Industry Veteran joins TEK DigiTel Corporations Advisory Board
Joe Crupi joins group to help steer company through growth phase

GERMANTOWN, MD - November 29, 1999    TEK DigiTel Corporation (OTC BB: TEKI) a developer of voice/data integration solutions, today announced that Joseph A. Crupi, an industry visionary in the area of Internet Telephony, has joined the company's Advisory Board. This newly formed group, to be comprised of industry leaders and notable industry consultants, will bring their extensive industry and business experience to assist the company's management team.

Mr. Crupi is the president and CEO of Telogy Networks, a Texas Instruments Company. While at Telogy, Mr. Crupi has been responsible for the company’s growth from its early venture capital phase to its subsequent acquisition by Texas Instruments in August of this year in a transaction worth about $435 million. Mr. Crupi joined Telogy in 1996 after various roles in AT&T including Vice President of Global Business Multimedia Services.

"In addition to being the CEO of the world’s largest supplier of embedded communications software for the Internet Telephony industry, Joe has extensive experience in all aspects of business development," explains Rocco DiCarlo, president of Tek DigiTel. "TEK is not unlike Telogy during the earlier years of Joe’s tenure. His experience with Telogy and his role as advisor to TEK will definitely help us navigate through the next few years of growth and market development."

TEK DigiTel's Advisory Board assists the company's management team in shaping the company's business, technology, and product strategies. The role of the Advisory Board members includes the following:

- Provides strategic guidance to the company's management team

- Solicits and presents an objective "outside view" from peers in and out of the advisory board member's respective industries.

- Councils management on a regular basis on issues such as: organizational structure, infrastructure, governance, growth opportunities, market position, and other issues vital to the success of the company.

- Provides TEK management with leads on talented individuals needed to fill key positions.

 

 

"As an emerging company in the fastest growing segment of the communications market, it is essential for TEK to establish an advisory board of key industry leaders and entrepreneurs to help manage our expected growth," explains Enghe Chimood, Chairman of the Board of TEK DigiTel Corp. " In addition to being instrumental in Telogy's phenomenal start-up growth, Joe is well recognized in this industry as a visionary and has participated on other advisory boards."

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, Nortel Networks, Rockwell, Hughes, MCI Worldcom, Bell Atlantic, Bell Canada, BellSouth, and GTE.

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.