on devices using Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows CE or Pocket PC.

WRQ NetMotion is built to run with standard protocols, including TCP/IP, UDP/IP, DHCP and SNMP, so IT managers can give their mobile work forces the exact same applications that deskbound users have, without sacrificing reliability or centralized management. These standards are extending the performance, usability and affordability of wireless environments. They help meet the need for dynamic addressing of wireless computers, multivendor interoperability and device interconnection.

NetMotion's small client component is installed on wireless devices (laptops, for example), while the server component resides on a Microsoft Windows NT machine attached to the wired network. Mobile users, whether on a wireless LAN or wireless WAN, run off-the-shelf applications (e.g., Web, e-mail, file transfer) over persistent, reliable and secure connections while they roam from one subnet to another or dial in from a remote location. Using the server software, IT managers keep track of which mobile devices are in use and control who has access to services.

NetMotion uses a server to manage mobile connections. IT managers simply install the NetMotion server software on a shared or dedicated Windows NT-based system and NetMotion client software on the mobile device. The mobile device now has the key to unlock the resources available on the network. The server keeps state information about each session established by the mobile device even during periods when the mobile device cannot be reached. The NetMotion Mobility Server accepts information on the client's behalf and, when the device reattaches to the network, the server reestablishes communication with the mobile device. From the end user's perspective, all the mobile device's applications simply resume from where they left off.

Pricing and Availability

NetMotion 2.0 is currently available and pricing is based on the number of user connections to the server. NetMotion 2.0, Wireless LAN Edition is priced at $120 per user connection in quantities of 25. NetMotion 2.0, Wireless WAN/LAN Edition is priced at $199 per user connection in quantities of 25. There is no base price for the server, and the price scales down with quantity.

About WRQ

WRQ is a global leader in enterprise integration and connectivity software solutions. The company specializes in innovative software and services that make information perform in today's complex e-business environments.

WRQ has 8 million users worldwide, and more than half of all Fortune 500 companies use WRQ solutions. The company has been consistently recognized for its award-winning products and its stature in the industry as one of the top 20 personal computer software companies in the United States for the past eight years by Soft*Letter newsletter. Established in 1981, Seattle-based WRQ has offices throughout the world and provides products and services in more than 50 countries through a global distribution network. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.wrq.com/.

NOTE: WRQ and WRQ products are trademarks or registered trademarks of WRQ Inc. All other trademarks, trade names or company names referenced herein are used for identification only and are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE WRQ, Inc.

CONTACT: Shelly Julien of WRQ, Inc., 206-217-7536, or shellyj@wrq.com;

or Martin Middlewood of Pembroke Resources Inc., 360-882-1164, or

martin@pembroke.com, for WRQ, Inc.

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Tera-Point Wireless Extends Fixed Wireless Broadband Service Throughout Southern California

Esat, Inc.

Tera-Point Wireless Extends Fixed Wireless Broadband Service Throughout Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Dec 12, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TERA-POINT wireless, an eSAT company (OTC:ASAT, FRANKFURT:ES8), and fixed wireless broadband Internet access provider, today announced the extension of its point-to-point fixed wireless service throughout most of Southern California.

The TERA-POINT wireless point-to-point service is targeted to medium to large size corporate enterprises with WAN (wide area network) needs between multiple facilities including corporate and educational campuses, government offices and medical facilities.

With data rates of up to 155 Mbps, or 100 times faster than a T-1 line, this service is ideal for use with bandwidth-intensive applications such as video-conferencing, streaming media, interactive remote applications, data networking, as well as for transporting large data-intensive files.

With TERA-POINT's point-to-point service, customers access the Internet via a subscriber unit that is mounted on their rooftop and sends data signals wirelessly to one of TERA-POINT's base hubs. The network bypasses the traditional local loop associated with the incumbent local exchange carriers.

The business or company owns the circuit so it doesn't need to worry about securing Rights of Way or paying for telco fees or other recurring expenses. In addition, because TERA-POINT wireless currently has state-of-the-art RF transmitting equipment on major mountaintops throughout Southern California, TERA-POINT can provide its "last mile," point-to-point wireless service to most of that region.

Of the estimated 4.8 million commercial office buildings in the U.S., only one percent has access to last-mile fiber -- the distance between the business or home and the telephone company's central office. While DSL and other land-based services often lack the infrastructure needed to go the last mile home, wireless service completely bypasses this local loop.

"As one of the earliest adopters of wireless broadband technology, we are extremely excited to be able to extend our market lead by offering a service that is available to most areas of Southern California," said Chet Noblett, chief executive officer for TERA-POINT wireless. "Our point-to-point service is another example of how TERA-POINT wireless is providing solutions to meet the needs of customers seeking alternative, high-speed and cost-effective Internet connections."

"As businesses rely more heavily on the timely transmission of data and the ability to navigate the Internet faster than ever, the need for a service that can deliver bandwidth quickly and affordably becomes even more critical," commented Richard Elliot, chief technology officer. "Our solution not only provides customers with high-speed Internet access and rapid deployments, it also provides a viable alternative to the limitations of traditional telecommunications infrastructures."

In addition to its 155 Mpbs point-to-point service, TERA-POINT wireless provides a business-class Fixed Wireless Broadband Access service that is available in the greater Los Angeles area.

The service offers businesses in that region three payment options based on length of contract with the a two-year contract offering data speeds of up to 8 Mbps in full-duplex, meaning the same data rates are available on both upload and download, for $449 per month with basic installation and hardware included.

A data speed of 2Mbps, both ways, is guaranteed and unlike DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) installations that sometimes take as long as five weeks or longer, most wireless installations will take 10 business days or less.

To sign up for service, interested customers can call 877/548-8050 or go to the TERA-POINT Web site at www.tera-point.com.

