MicroTel's -MCTL- Subsidiary, CXR, S.A. has Announced the Immediate Availability of a New Internet Protocol -IP- Based Management System for Its `'Smart Rack'' Multi-Purpose Transmission and Network Access Chassis

Business Wire, Feb 6, 2001

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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2001

MicroTel International Inc. (OTCBB:MCTL)("MicroTel") Tuesday announced that its Paris-based subsidiary, CXR, S.A. has released a new generation management card for its "Smart Rack," a multipurpose chassis which can support all CXR's transmission and network access products including analog modems, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) terminal adapters, Multi Speed Digital Subscriber Loop (MSDSL) modems and interface converters.

This new management card will allow management via a local or remote connection using a telephone network or Internet connection, of all transmission and network access devices inserted in the chassis. Up to 8 chassis can be chained and managed.

Eric Piaget, CXR's director of transmission and network access products stated: "This exciting new IP capability is unlike our previous capability, which used an external Single Network Management Protocol (SNMP) proxy agent. This new management card is based on native IP technology. It will support TELNET, SNMP and also HTTP using a standard browser such as Microsoft Explorer(c)."

Jacques Moisset, CXR's president, stated, "The new IP processor is a major technical accomplishment that brings added features to an already proven and easy to use chassis design and is fully compatible with our recently announced MSDSL high speed multi-rate modem cards.

"We believe the IP processor card provides an exciting feature and capability that will make our range of transmission and network access products more competitive in the market place since it is our belief that the capability is the newest state of the art in network management systems."

Graham Jefferies, MicroTel's EVP and COO of its Telecom Group, stated, "Now that we have brought Internet connectivity and control and integration capability to our transmission and network access products our next challenge is to bring similar IP connectivity to our range of test instruments."

MicroTel International is an international telecommunications electronics company comprising three wholly owned subsidiaries -- CXR Telcom Corp. in Fremont, Calif., CXR, S.A. in Paris and XIT Corp. in Rancho Cucamonga.

CXR Telcom and CXR, S.A. design, manufacture and market field and central office electronic telecommunications test instruments, voice, data and video transmission and network access equipment. XIT Corp. designs, manufactures and markets electronic components including digital switches and power supplies. The company operates out of facilities in the United States, France, England and Japan.

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