FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CABA Announces Partnership with VTECHLINK to Provide 1-Stop Convergence Info Services at Major Discount to Its Members

Web-based Service Provides Timely Intelligence on Broadband, Energy Utilities, Home Systems, Interactive Services and Telecom Sector

Bethesda, Maryland, February 6, 1999 - Given the high value and usefulness of the VTECHLINK's 1-Stop Convergence Info Service, number of trade and other industry associations have formed partnership with VTECHLINK to make this service available to their members. Continental Automated Buildings Association [CABA], the premier industry association representing home and building automation industry in North America, is one of the first organizations to establish such a partnership.

As a result, now the members of CABA can subscribe for VTECHLINK services at significant discounts, ranging up to 25% off the best rates. CABA is an active association that has established a track record of bringing the best services to its members to help them to be competitive in this marketplace. This partnering relationship with VTECHLINK is yet another demonstration of its on-going activities to provide the best Web-base 1-stop information services to its members.

VTECHLINK is a 1-stop site for all of the resources needed to stay up-to-date on the key developments in the multiple industries converging on the consumer electronic market place. "We have distilled the breadth of information available on the Web into useful intelligence through the disciplined focus of in-depth industry knowledge and experience - decades of real-life, hands-on, in-the-trenches kind of experience", said P. S. (Vish) Vishwanath, Principal Director of VTECHLINK.

The current rapidly changing market situation has made keeping track of who is doing what, who is aligned with whom and who the players in this dynamically changing consumer marketplace extremely difficult. VTECHLINK was specifically designed to address the needs of the various entities that have a strong desire to stay on top of this area, but, do not want to waste a lot of time and resources to do so.

Currently, there is no single place one could go to get information covering the areas listed above. As a result, one has to either locate and visit multiple sites each time or waste a lot of time wading through hundreds of sites provided by popular search engines on the Internet. Both of these options are not particularly effective or productive.

The problem is further exacerbated by the increasing overlap between the industry sectors resulting in the need to be kept informed and carefully track key developments in these multiple industry sectors. Even after locating the site and the particular news item, one is faced with making sense of PR with no industry analysis behind it.

Now, with this partnership with VTECHLINK, CABA's vast membership will have ready access to all of the resource they need to stay on top of industry developments and meet their industry research needs, quickly and easily. CABA members interested in subscribing at this special discounted rates for a risk-free 2-week trial of this service can do so by clicking here.

About CABA

CABA is a not for profit Industry Association with a mission to encourage the development, promotion and adoption of business opportunities relating to the automation of homes and buildings. The scope of this industry encompasses the use of advanced technologies for monitoring, control and communications in HVAC, lighting, communications, safety, security, elevators, and energy and resource management systems.

Additional information on CABA is available on the Web at http://www.caba.org

Additional information on VTECHLINK is available on the Web at http://www.vtechlink.com

Media contact: VTECHLINK - Nikia Mann, 301/263-9677, Fax: 301/263-0768, email: info@vtechlink.com; CABA - Derek Cefaloni, 613/990-7407, Fax: 613/991-9990, email: caba@caba.org