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AIAG and Bellcore Announce the Production Launch of ANX Service

2 September 1998

AIAG and Bellcore Announce the Production Launch of ANX(R) Service

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 2 -- The Automotive Industry Action
Group (AIAG) and Bellcore today announced that Dofasco, Inc. and Taylor Steel,
Inc. have become the first subscribed trading partners on the Automotive
Network eXchange(R) (ANX(R)) Network.  This announcement signals the ANX
service production launch.
    ANX service production started when Dofasco and Taylor Steel contracted
with an ANX Certified Service Provider (CSP) and began exchanging data over
the ANX Network.  Current ANX Certified Service Providers include Ameritech,
Bell Canada and EDS.
    "This commitment from Dofasco, Inc. and Taylor Steel, Inc. illustrates the
automotive supply chain's eagerness to reduce its current and future
communication costs," said Richard T. Simmons, AIAG executive director on loan
from Ford Motor Co.  "We encourage more suppliers to become ANX subscribed
trading partners and take advantage of the security and efficiency the ANX
Network has to offer."
    "The Bellcore ANX Overseer team is working with many trading partners to
get them subscribed to use this cost-saving network," said Bryan Whittle,
general manager of the ANX Overseer business at Bellcore.
    Automotive suppliers interested in becoming an ANX subscribed trading
partner can obtain more information at Bellcore's ANX Overseer website at
http://www.anxo.com.
    The ANX Network is a secure, business-quality data communications network
service that links automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers
electronically over one multi-provider Virtual Private Network (VPN).  The ANX
service is designed to meet the highest degree of security and privacy for
mission-critical data, with ANX connections replacing the complex and limiting
communications infrastructure currently used among automotive trading
partners.
    Among the companies that helped drive the development of the ANX Network
are: Caterpillar, Chrysler Corp., Dana Corp., Dofasco Inc., Ford Motor Co.,
General Motors Corp., PACCAR, Robert Bosch Corp., TRW Inc. and UT Automotive,
Inc.
    Bellcore, an SAIC company headquartered in Morristown, N.J., is a leading
provider of communications software, engineering and consulting services based
on world-class research.  Bellcore creates business solutions that make
information technology work for telecommunications carriers, businesses and
governments worldwide.  More information about Bellcore products, solutions
and services can be found on Bellcore's website at http://www.bellcore.com or by
calling 1-800-521-CORE.
    Founded in 1982, the AIAG is a not-for-profit trade association of nearly
1,400 automotive and truck manufacturers and their suppliers.  Originally
recognized for its efforts to standardize electronic data interchange and bar
code standards to assist tier one suppliers, the AIAG's mission has expanded
to cover all levels of the automotive supply chain as well as to include
numerous programs and initiatives aimed at improving its members' productivity
and quality.
    More information about the ANX Network and AIAG can be found at
http://www.anxo.com and http://www.aiag.org, respectively.