According to research firm Jupiter Communications, upwards of 65 percent of the U.S. population cannot subscribe to any two-way, high-speed service. Wireless access represents a significant first mover advantage in markets where the installed wireline infrastructure is not adequate yet to fully provide two-way, high-speed data services.

About eSAT Inc.

eSAT Inc. is a leading broadband service provider offering satellite, wireless and network management solutions. Through a series of key acquisitions, eSAT has created a suite of managed broadband connectivity services geared to clients servicing customers, both domestically and abroad. These offerings can be seamlessly combined to satisfy a wide-range of data delivery needs.

Through its PacificNet subsidiary, eSAT markets a proprietary "virtual" ISP (V-ISP) product and service, as well as the ability to provide both network management and data center services through its existing Class-A data facility in Universal City, Calif. eSAT's recently acquired InterWireless subsidiary offers proven fixed wireless solutions that address the last-mile broadband delivery market.

Through key vendor relationships, proprietary network management software and years of operational experience, InterWireless can rapidly and cost-effectively deploy into a community wireless connectivity solutions and ISP services. Additionally, eSAT provides Internet access and networking services through its Global Satellite Internet (GSI) gateway and its bi-directional Nexstream(TM) product.

Nexstream is currently being targeted to rural customers and the business continuity (disaster recovery) market, while GSI is ideal for IP multicasting applications.

Information about eSAT and its affiliates is available by calling 888/895-0007 or by visiting www.esatinc.com.

Certain statements in this news release may constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievement expressed or implied, by such forward-looking statements to differ.

CONTACT: eSAT Inc., Unoversal City

Alexia Allina, 818/464-2678

818/464-2799 (Fax)

aallina@esatinc.com

RBI Communications

Betsy Isroelit, 323/960-1360

323/960-1362 (Fax)

betsy@rbicom.com

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Lanperu S.a. Domestic Operations Suspended

Lan Chile S.a.

Lanperu S.a. Domestic Operations Suspended

SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec 12, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lan Chile S.A. ("LanChile" or "the Company") NYSE: LFL, Chile's largest domestic and international passenger and air cargo carrier, announced today that the domestic operations of LanPeru S.A. ("LanPeru"), which serviced the markets of Lima, Cuzco, Arequipa and Juliaca, were suspended at 6:00 this morning.

Since November 2000, LanChile and its Peruvian partner, Peruval S.A. ("Peruval") have been involved in a legal dispute regarding a capital increase and cargo services related to LanPeru. While LanChile has invested resources to make LanPeru a leading provider of high-quality air transport service for the Peruvian market, it has been forced to follow a legal course of action which has impacted LanPeru's international and domestic service.

On November 23, upon the request of Peruval, the Peruvian courts appointed a provisional administration for LanPeru, which replaced LanChile's administration. On December 11 at midnight, the leasing contracts for LanPeru's two Boeing 737-200 aircraft were terminated. As a result, the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority terminated its agreement with the Peruvian Civil Aviation Authority, which permitted the operation of LanPeru's two aircraft that are registered in Bermuda. In addition, because of the terminated leasing contracts, the insurance policy covering LanPeru's operation of the two aircraft was also terminated.

LanChile apologizes to all displaced and inconvenienced LanPeru passengers. LanChile also apologizes to LanPeru employees whose jobs are at risk. The Company will continue to make every effort to keep the investment community informed as the situation with LanPeru develops. The LanPeru legal dispute has not had any effect on LanChile's operation in Lima. LanChile will continue to make every effort to resolve this legal dispute and remains committed to serving the Peruvian market.

Lan Chile S.A. is the largest domestic and international passenger/cargo air carrier in Chile and one of the leading airlines in Latin America. LanChile serves 15 destinations in Chile, 17 destinations in other Latin American cities and seven destinations in the United States, Europe and the South Pacific with a fleet of 45 airplanes. LanChile maintains alliances with American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, AeroMexico/Mexicana, TAM, Varig, Qantas and British Airways. In addition, LanChile is an official member of the oneworld(TM) global alliance. For more information visit www.lanchile.com or www.oneworldalliance.com.

CONTACT: IN CHILE:

Investor Relations LanChile S.A.

Alejandro de la Fuente - Chief Financial Officer

Daniel Jones - djones@lanchile.cl

Cristian Vargas - cvargas@lanchile.cl

Tel: (562) 565-2538 / 6812

IN NEW YORK:

i-advize Corporate Communications

Maria Barona, mbarona@i-advize.com

Blanca Hirani, bhirani@i-advize.com

Tel: (212) 406-3690

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Fixed-wireless-service Provider Tera-Point Launches Operations in Southern California

Los Angeles-based TERA-POINT Wireless , an eSAT company and fixed-broadband-wireless-access-services provider, today announced the extension of its point-to-point fixed-wireless service throughout most of Southern California. The TERA-POINT wireless point-to-point service is targeted at medium- to large-sized corporate enterprises with WAN needs between multiple facilities, including corporate and educational campuses, government offices and medical complexes. The TERA-POINT service delivers data at transmission speeds of up to 155 Mbps, according to the company.

For the latest about the broadband wireless industry, go to http://www.FixedWirelessBizz.com

George Mason University Leases Mfn Optical Fiber

Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. , a provider of IP optical networking systems, said it will lease optical fiber to George Mason University as part of a 10-year agreement. The private, optical network will connect the university's three northern Virginia campuses: Fairfax, Arlington and Prince William. MFN said that its infrastructure will enable GMU to expand the scope of distance-learning programs between its three campuses by employing dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) technology for video, LAN-to-LAN and other bandwidth-intensive applications.

