ODS Signs Strategic Alliance with NTT-AT in Japan

The Reseller Agreement Expands ODS Worldwide Sales into the Growing
Japanese Networking Market

Richardson, Texas--July 7, 1995--Optical Data Systems, Inc. (ODS),
(NASDAQ-NMS:ODSI) announced today that it has signed an exclusive
agreement with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Advanced Technology
Corporation (NTT-AT) in Japan. According to the agreement with ODS, NTT-AT
will sell and support Infinity intelligent switching hubs exclusively from
ODS which includes the complete line of networking hardware and software,
including its ATM, Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI LAN and WAN modules. The
agreement will be announced officially at Networld+Interop in Tokyo, Japan
on July 19, 1995.

With revenues of $56.4 billion in fiscal 1994 (ending March 31, 1994) and
215,600 employees, NTT is one of the largest companies in the world and
its subsidiaries provide the broadest range of telecommunications services
in Japan. These include telephone, cellular telephone, telegraph, leased
circuits, digital data exchange and pocket pager services, along with a
wide variety of other services. The company also has a high degree of
proficiency in the data communications sector utilizing LAN technologies
such as Ethernet and ATM, a perfect combination for selling ODS
intelligent hubs and LAN modules into the Japanese markets.

The strategic agreement broadens ODS' presence in Japanese markets and
represents a major opportunity for ODS and NTT-AT to augment existing
networking standards in Japan and other Asian markets. As a service
partner, NTT-AT will provide installation, on-site maintenance, software
updates and other support services such as network design and training for
Japanese customers using ODS products.

"We believe the entire range of products provided by this agreement in
tandem with NTT-AT's distribution channels will make it possible to build
complex networks in Japanese markets and will lead to significant new
opportunities for both companies," said David Troncoso, ODS Vice President
of Asia and Latin America. "The fact that two key technology vendors in
the enterprise networking business reached this agreement reflects a
common desire to provide customers with the most effective networking
solutions possible."

Dr. Ward Paxton, President and CEO of ODS will meet with Dr. H. Fuketa,
President and CEO of NTT-AT in a ceremonial contract signing along with
Dr. J. Yamagata, Vice President of Networking, and Dr. M. Yoshida,
Executive Manager of Sales and Systems Operations, both from NTT-AT when
they visit ODS headquarters in Richardson, Texas on July 11, 1995. The
official announcement of the new agreement will be released at
Networld+Interop trade show in Tokyo on July 19, 1995. ODS products and
personnel will be available for comment in the ODS booth #6841.

Optical Data Systems, Inc. (ODS)

ODS sells a full range of intelligent switching hubs; high-speed
multi-protocol routers, bridges, switches and sophisticated network
management modules to large corporations that build very large and
advanced enterprise-wide information internetworks including LANs, MANs
and WANs. Its mainstay product, the ODS Infinity intelligent switching
hub, is the largest and only hub on the market that supports all four of
the industry standards--Ethernet, Token Ring, Fiber Distributed Data
Interface (FDDI) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). The Infinity hub
provides superior local and remote SNMP-based management that supports all
groups of RMON for both Ethernet and Token Ring networks. ODS headquarters
in Richardson, Texas can be reached at (214) 234-6400. The ODS
headquarters in Asia Pacific can be reached at 88-62-577-4352 or by fax at
88-62-577-4157

Optical Data Systems Inc
1101 E. Arapaho Rd
Richardson, TX 75081
214-301-3811,  fax 214-301-3893
 
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