Fujitsu Network Services Installs Equipment for Adelphia's Major Network Expansion; Network Connects Cities Across Eastern United States

Business Wire, Sept 20, 1999

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--

Fujitsu Network Services announced today that it is installing fiber-optic transmission equipment for Adelphia Business Solutions' (Nasdaq:HYPT) major network expansion across the eastern half of the United States.

Fujitsu estimates the value of the installation work at nearly $12 million. The engineering and installation services provided by Fujitsu Network Services are in addition to the equipment supplier contract awarded to Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., earlier this year.

Adelphia's network, which is expected to be completed in early 2000, will stretch from the Canadian border to Miami, and as far west as Wichita, Kansas. The network will use SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) equipment to connect the 22 cities that Adelphia currently serves, along with the more than 80 cities it is adding.

"The key to Adelphia's network expansion is our ability to turn up services quickly and reliably," said James Rigas, chief executive officer of Adelphia Business Solutions. "Fujitsu's solution ensures that the network will go in smoothly and run efficiently, so we can begin reaching new customers as soon as the equipment is installed."

Fujitsu's ability to preconfigure racks and stage the equipment off site helps Adelphia meet its network expansion timetable. When the equipment is brought to Adelphia's facilities, it can be installed quickly, allowing services to be turned on swiftly.

Fujitsu Network Services is providing engineering and installation services at some 560 sites that Adelphia will use to provide its complete line of communications offerings, including local and long-distance calling, voice messaging, Internet, and enhanced data services. Fujitsu's services include project management, site surveying, and pre-assembly staging and testing of the multivendor equipment to be used in Adelphia's network.

"The scope of this expansion is significant to Adelphia in terms of its growth," said Dale Booth, senior vice president of Fujitsu Network Services. "Fujitsu is happy that our outstanding relationship with Adelphia has enabled them to confidently put their network's future into our hands. We are helping them to build a reliable network that extends their performance capabilities and broadens their customer base."

Adelphia uses SONET multiplexers from Fujitsu Network Communications of Richardson, Texas. Fujitsu's multiplexer products include the FLM 150 ADM, FLM 600 ADM, FLM 2400 ADM, and FLASH(TM)-192 add/drop multiplexers, which provide transmission rates of 155 megabits per second through 10 gigabits per second.

Adelphia Business Solutions (Nasdaq:HYPT), a majority owned subsidiary of Adelphia Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:ADLAC), provides integrated communication services to business customers over its state-of-the-art fiber optic network. In the year 2000, Adelphia Business Solutions will serve most cities in the eastern half of the United States through the interconnection of its 46 existing markets with more than 50 new markets, creating a single fiber optic backbone network. This fully redundant, local and long-haul fiber optic network of more than 20,000 route miles of fiber will support Adelphia's full line of communication service offerings, including local and long distance voice services, messaging, high-speed data and Internet services. For more information about Adelphia Business Solutions, visit the company's Web site at http://www.adelphia-abs.com.

Fujitsu Network Services, a division of Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., provides a full range of enhanced and professional network services, including engineering, project management, network design, network operations, and systems integration, as well as installation and maintenance of any manufacturer's telecommunications equipment. Its customers include local exchange carriers, long-distance carriers, competitive access providers, Internet service providers, and original equipment manufacturers in North America and overseas. Fujitsu Network Communications is part of Fujitsu Limited (TSE 6702), a $43.3 billion global technology leader in computers, communications and microelectronics. Information is available by calling 800/777-FAST. Its World Wide Web site is www.fnc.fujitsu.com.

Note to Editors: FLASH(TM) is a trademark of Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.