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Dr. Dave Cuddy,         Director, Network Edge Technology, 
                        Nortel Networks
Dr. Claudine Simson,    Vice President, External Research and 
                        Intellectual Property, Nortel Networks
Dr. Richard Van Loon,   President, Carleton University
Dr. Jeff McCreary,      Senior Vice President, 
                        World Wide Sales and Marketing,
                        Texas Instruments
Dr. Rafik Goubran,      Department of Systems and Computer
                        Engineering, Carleton University

OTTAWA, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999 - Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated, Nortel Networks* and Carleton University today officially opened Canada's first elite digital signal processing (DSP) laboratory. Located in the Carleton University's Systems and Computer Engineering Department, the Texas Instruments and Nortel Networks DSP Lab for Advanced Communications Research and Education, gives students, faculty and industry the opportunity to collaborate on the development of new technologies for wireless communications, high speed data and voice over internet protocol (VolP) transmission. The $500,000 laboratory was established through joint contributions including hardware and software donations.

Carleton University President Richard Van Loon says the lab is a great addition to the University's Systems and Computer Engineering Department. "The DSP Laboratory is unlike anything else in Canada," says President Van Loon. "Being involved in the TI Elite DSP Program and having Nortel Networks as a telecommunications research and development partner is a tremendous achievement for Carleton University. It is an excellent example of Carleton's continuing efforts to stay at the top of leading-edge computer technology research."

"The DSP lab provides a modern educational and research environment for our students," says Dr. Rafik Goubran, Chair of Carleton University's Systems and Computer Engineering Department. "It gives them exposure to real DSP hardware and software and provides them with the opportunity to participate in meaningful joint industry research projects."

Texas Instruments initiated the TI DSP Elite Lab Program to encourage the continued excellence of the most distinguished electrical engineering programs in universities throughout the world. Through this program, about 38 premier universities around the world are recognized as leaders in digital signal processing. These universities are invited into the TI DSP Elite Lab Program and receive TI support for both education and research in digital signal processing.

"We see this as the beginning of a truly unique partnership. This lab brings together two companies - Texas Instruments and Nortel Networks - who are leaders in two different market segments. Both have made a strong commitment to work with a top Canadian university toward the same goal - excellence in education and research. Our commitment will enable the next generation of engineers to graduate with the skills and knowledge of DSP technology that will enable them to create networking and communications innovations into the next millennium," says Jeff McCreary, Texas Instruments" Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.

"As Canada's flagship high-tech company and largest employer of engineering and computer graduates, Nortel Networks is investing in the future of Canadian students by contributing to the DSP lab at Carleton University," says Claudine Simson, Nortel Networks Vice-President, Global Technology Research and Intellectual Property. "By ensuring students have access to the best advanced technology facilities, we are helping support the intellectual capital of Canada that will fuel the dynamic growth of the country's high-tech industry."

The 10 North American universities with TI DSP Elite Labs are Carnegie Mellon, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Purdue University, Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, the Northern Illinois University, and the University of Texas at Austin. About 20 European universities and eight universities in Asia are also recognized as leading universities through this program. Carleton University is the first university in Canada to named to the TI DSP Elite Lab Program. For media assistance contact: Janet Weichel McKenzie, Media Relations, Carleton University, Telephone: (613) 520-2600 X8705 , Cell: (613) 299-1542 , Email: jwmckenzie@carleton.ca

About Carleton University
Carleton University is a modern, vibrant and dynamic research-intensive and learning institution-a national leader in the study of public affairs and management, high technology and a leading innovator in undergraduate education. Carleton University offers outstanding programs in both undergraduate and graduate studies in the major disciplines of the arts, social sciences, engineering and science.

About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated is a global semiconductor company and the world's leading designer and supplier of digital signal processing and analog technologies, the engines driving the digitization of electronics. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company's businesses also include materials and controls, educational and productivity solutions and digital imaging. The company has manufacturing or sales operations in more than 25 countries.

Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com

For more information contact: Tom Regan, DSP Technical sales, Texas Instruments, Telephone: (613) 271-3209, Email: t-regan2@ti.com

About Nortel Networks
Nortel Networks is at the heart of the Internet revolution in delivering value to customers around the world through Unified Networks solutions, spanning mission-critical telephony and IP-optimized networks. Customers include public and private enterprises and institutions; Internet service providers; local, long distance, cellular and PCS communications companies; cable television carriers; and utilities.

In 1998 Nortel Networks invested Cdn$23 million in over 400 education, training and research projects at more than 140 universities worldwide (Cdn$6.6 million in Canada and Cdn$3.28 million Ontario). Nortel Networks had 1998 revenues of US$17.5 billion and has approximately 70,000 employees worldwide.

For more information contact: Wendy Herman, Nortel Networks, Telephone: 905-863-3209, Email: wherman@nortelnetworks.com

*Nortel Networks, the Nortel Networks Globemark, Unified Networks and How the world shares ideas are trademarks of Nortel Networks Corporation.