Zoom® 56K PC Card Wins "Best of LAN TIMES" Award
Zoom's sixth 56K award in four months

Boston, MA, DECEMBER 9, 1997: The Zoom/PC Card™ 56K FaxModem was named the "Best of LAN TIMES" award winner in a performance review of nine K56flex™ PC cards in the November 24th issue of LAN TIMES magazine. The review focused on only K56flex-based PC Cards because, according to the publication, the "majority of vendors are siding with this technology."

This is the sixth first-place competitive award won by Zoom 56K faxmodems in major computer publications in the past four months.

"The Zoom Telephonics Inc. 56K PC Card was the clear overall winner, with a solid performance in every environmental condition to which we exposed it," stated the LAN TIMES review. "The Zoom card was also the only one to maintain strong rates in our mock hotel scenario, making it the best choice for road use. Combine that with easy installation and use at a moderate price, and the Zoom 56K PC Card is one very nice selection."

"This award is very important to Zoom, especially if you consider the overwhelming support for K56flex," said Zoom's Frank Manning, President and CEO. "With recent widespread service roll-outs by America Online, BellSouth, EarthLink, Erol's, GTE, Microsoft Network, UUNet and many others, our K56flex PC Card is ideal for Internet access nationwide. The Zoom/PC Card 56K FaxModem is also great for access to corporate local area networks using Cisco or Shiva K56flex remote access servers."

The Zoom/FaxModem™ 56Kx external faxmodem for PC and Macintosh® computers has won four major awards: "Net Best" from ZD Internet Magazine (November 1997), "BYTE BEST" from BYTE magazine (October 1997), "Tester's Choice" from Data Communications magazine (August 1997), and "Buy It" from CNET: The Computer Network (September 1997). PC Online, a major computer and communications publication in Germany, rated the Zoom 56Kx the best performer and top value among nine 56K modems in its October 1997 issue.

For more information about Zoom's 56K products or other products manufactured by Zoom, please call Zoom toll-free at 1-800-631-3116 or visit the Zoom web site at www.zoomtel.com.

Zoom Telephonics designs, produces, and markets faxmodems, ISDN products, and other products that link people and their personal computers through the world's largest network, the international telephone network, and connected networks including the Internet and corporate local area networks. Zoom Telephonics is publicly traded on Nasdaq (NASDAQ: ZOOM). Zoom products are produced in Boston, Massachusetts and sold worldwide.