December, 7 2005: LW Hancock Corporation and Sonoran Telecom announced today that the two companies will be joining forces as one company in January of 2006. The name of the new company will be Sonoran Systems, Inc., a fitting name since both companies are located in the Desert Southwest.  Sonoran Systems' corporate offices will be located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sonoran Systems will also have field offices located in Phoenix, AZ and Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Both companies have seen considerable success and growth in the telecommunications sector over the past several years. LW Hancock's signature product line, ArTrac G4, has captured significant market share in up-scale network management systems. Sonoran Telecom's successful product line, BLIP (Business Logistics Information Portal), has likewise captured significant market share in the business support systems segment.  In February of 2005, both companies entered into a joint development agreement to integrate their respective technologies into a seamless suite of BSS and OSS tools.  With the integration project completed and the new suite of products poised for release in 1Q, 2006, it was a natural step for the two companies to merge. "This combined technology and company expertise will provide our clients with an extraordinary breadth of OSS product functionality at unrivaled value.", said David Barnes, Sonoran Telecom's Managing Partner.  "LW Hancock and Sonoran Telecom both have exceptional products, unparalleled product support, and impressive client lists.  Merging of our technologies and bringing together the combined expertise of the two companies strategically places Sonoran Systems to compete at the very top of the pack", said LW Hancock's president, Lyle W. Hancock.

Sonoran Systems plans to continue ongoing development and support of their BLIP and Artrac G4 product lines. "We have no plans to discontinue either product line in the future as both product lines are profitable and in the up-swing of their market life cycle," said Mr. Hancock. Sierra Vista Solution Suite is Sonoran System's newest product line that was created in the joint development project.  Built on the cutting edge technologies of BLIP and ArTrac G4, it spans both BSS and OSS functionality and will appeal to companies that desire to tie together customer services, sales and workforce management, subscriber demographics, financial analysis, network operations, network build-out, lease management, and engineering operations under one tightly integrated suite of tools. The product line achieves a new standard of integration of core business logistics.  It's user interfaces and all administration is accomplished via a 100% browser based GUI.  With a highly scalable and extensible architecture, offered in a cost effective high performance hardware package, Sierra Vista Solutions Suite is a product line that will appeal to a broad range of companies, large and small.

With an accomplished management team experienced in Business Support Systems and Operations Support Systems, an in-house team of expert software developers, and an extensive network of high profile resellers and OEM partners, Sonoran Systems brings to the industry an unmatched offering of quality 4th generation products and tools, unparalleled support, and expanded corporate services.

LW Hancock Corporation and Sonoran Telecom Join Forces

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