[December 30, 2003] NHC Communications Announces New Orders for its ControlPoint Solutions MONTREAL, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NHC Communications Inc. (NHCMF), the leading provider of automated mainframe solutions for the copper- based telecommunications and Internet access markets, announced today new orders of $575,000 from its current principal Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) customer. These important sales add to the $850,000 in unannounced orders received from NHC's two US ILEC customers since September 2003 and are in addition to shipments of $4.03 million recorded during the first quarter of fiscal 2004. "Our customers are faced with increasing pressure to deliver more services with less resources in the field. There is no doubt that our customers will continue to deploy our automated mainframe solutions as part of their answer to managing their copper network efficiently," commented NHC President and CEO Sylvain Abitbol. NHC's solutions are designed to support voice as well as current and next generation DSL services while integrating the all-important "flow-through" processes in our customers' Operating Support Systems. "Our customers are leveraging our robotic technology combined with "flow- through" service provisioning to reduce costs, manage competitive churn and extend the usefulness of their existing copper network with new services," said Tom Super, NHC Chief Technology Officer. NHC has provided local exchange carriers with automated mainframe infrastructure equipment and engineering and consulting services since 1999. NHC Communications NHC Communications Inc. is a leading provider of products and services enabling the management of voice and data communications for telecommunications service providers. We leverage our proprietary products to revolutionize the management of copper wire telecommunications networks. NHC's ControlPoint(TM) solutions utilize a high-performance software driven Element Management System (EMS) controlling an automated, true any-to-any copper cross- connect switch to enable incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and enterprises to remotely perform the four key tasks that historically have required manual on-site management. These four tasks fundamental to all operations are loop qualification, deployment and provisioning, fallback switching and service migration of Voice and Data services including DSL and T1/E1. Using ControlPoint(TM) ILECs and service providers avoid the risk of human error and dramatically reduce labour and operating costs. NHC maintains offices in Montreal, Quebec; Paris, France; and Manassas, Virginia. "ControlPoint(TM)" is a trademark of NHC Communications Inc. NHC may be contacted through its web site: www.nhc.com Statements included here, which are not historical in nature, are forward- looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including without limitation, statements as to management's beliefs, strategies, plans, expectations or opinions in connection with the Company's performance, which are based on a number of assumptions concerning future conditions that may ultimately prove to be inaccurate and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by NHC with the pertinent Canadian security exchange commissions, specifically the most recent Quarterly Reports, Annual Information Form, Annual Report and Material Change Reports, each as it may be amended from time to time, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including rapid technological change along with the need to continually develop new products; the Company's dependence on a dominant product line; competition; the Company's dependence on key employees; difficulties in managing the Company's growth; the Company's dependence upon certain customers and certain suppliers; the Company's dependence upon proprietary rights; risks of third party claims of infringement; and government regulation. Source: NHC COMMUNICATIONS INC. CONTACT: Sylvain Abitbol, President and CEO, NHC Communications Inc., E-mail: [email protected], 1-800-361-1965, Fax: (514) 735-8057; Marvin Garellek, Marketing Director, NHC Communications Inc., E-mail: [email protected], 1-800-361-1965, Fax: (514) 735-8057 To see more releases from NHC, Click Here This company's web site http://www.nhc.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]