For the latest in Internet Protocol telephony information, go to http://www.theIPsite.com

Cisco Adds to Mobile Office Plan

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Adds to Mobile Office Plan

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Dec 11, 2000 (Tech Web - CMP via COMTEX) -- Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled on Monday a wireless product to supplement its Internet Mobile Office initiative.

Cisco's Aironet Base station is part of the Cisco (stock: CSCO) initiative to supply business users with network access while away from the office.

The Base station adds to Cisco's Aironet 340 Series of 11-Mbps wireless LAN products. The AIR-BSE342 includes an Ethernet port for connecting to the Internet with a DSL or cable modem; the AIR-BSM342 comes with an integrated 56K V.90 modem and standard port.

It is an inexpensive device that can be used as an access point for the extended enterprise, said Jason Smolek, associate research analyst of enterprise networks at IDC.

"It's a starting point to ramp up [Cisco's] wireless LANs," he said.

The product supports 128-bit wired equivalent privacy encryption, allows users to connect to more than one home computer, and lets them use the same laptop in or out of the office. A solution provider can send the product to a person's house and supply remote support, said Ron Seide, product line manager at Cisco, San Jose, Calif.

Jim Bradfield, CTO at solution provider Network Access Solutions Corp. (stock: NASC), said the problem with letting people work at home is that it has been too expensive. "With this announcement it's at the reach of the home user," he says.

The product costs between about $400-$500 and will be available in January.

Broadcom Offers Gigabit Ethernet Chip

Irvine, Calif.-based Broadcom Corp. today added to its lines of Gigabit Ethernet products with the introduction of the Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) chip, which supports peripheral computer interconnect (PCI) and PCI-X local bus interfaces for use in network interface cards (NIC) and LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) implementations. The company's first Gigabit Ethernet MAC, the Broadcom BCM5700, comes with a comprehensive suite of software. Broadcom's high performance 10/100/1000 BASE-T MAC is complemented by its family of Gigabit Ethernet transceiver chips and will enable the company to provide customers with complete MAC/transceiver.

For the latest about the optical networking industry, go to http://www.OpticalNetBiz.com

Negen to Unveil Broadband Systems to Integrate Pbx, Lan, WAN Functionality

Marlborough, Mass.-based NEGEN Access Inc. , which designs, markets and sells broadband-convergent systems that integrate PBX, LAN and WAN communications over a single interface, next month will unveil its family of IP-based systems to integrate PBX, LAN and WAN functionality over a single connection using existing infrastructures, the company announced today. Architectures within NEGEN's systems will be scaleable at the device and network levels to allow telecommunications service providers to expand quickly and add lines without truck rolls, the company said. The systems will provide broadband access at speeds up to 1 gigabit per second to small and medium-sized businesses, multi-tenant units and residential neighborhoods.

For the latest about voice and high-speed data transmission over the cable television infrastructure, go to http://www.Cable-Broadband.com

Far&Wide Unveils 'Fusion' Technology System; State-of-the Art Product Sets New Industry Standard

MIAMI, Dec 11, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- FAR&WIDE Travel Corp. today unveiled its world class technology system, utilizing a "best of breed" compilation of products and suppliers to provide what is designed to be the most comprehensive travel management, information and processing system in the industry.

Called "FUSION," a name proposed in a "name-the-system" contest among FAR&WIDE employees (see accompanying story), the new system will be phased in beginning early next year, anchored by the travel management technology developed by Datalex, Inc., a global leader in travel software.

Additional phases will include the development of a company-wide LAN using Compaq as a provider, financial and database technology with business units of Oracle, network capabilities developed by Cisco, global telecommunications with AT&T, email and conferencing systems with Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystem servers, and integrated telephone and call center technology with Lucent Technologies.

"Our opportunity at FAR&WIDE is to integrate and leverage state-of-the-art technology to bring break-through benefits to our customers, our travel agent partners and our employees," said Phil Bakes, co-founder, chairman and CEO of FAR&WIDE. "Our strategic goal is to develop global support capabilities for our clients, while making FAR&WIDE the first choice for agents and consumers.

"We adopted the term 'FUSION' to reflect our focus on combining vision, knowledge, talent, power, resources and practices. The dictionary defines 'fusion' as 'a merging of diverse, distinct or separate elements into a unified whole'. That is an ideal description for this technology and the overall FAR&WIDE vision."

The Datalex base system -- coupled with Oracle Database, Oracle Data Warehousing and Sun Microsystems servers -- includes such system features as travel management, supplier-to-supplier communications, GDS connectivity and product distribution through GDS leisure channels and the Internet. These capabilities will be rolled out in phases starting in the First Quarter 2001.

FAR&WIDE will begin implementing its FUSION system worldwide starting in the First Quarter of 2001.

The selection of Datalex as the core provider was no small task, according to Mike Scott, chief information officer for FAR&WIDE. "A team of five FAR&WIDE people invested more than a year investigating and evaluating vendors worldwide and the future needs of our current and future products/acquisitions," he said. "We considered some 25 travel management system vendors alone -- each was weighed on the basis of 300 criteria. Datalex stood out among them."

"For FAR&WIDE, the launch of this technology is one of the most significant initiatives in the development of our company," said Bakes.

"When we first announced the creation of FAR&WIDE last year, we promised a significant breakthrough in the technology arena and asserted that the unification of the successful, but disparate, business units under one technology umbrella was a prime directive of our concept for FAR&WIDE.

"We are greatly pleased to be able to announce this technology initiative -- and more pleased that the plan is so comprehensive, so custom-designed, so applicable to all our companies worldwide, so attuned to the needs of our customers and so very likely to raise the bar for all other technology initiatives undertaken in our segment of the industry," Bakes added.

