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   BRITISH TELECOM SIGNS $10 MILLION AGREEMENT WITH SUN MICROSYSTEMS 

SunFLASH Vol 14 #1 					 February 1990 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --February 5, 1990-- Sun Microsystems today
announced that British Telecom (BT) has signed a worldwide agreement
with Sun for the long-term purchase of equipment.  The agreement mainly
covers Sun workstations and servers based on the company's
high-performance SPARC(TM) technology.

In the first year alone, British Telecom's order is likely to be worth
more than $10 million (U.S.).  While some of this equipment will be
used by BT in internal systems and in research projects, a portion of
it is planned for resale into the company's expanding marketplaces.

Sun's relationship with BT began three years ago, with Sun having
supplied systems for a wide variety of projects within BT and Mitel, a
BT subsidiary, since then.  Under the agreement, BT and Sun will also
jointly market products for strategic applications.  Commenting on the
agreement, Bill Passmore, vice president (UK and Nordic) of Sun
Microsystems, said, "With our mutual commitment to open systems, we
anticipate a promising future with British Telecom."

Chris Elwell, BT's UK procurement manager, said, "This agreement is
part of our computer strategy, in which Sun has been involved for some
time.  Our open systems policy is relevant both to the markets into
which we sell and to our own internal needs.  Sun will play a part in
the UK and international development of this policy."

Sun's agreement with BT encompasses all BT subsidiaries, including
Tymnet, a newly acquired subsidiary in the United States; Mitel in
Canada; and other European and international companies owned by BT.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating system and productivity software.

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SPARC is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  UNIX is a registered
trademark of AT&T.  All other products and services mentioned in this
document are identified by the trademarks or service marks of their
respective companies or organisations.

Press Contact:
Cindee Mock (415) 336-3563

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