Former IBM and Andersen Executive Joe Boutrous Joins CommTech as VP Professional Services

Business Wire, June 26, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CRANBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000

CommTech Corp., a software company providing service fulfillment, business process automation, and eBusiness solutions for communications service providers (CSPs) in North America and Europe, announced Joe Boutros has recently joined the company as Vice President Professional Services.

Boutros has more than 25 years of international experience in the telecommunications, cable television, and IT industries.

Prior to joining CommTech, Boutros served as managing partner of Global Network Group Inc. (GNG), a Management Consulting firm specializing in telecommunications and IT. Prior to GNG, he was a senior leader with IBM Canada and a partner in the Consulting Group, Global Service Organization. Previously he was a business development director in Andersen Consulting's Global Communications Industry Group and a key member of Andersen's worldwide Interactive Broadband & e-Commerce Initiative (Infocosm).

Prior to Andersen, Boutros worked with Rogers Cablesystems for seven years, forming a new division to offer alternate local access and end-to-end communications services, and worked for CNCP Telecommunications (currently AT&T Canada) to help it launch a competitive long distance service in the Canadian market.

"We are pleased to have the opportunity to bring Joe's experience and background in building successful and sizeable professional services organizations to CommTech," said CommTech Founder and Chief Executive Officer Frank M. Fawzi. "With Joe leading our professional services organization, CommTech is well positioned to continue its impressive growth into the future."

Boutros also has worked for TRW Data Systems, AT&T International, and L.M.Ericsson, and was engaged in consulting assignments for Canada Wire/Alcatel and Merrill Lynch Canada. He is a professional engineer (P. Eng.) and received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1975.

FastFlow(R) Suite Helps CSPs Quickly Enter New Markets and Compete Effectively

CommTech's FastFlow(R) Suite, currently managing 5 million lines in North America and Europe, comprises two products: FastFlow Order Fulfillment and FastFlow Service Activation. Each product comprises a number of specific applications including Product & Service Catalog and DSL Activation. The heart of FastFlow is its Workflow Engine, a Persistent Event Bus that provides Java/CORBA/XML/SQL integration with CommTech and OSS vendor partner applications.

FastFlow's Business Process Editor (BPE) completes the picture by providing rapid, simplified customization of FastFlow-based systems and integration with third-party OSSs. CSPs can obtain FastFlow solutions two ways: (1) traditional, outright purchase of a right-to-use license; (2) its market-leading FastFlow ASP(S212) offering. CommTech was first in the global market to announce an ASP-hosted OSS customer, in February 2000.

About CommTech Corp.

CommTech provides end-to-end flow-through provisioning and eBusiness solutions, empowering communications service providers (CSPs) and their subscribers in the New Economy with real-time ordering and activation of DSL, cable broadband, and voice services. Its products help CSPs speed the development and marketing of new service offerings; improve time-to-market to generate revenue quickly; enhance customer service; and build brand loyalty.

CommTech's customers and partners include more than 60 DLECs/CLECs, cable CSPs, network solutions providers, business consultants and systems integrators, ILECs, IXCs, other telecom and OSS vendors, and international operators. CommTech is a member of and active participant in the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS), ASP Industry Consortium, DSL Forum, National Cable Television Association (NCTA), Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), and TeleManagement Forum.

Headquartered in Cranbury, USA, CommTech has regional offices throughout North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.comm.com or call 1-888/COMMTECH; outside North America call 1 609/655.2277.

FastFlow(R) is a registered trademark and FastFlow ASP(TM) is a trademark of CommTech Corp. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.