FAR&WIDE initiated the process with the realization that the complexity of the assignment -- the "fusion" of 17 leisure travel companies currently under the FAR&WIDE umbrella and the addition of others in the future -- required a high degree of customization and modification. "Datalex's suite of products reflects a very high degree of customization for FAR&WIDE," said Neil Wilson, CEO of Datalex. "Our breadth of experience and capability in travel management solutions made us the clear choice for FAR&WIDE. In effect, we are in the travel technology arena what they are in the leisure travel arena."

Beyond the system itself and the world-renown vendors FAR&WIDE has chosen to partner in this endeavor, the FAR&WIDE technology will make the company and its individual brands easier to do business with, will enable it to provide superior customer service and to enhance its operational efficiencies.

From a technical standpoint, the FUSION system is constructed using revolutionary programming language that allows for rapid changes as business processes and requirements redundancies and safeguards that ensure its capability 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

From an operational standpoint, FUSION will be the central hub for information interchange between FAR&WIDE and its audiences: travel agents, suppliers, GDS distribution channels, web-based distribution portals and end consumers. FUSION will support travel agents through Worldspan, Galileo, Sabre and Amadeus leisure distribution products as well as via the travel agent-specific section of the FAR&WIDE website.

"Our goal -- and our promise to the travel agent community since the dawn of FAR&WIDE -- has been to make FAR&WIDE easier and more profitable to do business with. FUSION is one more 'promise kept,'" concluded Bakes.

FAR&WIDE Travel Corporation, launched in March 1999, is dedicated to providing a lifetime of enriching travel experiences for individuals, families and groups to destinations -- throughout the world. FAR&WIDE is building a family of select and leading travel companies, including Adventure Center, African Travel, Brian Moore International Tours, Central Holidays, FAR&WIDE London, Grand European Tours, High Country Passage, Intercontinental Travel Company, IST Cultural Tours, Lion World Travel, Pacific Bestour, Prism Holidays, Regina Tours, Swain Tours, Tourlite and Zeus Tours & Yacht Cruises, as well as several destination management companies in key locales. The company offers life-enriching travel experiences to more than 90 destinations worldwide.

FAR&WIDE Travel Corporation's headquarters is located at 80 S.W. 8th St., Suite 2601, Miami, Fla. 33130; http://www.farandwide.com.

SOURCE FAR&WIDE Travel Corp.

CONTACT: Marlene Oliver, Director, Corporate Communications of FAR&WIDE

Travel Corp., 305-908-7543, moliver@farandwide.com; or Diana M. Orban

Associates, Inc., 973-605-2121, for FAR&WIDE Travel Corp.

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Cisco Systems Adds Low-Cost, Easy-to-Install Aironet Wireless Local Area Network Solution for Telecommuters And Small OfficesCisco Extends The Cisco Internet Mobile Office Initiative to Enterprise Telecommuters And Soho Users Requiring Wireless And Wired Internet Connectivity from Home And Work

Cisco Systems, Inc. Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 11, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced it has added a new solution to its portfolio of wired and wireless solutions for the enterprise telecommuter and small office markets. Ciscos latest product is the addition of a wireless base station to its Cisco Aironet 340 Series of 11 megabits per second (Mbps) Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) solutions. The new IEEE 802.11b-compliant Cisco Aironet 340 Series Base Station provides the telecommuter or small office with wireless connectivity to the Internet and allows any device equipped with an IEEE 802.11b wireless PC Card to connect wirelessly to a home or small office network. The new product features simplified installation, enables multiple computers to share a single Internet connection and provides wireless freedom and flexibility to work anywhere in the home or office without the expense or encumbrance of cabling.

The new Cisco wireless base station is one solution element of the Cisco Internet Mobile Office, a new initiative to provide mobile business professionals with easy, reliable, and secure wired and wireless access to the Internet while on the move, at home, or at work. The new wireless base station complements Internet access solutions from Cisco that provide an end-to-end solution for the small office and telecommuter markets, including the 827 ADSL and SOHO77 DSL routers, and Ciscos uBR900 line of cable access routers. Together these products provide secure, broadband, and mobile access for small office, home office (SOHO) customers.

As enterprise customers provide their small offices and telecommuters with Internet and corporate network connectivity, wireless LANs are becoming a popular technology approach, said Bill Rossi, general manager of Ciscos Wireless Networking Business Unit. The Cisco Aironet Base Station offers a cost effective solution for telecommuters and small offices, while also providing management and security capabilities that scale to meet enterprise requirements.

Two Base Station Options Provide Customer Flexibility

The Cisco Aironet Base Station is available in two versions. One version, called the AIR-BSE342 includes an Ethernet RJ-45 port for connection to the Internet using a DSL or cable modem connection. Another version of the base station, called the AIR-BSM342, includes an integrated 56K V.90 modem for dial-up Internet connectivity, and a standard Ethernet RJ-45 port.

For IT professionals who need to provide a cost-effective, easy to deploy networking solution to their telecommuting employees, the Cisco Aironet Base Station installs quickly. Users connect their telephone line or DSL or cable router to the base station and then install the integrated software with an easy-to-use graphical user interface. With its simple, rapid installation procedure and compatibility with corporate networks, the base station allows enterprise network managers to increase efficiency when addressing support calls from remote users.

Enterprises deploying wireless LAN solutions require robust standards-based security and management capabilities. To that end, the Cisco Aironet Base Station supports 128-bit WEP (wired equivalent privacy) encryption for security equivalent to a wire-line network. In addition, Cisco provides a variety of user interface options for configuring and monitoring the Base Station, including the Base Station Client Utility (BSCU). The BSCU provides simplified configuration of both Base Station and client radios, as well as connectivity status.

