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MEXICO'S NATIONAL TELEPHONE COMPANY STANDARDIZES ON INFORMIX TO FACE COMPETITION IN NEW OPEN MARKET Telmex Signs Corporate Site License Agreement, New Applications to Enhance Customer Service MENLO PARK, California (Oct. 16, 1995) -- Informix Software, Inc., (NASDAQ: IFMX) the leading provider of parallel processing database technology, today announced that Telfonos de Mexico (Telmex), Mexico's national telecommunications company, has signed a corporate site license agreement with Informix to standardize applications across its 6,000-user base and automate transactions to enhance the quality of its customer services in preparation for a new open market and new competition. Company undergoes profound changes to compete in open market Telmex, the largest private company in Mexico, will face competition when the Mexican telecommunications market opens up in January 1997. Standardizing on INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server will extend Telmex's critical applications to its 21 independent affiliates at more than 200 sites, streamlining operations across its 6,000-user base. Telmex's affiliates include Telcel, the largest cellular provider in Mexico, and Telnor, which serves the large northwestern part of the country. Telmex and Informix will develop and migrate more than 50 applications in human resources, finance, long distance, and customer service that will save time and reduce paperwork. Telmex will also manage its digital network using OnLine Dynamic Server and Informix tools. Modernization in Process Telmex has been dedicated to modernizing Mexico's phone system since it was privatized in 1990. At that time Telmex installed a distributed computing solution in 12 regional offices based on Informix database software and the UNIX operating system that dramatically improved the speed with which Telmex could gather and transfer information. This has enabled the company to achieve greater productivity and efficiency, and to deliver even better service to its customers. Informix Expansion in Latin America Motivated by rapid growth and strong sales in Latin America, Informix has established a direct presence in five of the six IT purchasing countries in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela, and has participated with a key business partner in Colombia. The decision to invest in each wholly-owned subsidiary was based on sustained growth and strong performance. Informix's growth in the region has been exemplified by the ability to win high profile accounts, whose businesses require a database architecture with unmatched performance and scalability. Informix worldwide customers such as GTE, Bank of Russia, MCI, and the United Kingdom's Royal Navy are joined by a growing number of Latin American corporations including Multivision in Mexico, Leasing Andino and Chilectra in Chile, Bradesco and Banco Nacional in Brazil, Medicard in Colombia, SUNAT in Per, Molinos Rio de la Plata and EDESUR in Argentina, and Jumbo in Argentina and Colombia, among others. Informix in Telecommunications Informix is committed to serving the unique needs of the global telecommunications market. By providing scalable data management technologies for OLTP and data warehousing applications, Informix empowers telecom providers to enhance their current telecom practices, and expand their business by offering new fee-based services to their customers. Informix has provided solutions to every major telecommunications vendor worldwide. In addition, many of the market's leading applications providers are developing and reselling their solutions on Informix. Informix partners with the key applications providers and systems integrators to provide near turn-key solutions for all segments of the telecommunications market. Telecommunications companies use Informix's products for numerous applications throughout their operations, including business support, operations support, and advanced intelligent network processes. Telecommunications solutions based on Informix include billing and customer care systems, integrated network trouble, workforce, order and inventory management, advanced intelligent network service management, sales and marketing analysis, fraud detection, and churn management. About Informix Informix Software is the leading supplier of high performance, parallel processing database technology for open systems. The company's database servers are the number one choice of computer hardware manufacturers for publishing Transaction Processing Council (TPC) benchmarks for UNIX-based systems. Informix products also include application development tools for creating client/server production applications, decision support systems, and ad-hoc query interfaces, and connectivity software that allows information to be shared transparently from PCs to mainframes within the corporate computing environment. Informix's corporate headquarters is based in Menlo Park, California.=20 ### INFORMIX, Dynamic Scalable Architecture, and OnLine Dynamic Server, are trademarks of Informix Software, Inc. All other names indicated by AE or are trademarks their respective owners. -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% William Daul Advanced Support INFORMIX SOFTWARE INC. 4100 Bohannon Dr. (415) 926-6488 - wk Menlo Park, CA. 94025 uunet!infmx!billd or billd@informix.com