Business Editors/Technology Writers

SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2002

Comdial Corporation (Nasdaq:CMDL) has entered into an agreement with Sprint North Supply, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint (NYSE:FON) (NYSE:PCS) for the distribution of messaging products from Comdial's wholly owned subsidiary Key Voice Technologies. This agreement offers Sprint North Supply customers greater ease and convenience of purchasing additional products that complement the Comdial key system platform already distributed by the company. Sprint North Supply, a leading nationwide product and integrated service solutions company, will sell the Key Voice line of award-winning voice mail and unified messaging products through their national network of seven distribution centers.

Prior to this agreement, dealers could only order Key Voice's Windows(R)-based products direct from Comdial. Now, telecom buyers can benefit from a "one-stop shop" where they can purchase both their business phone systems and messaging systems from one distributor, with just one invoice and one line of credit.

About Sprint

Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 23 million business and residential customers in more than 70 countries. With 80,000-plus employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state of the art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network. Sprint's award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone is being extended to key global markets to provide customers with a broad portfolio of scalable IP products. Sprint's high-capacity, high-speed network gives customers fast, dependable, non-stop access to the vast majority of the world's Internet content. Sprint also operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities.

About Comdial

Comdial Corporation, headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, develops and markets sophisticated communications solutions for small to mid-sized offices, government, and other organizations. Comdial offers a broad range of solutions to enhance the productivity of businesses, including voice switching systems, voice over IP (VoIP), voice processing and computer telephony integration solutions. For more information about Comdial and its communications solutions, please visit our web site at http://www.comdial.com.