For mobile professionals who require true network mobility, the same wireless-enabled laptop can be used both at work and at home. The Base Station does not require a host PC, so the wireless connection is always available without the need for a dedicated home computer. In addition to the telecommuters laptop PC, other home computers can also be connected wirelessly to the Base Station. The Cisco Aironet Base Station delivers an Ethernet-like data rate and supports a range of up to 100 feet indoors at 11 Mbps and 300 feet indoors at 1 Mbps.

The easy-to-deploy product supports multiple users so they can share computer peripherals and access the Internet. Simplified installation of the Base Station is enabled through an integrated NAT (Network Address Translator) router with support for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to automatically configure an Internet protocol address for multiple users. All users of the wireless network can share a single Internet account, resulting in lower monthly Internet access fees. As the business grows, additional users can be easily added to the wireless LAN.

About the Cisco Aironet 340 Series

The Aironet 340 Series is a comprehensive, integrated family of access points, and easy-to-install PC Card, PCI and ISA client adapters, Ethernet clients, as well as line-of-sight outdoor bridges. The product line features the Wi-Fi certification for wireless LAN (WLAN) product compatibility. Certification assures customers in the enterprise, small-to-medium business, consumer, and public access markets that Ciscos high-performance wireless LAN products will work with other Wi-Fi wireless products manufactured by different vendors.

Client driver support includes Windows 95, 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Novell Netware. The Aironet 340 Series access points can serve as the center point of a stand-alone wireless network or as the connection point between wireless and wired 10/100 Ethernet networks. The Aironet wireless bridge products provide point-to-point or point-to-multipoint connections between buildings as much as 25 miles line away. As part of the Aironet 340 series, Cisco offers a wide range of antennas, cable and accessories, enabling customized deployments to suit the specific needs of varying applications.

Pricing and Availability

The Cisco Aironet 340 Series Base Station (model AIR-BSE342) is list priced at $399.00 (U.S.). The Cisco Aironet Base Station with 56K modem (model AIR-BSM342) is list priced at $499.00 (U.S.). Both products are available in January, 2001.

About Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com.

Cisco, Aironet, Cisco Systems and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Linda Horiuchi, 408/853-5464 (Media)

lhoriuch@cisco.com

Blair Christie, 408/525-4856 (Investor Relations)

blchrist@cisco.com

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Televideo Inc - Ships 300mhz Thin-Client

Televideo, Inc. National Semiconductor Corp. Microsoft Corp.

Televideo Inc - Ships 300mhz Thin-Client

New York, New York, Dec. 11, 2000 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- TeleVideo(R), Inc. has released a new, faster thin-client, the TeleCLIENT(TM) TC7010. Recognized for value, experience and performance, the TeleCLIENT TC7010 thin-clients are ideal desktop replacements for the healthcare, education and task-based work environments.

The TeleCLIENT TC7010 comes with a powerful 300MHz processor from National Semiconductor(R), 32MB RAM, auto-sensing and wake-on-LAN ready 10/100BaseT Ethernet and also includes Microsoft RDP 5.0 and Citrix ICA 6.0 clients. Also available are terminal emulations such as 3270 and 5250 and a line printer daemon (LPD) service, which allows every TeleCLIENT to function as a network printer.

Compatible with the TeleManager Management Software, the TeleCLIENT TC7010 thin-clients can be remotely administered and managed, lowering the total cost of ownership in the IT department. "With TeleManager and our TC7010 thin-client, thin-client computing has risen above the traditional PC architecture. Remote administration, centralized management and a high performance thin- client allow IT administrators to take advantage of thin-client server based computing and lower their total cost of ownership," stated Dr. Philip Hwang, Chairman and CEO of TeleVideo.

The TeleCLIENT TC7010 thin-clients can be purchased through TeleVideo's authorized resellers and distributors. Learn how the TeleVideo TeleCLIENT TC7010 provides solutions today by visiting us at www.televideo.com.

About TeleVideo, Inc. Founded in 1975, TeleVideo, Inc. is a pioneer in network computing. With over 25 years of experience in designing, manufacturing and marketing thin-client Windows-based terminals and Internet appliances, TeleVideo has played an integral role in network computing. In 2000, the company merged with Promise Engineering, Inc. to offer a more diverse product line in the field of mobile electronics while continuing to forge new ground in delivering thin-client solutions.

TEL: 408/954-8333 Helen Kim, TeleVideo, Inc. TEL: 408/954-8333 Helen Kim, TeleVideo, Inc Email: hkim@televideo.com

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Platformedia Presents at the Angelsociety Forum NYC

NEW YORK, Dec 11, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- PLATFORMedia LLC has been invited to present at the AngelSociety Forum in New York, December 12-14, along with a number of other emerging technology companies. Dr. Martin Andrews, Principal, will describe PLATFORMedia's new Practical Parallel application during the afternoon session on December 13.

Practical Parallel is a proprietary Peer-to-Peer application that allows companies to harness the unused processing capacity of the computers on their local area network (LAN). Using the Practical Parallel system, PLATFORMedia's clients can perform computations that they could not previously attempt, using their existing computer resources.

PLATFORMedia's Practical Parallel system is fully integrated with Microsoft Office, making it exceptionally easy to build complete distributed applications, without the need for specialist programming. In addition, PLATFORMedia has produced a number of pre-built templates, which clients can use to build their solutions quickly. There are templates available for (a) Analysis of complex models in multiple fixed scenarios (b) Monte-Carlo simulation of models, and (c) Optimization of model parameters. Each of these templates is applicable to a wide range of problems and industries. The resulting client solutions will automatically make use of the spare computing capacity on the corporate LAN.

Further applications are in development by PLATFORMedia, each using the existing peer-to-peer distributed computation system as a foundation. One important example is a proprietary Knowledge Management application, which enables a corporate user to search their corporate information systems 'by concept.' This is a complex task (far beyond simple keyword search) that requires large amounts of processing power. This power is delivered by the Practical Parallel platform.

