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TEAM SOUTH WEST--MT&T DIGITAL SWITCHING-ANNAPOLIS REGION ----------------------------------------------------------------- The chair of Team South West, Human Resources Minister Allister Surette, announced today that Maritime Tel and Tel has agreed to accelerate the installation of digital switching in the Annapolis region by 18 months. The service is now scheduled to be operating by this October instead of early 1999. Following presentations by area businesses, The Western Valley Development Authority and Cornwallis Park Development Agency, members of Team South West met with MT&T to discuss the possibility of expediting the schedule for the installation of digital switching in the Annapolis region. Mr. Surette said, "Local businesses and the Cornwallis Park Development Agency will have the opportunity to take advantage of the improved service by October 1997. We are confident that this decision will increase competitiveness for both businesses and the agency." Maritime Tel and Tel has indicated that the date for installation of digital switching will also be advanced in many other parts of the province. Murray Mac Isaac, MT&T vice president of Major Customers said, "The field of communications is crucial to community economic development in Nova Scotia, and Maritime Tel and Tel is demonstrating its confidence in continuing economic growth by investing in our future now." -30- Contact: Paul McEachern 902-424-2575 trp Mar. 7, 1997 - 11:05 a.m.