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TEK DigiTel V-Server chosen 1999 Product of the Year
Communications Solutions Magazine Selects the V-Server iGate for its Annual Award



GERMANTOWN, MD - March 02, 2000     TEK DigiTel Corp. (OTC BB: TEKI), a leading provider of VoIP (Voice over IP) customer premise equipment (CPE) solutions, today announced that its V-Server iGate integrated VoIP Gateway/Router has been selected as 1999 Product of the Year by Communication Solutions magazine (formerly called CTI magazine). More information on the award can be found in the January 2000 edition of the TMC (Technology Marketing Corporation) publication.

"We are honored to be distinguished by Communications Solution magazine as a 1999 Product of the Year recipient especially considering the publication's recognition of the importance of Voice/Data convergence," said TEK DigiTel President Rocco DiCarlo. "This award acknowledges our successful delivery of our V-Server family of products which are designed to assist service providers delivering Internet Telephony services to their small and medium sized business customers."

TEK DigiTel's V-Server gateway/routers will be showcased in the CentreCom booth (#1251) at the Computer Telephony Expo Spring 2000 trade show on March 7-9th, 2000 in Los Angeles, California. As well, the company will also be participating in a number of industry events over the next few months including Communications Solutions Expo Spring 2000 in Washington, DC (April 26th-28th), ISPCON Spring 2000 in Orlando, Florida (May 23rd-25th) and SUPERCOMM 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia (June 6th-8th).

About TEK DigiTel Corporation (http://www.tekdigitel.com)
Based in Germantown, Maryland, TEK DigiTel Corporation delivers integrated CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) communications solutions optimized for use in SOHO, small- and medium-sized businesses. Working with Service Providers and OEM partners, the Company is focused on integrating fax- and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) technologies with conventional PBX systems and data routing devices to create a low- cost, easy-to-use Internet communications hub. Founded in 1998, TEK DigiTel is publicly traded (OTC BB: TEKI) and headed by a management team with extensive related experience gained at leading manufacturers and service providers including Motorola, 3Com, IBM and Nortel Networks.

Statements in this news release looking forward in time involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions, trends in the development of the Internet as a commercial medium and carrier of telephony traffic, market acceptance risks, technological development risks, seasonality and other risk factors.