The Practical Parallel system uses standard Internet protocols to communicate between machines on the LAN, Java for robustness and security, and links with Microsoft Office applications for ease-of-use.

PLATFORMedia's Peer-to-Peer distributed computation application is available on a free-trial basis at http://www.platformedia.com. The trial version will speed up a client's Excel application by a factor of 2. A fully licensed version from PLATFORMedia is designed to enhance the performance of a client's applications by a factor of 20 or more. Importantly, once a client has a live 'x2' application, the application is scaleable, without modification, to use all of the machines on their LAN.

PLATFORMedia LLC, is privately held and has offices in New York.

SOURCE PLATFORMedia LLC

CONTACT: Martin Andrews, Principal of PLATFORMedia LLC, 212-977-4959

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Metlife Chooses at&T to Manage Its Global Networking

At&t Corp.

Metlife Chooses at&T to Manage Its Global Networking

NEW YORK, Dec 11, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- MetLife, a leading provider of insurance and financial services, announced today it has signed a seven-year, $470-million contract to outsource its telecommunications networks to AT&T.

AT&T Solutions, the networking professional services arm of AT&T Business, will provide advanced networking management capabilities through its Global Client Support Centers (GCSCs). The company will manage MetLife's voice and wide area networks, and provide connectivity among all MetLife locations. AT&T Solutions will manage more than 5,000 devices, including routers, PBXs and local area network (LAN) hubs.

Additionally, MetLife and AT&T Solutions will jointly develop communications standards that can be used within MetLife's business units. The alliance supports MetLife's strategic goals of increasing operational excellence, introducing advanced technologies and controlling expense.

"Seamless networking connectivity among our businesses, with suppliers and customers is a top priority," said MetLife Chairman and CEO Robert H. Benmosche. "As we grow from an insurance company to a full financial services company, AT&T's networking expertise will help us expand capabilities and hold the line on costs.

"As we continue to transform our business, we're counting on AT&T to transform our networking infrastructure," Benmosche added. "This enables us to focus our full attention on our core competencies, and count on AT&T to support our growth strategy by delivering world-class networking capabilities."

"MetLife is undergoing significant and rapid change," said Rick Roscitt, president of AT&T Business and CEO of AT&T Solutions. "As part of this transformation, they are looking to us to migrate their network to a common operational platform with standardized networking applications, and to provide a rich portfolio of communications services that supports their businesses. We're delighted to be an integral part of MetLife's strategic vision for the future."

AT&T Solutions also will provide data- and voice-network engineering support, transport support and break/fix of network components. In addition, it will provide sales-office-implementation support for MetLife Financial Services, New England Financial, and MetLife Auto & Home.

AT&T Solutions will manage MetLife's network from its GCSCs via the AT&T Solutions Global Enterprise Management System (GEMS). AT&T Solutions maintains GCSCs in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Singapore, India and China.

GEMS provides seamless e-business networking capabilities -- including predictive network management -- by integrating proprietary software developed at AT&T Labs with best-in-class enterprise-management software. GEMS also can provide AT&T Solutions clients with detailed e-business applications data and analysis.

The MetLife contract is another example of AT&T executing its strategy to be the broadband network of choice for corporate users as it helps them manage, transform and innovate in their global businesses.

About MetLife

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to individual and group customers. The MetLife companies serve approximately nine million individual households in the U.S. and companies and institutions with 33 million employees and members. MetLife also has international insurance operations in 12 countries. For more information about MetLife, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.metlife.com.

About AT&T/AT&T Solutions

AT&T (http://www.att.com) is among the world's premier voice, video and data communications companies. With annual revenues of more than $62 billion and 160,000 employees, AT&T provides services to customers worldwide. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company runs the world's largest, most sophisticated communications network, is the largest cable operator in the U.S., and has one of the largest digital wireless networks in North America.

The company is a leading supplier of data and Internet services for businesses and offers outsourcing, consulting and networking-integration to large businesses. Through its recent cable acquisitions, AT&T delivers broadband video, voice and data services to customers throughout the United States. Internationally, Concert, the AT&T/BT Global Venture, serves the communications needs of multinational companies and international carriers worldwide

AT&T Solutions (http://www.attsolutions.com) provides seamless solutions that maximize the competitive advantage of networking-based electronic commerce applications. It uses state-of-the-art tools and processes to operate and manage voice, data, video and Internet/intranet services, including local and wide area networks, PBXs, voice-processing systems, and voice and data terminals.

The foregoing are "forward-looking statements" which are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside AT&T's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is presented solely to provide additional information to further understand the results of AT&T.

SOURCE AT&T

CONTACT: AT&T - Mike Cuno, 973-443-2267 - office, or 973-452-5287 -

wireless, mcuno@att.com; or MetLife - Jennie Morgan, 212-578-5527 - office,

jmorgan3@metlife.com

(T MET)

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Atle Acquires 48% Stake in Dotcom Solutions

DEC 11, 2000, M2 Communications

DEC 11, 2000, M2 Communications - The Swedish private equity company Atle has acquired a 48% stake in Dotcom Solutions AB, a subsidiary of the Finnish-Swedish IT group TietoEnator.

Dotcom is Sweden's leading system integrator and supplier of communication solutions with 600 employees at 35 locations in Sweden. The company offers solutions, services and products in areas such as LAN, WAN, Internet working, telephony, computer supported telephony, call centres, security and IP telephony. Its annual turnover is SEK1bn.

The purchase price is based on a company value of SEK140m, in addition to which Atle will pay a further sum based on Dotcom's development in 2001. The additional sum can amount to a maximum of SEK77m.

