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Newpoint Technologies' Newest Partnership Means a Valued Asian Pacific Sales Presence

Salem, New Hampshire USA, November 1, 2000 - Newpoint Technologies, Inc. - has a new partnership agreement with one of Southeast Asia's strongest presences in the distribution of leading-edge technologies, and with a firm noted for its technical expertise, after-sales service, and top-quality state-of-the-art products.

Newpoint, leading provider of network-management solutions and developer of award-winning software packages, has established a partnership agreement with O'Connor's Singapore, a world-class network system distributor and a company that has been in business since 1947. O'Connor's has offices in Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia in addition to its Singapore headquarters.

O'Connor's will represent Newpoint in the Asia Pacific region as it offers full turnkey solutions to multinational corporations and telecommunications carriers with the delivery, installation, testing and commission of state-of-the-art network infrastructures. "This partnership/reseller agreement addresses Newpoint's plan to increase our sales representation in the Pacific region," says Randy Witten, Newpoint's VP of Sales. "We are extremely pleased to establish this relationship with O'Connor's who is a very successful and influential organization in their region."

The O'Connor's reputation for technical excellence is derived from its expertise in leading-edge technologies like Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) systems, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fast Ethernet. O'Connor's provides engineering and technical services in support of the national telephone company. SingTel's, ATM and TDM systems, and is positioned to develop similar strong relationships with the banking, information services, and shipping industries, as well as with ISPs and other telecommunications industry leaders. The company is also a leading earth station integrator.

Newpoint Technologies is a leader in Satellite and Terrestrial Network Management Systems for control of data, Internet, Broadcast, telecom, and hybrid networks. Newpoint Compasstm is the foundation of Newpoint's suite of products. Other Newpoint products include the recently introduced Newpoint Pathfindertm which provides centralized Audio-Video router management in broadcast facilities, Newpoint Eclipsetm which provides automated carrier line-up of satellite traffic, and Newpoint Mercurytm, a remote-site manager for satellite and terrestrial applications.