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Cambio Wins HP Led Project in Malaysia With TelekomCellular Sdn Bhd.

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000

Cambio, Inc. (OTC BB:CAMB) today announced that it has been awarded a project by Hewlett-Packard Malaysia to provide its infrastructure inventory management system for Telekom Cellular Sdn Bhd in

Malaysia. Telekom Cellular Sdn Bhd is a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TMB) and is the country's leading wireless operator, with over 235,000 subscribers.

HP received an order from Telekom Cellular Sdn Bhd for a project worth RM14.5 million (over US$3.8 million), whereby HP Malaysia is the prime contractor. The project involves the provision of an Integrated Network Management System (INMS) incorporating performance management, fault management and inventory management. As a subcontractor to HP, Cambio will supply Telekom Cellular Sdn Bhd with its netRunner CMP(TM) solution suite of software and related services.

When completed in July, the INMS will provide integrated management of three TMB-owned cellular operators -- Telekom Cellular, Mobikom and ATUR. It will also be the first integrated system in Southeast Asia to manage cellular networks using three different signaling technologies (GSM, AMPS and NMP).

Cambio's network infrastructure management solution will be inclusive of the netRunner CMP(TM) software, customization, and related implementation services. Cambio's netRunner CMP(TM) will provide the customer with an easy-to-use and efficient solution to document and manage equipment, facilities, and bandwidth.

Ali Al-Dahwi, President and CEO, said, "Cambio is delighted to be a critical part of the Telekom Cellular System growth plan. Cambio continues to build on our strategic partnership with HP on a world wide basis. We look forward to joint projects with Hewlett Packard to fulfill the dynamic growth plans of the telecommunications industry." He further commented, "We are sure that our success in this opportunity will serve as a model for future implementations in Asia and further joint partnerships with HP."

Anas El-Mahdi, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Sales, commented, "Cambio's services team is poised to quickly deliver an integrated and functioning system for the Integrated Network Management in a very short time frame."

netRunner CMP(TM) is designed to directly improve the telecommunication's time to service metrics. Its end to end network modeling capabilities, ease of operations, bandwidth management, provisioning, and field operations allows users and managers to streamline workflow and manage network information accurately, assisting them in enhancing their capital utilization. netRunner CMP(TM) integrates to other applications such as Hewlett Packard's OpenView, OVC/SA, and Changengine. It runs on Windows 95/98(TM) or Windows NT(TM) operating systems and supports an industry standard relational database running on Windows or UNIX environments.

Cambio is a global leader in telecommunications infrastructure management systems. The company supplies software (netRunner.com(TM) family of products) and professional services for Operations Support Systems (OSS) of telecommunications and for general enterprise networks. Cambio's customers include major clients in the telecommunications industry and Fortune 100 financial institutions.

Cambio's headquarters is in Dallas, Texas; home office in El Paso, Texas; and supporting offices in Washington D.C.; Boston, MA; Denver, CO; London, United Kingdom; and Cairo, Egypt.

netRunner is a trademark of Cambio, Inc.

UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

Windows NT and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

Open View, OVC/SA, and Changengine are trademarks of Hewlett Packard.

Except for the historical information, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Factors that could affect results include the mix of business between product and services; the type and size of customers doing business with the company and the structure of those transactions, their products and services requirements and the impact of timing of revenues relative to expenses; timely development, introduction and acceptance of new products and enhancements to existing products and evolving markets; expansion of the company's ability to consummate relationships with alliance partners; the impact of competitive announcements and products; the rate of growth of the market in which the company competes; acquisition activities and the ability to integrate acquired businesses successfully; the impact of changes in accounting standard; the effects and rate of change in standard platforms for telecommunications products; the risk associated with the year 2000 (Y2K); as well as the risk factors listed from time to time in the company's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports. The company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statement included in this news release.

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