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Sbs Technologies, Inc. Sponsors Network World's 'State of the Wan' Town Meeting

Sbs Technologies, Inc

Sbs Technologies, Inc. Sponsors Network World's 'State of the Wan' Town Meeting

MANSFIELD, Mass., Dec 11, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SBS Technologies, Inc. Communications Group (Nasdaq: SBSE), a leader in high-performance OEM telecommunications platforms and subsystems, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Network World's 'State of the WAN' Town Meeting.

"Recognized as a leading forum for the discussion and promotion of evolving and nascent WAN technology, Network World's "State of the WAN" Town Meetings continue to attract leading networking/telecommunications organizations nationwide," said Robin Azar, Vice President of Events. "We are once again excited that SBS, a premier provider of telecommunications technology, has chosen to sponsor our 2001 'State of the WAN' town meeting series."

These interactive seminars presented by Network World confront the issues surrounding the ever-expanding areas of WAN technology and network services. A series of informative keynote addresses, presentations and roundtable discussions will create a clearer perspective of the changing WAN landscape, demands on the network and evolving applications. The program will be moderated by John Gallant, Editorial Director of Network World and Dr. Jim Metzler of Ashton, Metzler & Associates.

"SBS is committed to promoting the development of leading edge technologies that are ultimately deployed in the telecommunications infrastructure," comments Christopher J. Amenson, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SBS Technologies. "We are delighted to continue being an active contributor to this highly regarded WAN seminar and applaud the efforts of Network World in hosting this event."

Topics to be addressed in this upcoming year's events include: implementation of QoS, VPNs as a replacement for Frame Relay and ATM networks, private network vs. managed service, significance of Service Level Agreements, and necessary WAN hardware to exploit new WAN services. The seminar will feature top technical experts from industry leading WAN companies to provide an in-depth view of developing WAN technology.

The 2001 "State of the WAN" tour will be presented in the following eight cities:

February 6 New York, NY February 14 San Jose, CA

February 7 Chicago, IL February 15 Dallas, TX

February 8 Philadelphia, PA February 27 Washington, D.C.

February 13 Seattle, WA February 28 Raleigh/Durham, NC

Other sponsors of the event include leading telecommunications services providers and equipment vendors such as WorldCom, Genuity, Visual Networks, ADC, IPHighway, Sitara Networks, Agilent and GN Nettest. For more information on the "State of the WAN" event or to register for these seminars, please log on to www.networkworld.com/seminars/wan or call (800) 643-4668.

About SBS Technologies, Inc.

SBS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBSE) is a leading designer and manufacturer of open-architecture, standard bus embedded computer components that system designers can easily utilize to create a custom solution specific to the user's unique application. SBS embedded computer components are used in OEM applications such as telecommunications base stations and routers, medical imaging machines, automation and control equipment, and aerospace devices. SBS product lines include CPU boards, input/output (I/O) modules, avionics modules and analyzers, computer interconnection and expansion units, and complete computer systems.

Statements in this press release regarding SBS Technologies, Inc. and its business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements," including explicit statements regarding product availability and applications, and implicit suggestions regarding the market potential of our business and expectations of future orders. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. For information about risks and uncertainties that could affect the accuracy of the forward- looking statements, please refer to SBS Technologies' filings with the SEC, including SBS' Annual Report on Form 10-K.

SOURCE SBS Technologies, Inc.

CONTACT: Jennifer D. Wade, Manager, Investor Relations of SBS

Technologies, Inc., 505-875-0600, Fax, 505-875-0404, jwade@sbs.com; or Cate

Keefe, Marketing Communications Specialist of SBS Technologies Communications

Group, 508-261-7007, Fax, 508-261-1420, ckeefe@sbs.com

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Peru: LAN Chile to Increase LAN Peru's Capital

Lan Chile plans to increase Lan Peru's capital by US$20mil so as to help the local airline achieve a steady growth. The Chilean airline hopes that the Peruvian court calls Lan Peru's shareholders meeting, since Lorenzo Sousa, Lan Peru's former president, refused to do that. The meeting will define Lan Peru's new board of directors.

Source: Gestion Page: 5 Date: November 23, 2000 Country: Peru Product: Air Transportation Company: Lan Chile ; Lan Peru Event: Planning & Information SABI (South American Business Information)

Broadcom Corp - World's First Gigabit Ethernet Controller with Support for PCI-X - Standard

Broadcom Corp.

Broadcom Corp - World's First Gigabit Ethernet Controller with Support for PCI-X - Standard

New York, New York, Dec. 11, 2000 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- BCM5700 Demonstrates Higher Performance and Lower CPU Utilization Than Any Other Commercially Available Solution

Broadcom Corporation, the leading provider of integrated circuits enabling broadband communications, extended its leadership position in Gigabit Ethernet with the introduction of the world's first Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) chip that supports Peripheral Computer Interconnect (PCI) and PCI-X local bus interfaces for use in network interface cards (NIC) and LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) implementations.

The company's first Gigabit Ethernet MAC, the Broadcom(R) BCM5700, which comes with a comprehensive suite of software, sets a new standard in the industry for performance and on-chip integration. Broadcom's high performance 10/100/1000 BASE-T MAC is complemented by its broad family of Gigabit Ethernet transceiver chips and will enable the company to provide customers with complete MAC/transceiver solutions that will drive down the cost of Gigabit Ethernet in next-generation servers, workstations, and desktop computers. Furthermore, Broadcom's strategic alliance announced today with 3Com Corporation, the most preferred brand and channel for network interface cards and LOM networking solutions, will further accelerate customer migration from Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet.

"By delivering leading edge MAC, transceiver and software technology with unprecedented levels of integration, Broadcom is driving up performance while driving down the price points to enable widespread adoption of Gigabit Ethernet," said Marty Colombatto, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Networking Business Unit. "Broadcom's initiative to develop Gigabit MAC technology is strategic to our overall commitment to deliver to our customers the highest level of integration and performance for the advancement of corporate networks."

