CABLETRON SYSTEMS KAI CIRILIUM
TEAM UP TO DELIVER VoIP SOLUTIONS

Geneva, Switzerland & Phoenix, Arizona - Telecom '99 (Booth 1111)
11 October 1999: CABLETRON Systems today announced a strategic technology partnership with CIRILIUM, a joint venture recently formed by Hypercom Corp (NYSE: HYC) and Inter-Tel, to deliver advanced VoIP solutions to enterprise users and service providers.

Cornerstone to Cabletron's new VoIP offering is their leading-edge, layer 3/4 SmartSwitch Router (SSR) family of products, incorporating advanced voice traffic prioritization and high-performance capabilities critical for delivering high quality telephony. Three additional elements, when combined, provide the market with a formidable VoIP telephony solution. These include Spectrum, Cabletron's enterprise management solution for multi-vendor management of voice and data, Cabletron's professional services for seamless design, implementation and support, and Cirilium's proven VoIP and frame relay gateway technology.

One of the industry's most scalable VoIP gateway product ranges, SmartVoice Gateway (SVG) provides support for four analog voice connections up to 32 T1 digital connections. The range is designed to interconnect PBX and key systems over existing corporate or service provider data backbones.

Cabletron's SmartVoice solution is designed for:

· Enterprise customers seeking substantial cost savings for intra-company voice and fax without sacrificing quality, reliability or services,

· Service providers seeking to leverage existing data infrastructure investment by offering V/FoIP services to their customers.

The IT and Telecommunications Networking company Computerbank Networking SA, is the value added distributor for Cabletron Systems' advanced technology networking products in Greece and one of the largest networking firms in the country.