Bell Mobility Cellular selects Develcon/EDA's Athena Enterprise Networking
Switch for the upgrade of its Data Network Services

May 14, 1996

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada................Develcon, announces that its
EDA Systems Division, has obtained a contract from Bell Mobility Cellular,
for the installation of the Athena Enterprise Networking Switch. The
contract was awarded after an extensive evaluation of all major suppliers
of similar equipment.

The decision to award the contract to the EDA Systems Division was based on
the system's performance, excellent resiliency and redundancy, superior
X.25 and Frame Relay support, architecture and maintainability.

The network in which the system will be installed supports Bell's internal
data network services. The equipment will be installed at eleven locations
across Ontario and Quebec and is expected to support up to 600 access
ports.

"The Athena's ability to blend the legacy protocol of X.25 with Frame
Relay, and its capacity to reconfigure and upgrade without network
interruption, were paramount in our selection criteria," explained Bruce
Rodin, Director, Bell Mobility Cellular.

Bell Mobility is Canada's leading wireless telecommunications company,
providing cellular, paging, data, satellite and soon Personal
Communications Services (PCS) to over one million Canadians.

Develcon Electronics Ltd., is a leading Canadian designer, manufacturer and
supplier of dependable, easy to use, standards-based computer networking
equipment. Equipment includes Multi-Protocol Enterprise Networking
Switches, Remote Access Bridges and Routers and LAN Ethernet Switches and
Hubs. It markets all its products through indirect channels in over 80
countries. EDA Systems Division, specializes in the design and selling of
Enterprise Networking Equipment that blends legacy network protocols with
the technologies of Frame Relay and ISDN with a planned migration path to
ATM.

The Common Shares of Develcon Electronics Ltd., are listed on The Toronto
Stock Exchange (symbol DLC).

For further information, contact:
George Best
Develcon/EDA
Tel: (306) 933-3300
Fax: (306) 931-1370
Internet: George.Best@Develcon.com
 
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