Broadcom's first generation Gigabit Ethernet controller provides an unprecedented level of integration, combining support for 10/100/1000 Megabit per second (Mbps) operation, dual high-speed on-chip processors, 128KB of integrated on-chip memory, advanced packet classification engines, and PCI /PCI-X 1.0 local bus interconnects in a single-chip solution. Triple speed (10, 100, and 1000 Mbps) support with standard-based auto-negotiation allows server, workstation and desktop computer manufacturers to build solutions that can transparently interface with Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet technology over the existing Category 5 cabling infrastructure, and provides an easy path for migrating legacy 10 Mbps and 10/100 Mbps networks to Gigabit speed.

The BCM5700 is the industry's first Gigabit MAC to incorporate the recently approved PCI-X v1.0 local bus interface specification allowing data transfer rates of up to 1.066 Gigabytes per second between the controller and the system. Support for PCI-X enables Broadcom's Gigabit Ethernet MAC to maintain traffic at Gigabit speeds in I/O intensive server applications where multiple communication and storage peripheral devices share the same I/O bus. Broadcom's support for the new PCI-X interface demonstrates the company's commitment to delivering leading edge I/O technology for servers and workstations.

According to Bert McComas, analyst for InQuest Market research, "By the middle of 2001, we expect that PCI-X will be enabled in new mainstream server platforms from all leading server vendors. PCI-X builds on the momentum of PCI as the most widely supported I/O standard in the world, and defines a clear path to satisfy next generation server I/O performance demands."

Gigabit Ethernet provides ten times the performance of today's 10/100 BASE-T server, workstation, and desktop network connections. This leap forward in performance is especially critical for today's servers and workstations that are already being bottlenecked by aging 10/100 Ethernet connections. With Internet traffic doubling every three to six months, accelerating the performance and communication speed of the server is critical for enhancing end-users' Internet and e-Business experience.

Early tests show the BCM5700 raises the bar for the competition in both throughput and host CPU efficiency. By focusing on total performance of the system, the architecture of the BCM5700 enables servers and workstations not only to communicate faster but also to reduce the consumption of valuable system resources needed to reach Gigabit communications speeds.

PCI-X is an extension of the widely accepted PCI standard for data transfer between CPUs and I/O peripherals and is becoming widely used by manufacturers for speeding the flow of data within servers, storage area networks and network switches. Backwards compatible with the high performance PCI local bus specification, PCI-X offers an immediate solution to the increased I/O requirements for high-bandwidth applications such as Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Ultra3 SCSI and high-performance graphics. PCI-X supports 32-bit and 64-bit operations at frequencies up to 133 MHz, allowing data throughput of over 1 Gigabyte per second.

Broadcom also offers the most complete suite of software for server applications supporting all leading operating systems. This software suite is already undergoing extensive system-level qualification by leading server OEMs. Broadcom's server software package includes multi-vendor fail-over, IEEE 802.3AD port aggregation, Layer 3 switch-independent Smart-Load-Balancing(TM), Hot-Plug PCI, IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging, and IEEE 802.1P traffic prioritization for Quality of Service (QoS), cable analyzer, and advanced diagnostics and control functions. The combined BCM5700 MAC and server software solution demonstrates superior functionality to any other Gigabit Ethernet NIC or LOM solution commercially available today.

A complete NIC and LOM solution is achieved by combining the BCM5700 with one of Broadcom's market leading Gigabit Ethernet transceivers, which support the three Ethernet speeds - 10, 100, and 1000 Mbps - in a single-chip solution with intelligent networking functions, such as cable diagnostics and auto network detection. Having shipped over a million Gigabit Ethernet ports, Broadcom continues to extend its leadership position in Gigabit Ethernet, with the broadest, most advanced family of Gigabit Ethernet transceivers. Broadcom's Gigabit Ethernet transceiver architecture is the only solution that has been proven in actual high-volume field deployment. Furthermore, Broadcom's Gigabit Ethernet transceiver architecture has completed over eighteen months of extensive system- and device-level testing in real-world and "worse-case" cable plants by hundreds of engineers in dozens of test sites worldwide.

Pricing and Availability Broadcom's Gigabit Ethernet MAC and Phy chipset solution is available now and is priced at $59.

About Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is the leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable broadband digital transmission of voice, video, and data. Using proprietary technologies and advanced design methodologies, the company designs, develops and supplies integrated circuits for a number of the most significant broadband communications markets, including the markets for cable set-top boxes, cable modems, high-speed local, metropolitan and wide area networks, home networking, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), carrier access, residential broadband gateways, direct broadcast satellite and terrestrial digital broadcast, optical networking, digital subscriber lines (xDSL) and wireless communications. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com.

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Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection with the BCM5700 product include, but are not limited to, the timing and successful completion of technology and product development through volume production; the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Broadcom's technologies and products in the markets for Gigabit Ethernet; delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in the foregoing markets; the timing of customer-industry qualification and certification of our products and the risks of non-qualification or non-certification; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders; the loss of a key customer; the volume of our product sales and pricing concessions on volume sales; silicon wafer pricing and the availability of foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials; the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; intellectual property disputes and customer indemnification claims; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner; the effects of new and emerging technologies; the effectiveness of our product cost reduction efforts; the risks of producing products with new suppliers and at new fabrication and assembly facilities; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels of design integration; the risks and uncertainties associated with our international operations; our ability to retain and hire key executives, technical personnel and other employees in the numbers, with the capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans; changes in our product or customer mix; the quality of our products and any remediation costs; the effects of natural disasters and other events beyond our control; the level of orders received that can be shipped in a fiscal quarter; general economic conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address; and other factors.

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

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