TECHNOLOGY - Jan. 20, 1993
China Sales Agreement: PCBX Systems Inc. in Santa Ana has announced a $9.6-million agreement to sell its PC-based telephone switching boards to the People’s Republic of China.
PCBX makes a specialized circuit board for a PC that turns it into an office switchboard known as a PBX, which routes incoming calls to the appropriate extension.
The board can handle as many as four incoming phone lines and 16 extensions. For more lines, customers can add boards, which sell for about $1,800 apiece.
The software allows for call waiting, transferring and conference functions, and selective blocking of access to long-distance lines. The product is aimed at small businesses, which often cannot afford ordinary PBX systems, which cost two to six times more than the PCBX boards.
Deliveries of the boards for the LongDa Scien-Tech Industry and Trading Co. in China are scheduled to begin this month. PCBX has also signed distribution agreements with companies in Canada, Taiwan, Korea, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Czechoslovakia and Poland.
