Paragon Advanced Technology and Sprint Announce Agreement for Product Testing

Business Wire, Nov 22, 1996

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1996-- Paragon Advanced Technology announced the signing of an agreement with Sprint's local-service company to establish a technical trial of Paragon's Advanced Services Platform (ASP-150) beginning in January 1997. The ASP-150 is a powerful, interactive client-server information management system that allows telephone companies to offer enhanced operator services to their subscribers.

Sprint will evaluate the system for deployment in its Rocky Mount, N.C., Operator Service Center, which serves subscribers in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Applications tested during the technical and marketing trial include: local directory assistance using 411, corporate directory assistance for large private companies, national directory assistance without having to know the area code and operator reference data base.

Paragon, founded in 1995, provides innovative solutions for the telecommunications industry. The company has developed a platform to provide information server/gateway functionality for telephone companies' operator service centers. Paragon creates practical concepts for improving operator efficiency and permitting new revenue-generating opportunities for operator service providers and call centers.

Sprint provides local voice, video and data products and services in 19 states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. In this four-state region, the company serves 1.9 million customer lines in more than 315 cities and towns. Sprint built and operates the United States' only nationwide, all-digital fiber optic network and is the leader in advanced data communications services. A global communications company, Sprint is at the forefront in integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services and is the world's largest carrier of Internet traffic. -0-

For more information, contact Dan Hartnett, Paragon's president & CEO, at 919-403-8387.

CONTACT: Paragon Advanced Technology

Dan Hartnett, 919/403-8387