INGRAM MICRO LAUNCHES NETVALUE PROGRAM WITH MCI FOR U.S. RESELLERS
VARs Can Offer MCI's Complete Portfolio of Data Services

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 7, 1997
Ingram Micro Inc. announced today it has reached an agreement with MCI to launch the netValue program. The program allows affiliated computer resellers, including networking value-added resellers (VARs) and interconnects, to offer the complete portfolio of MCI data services and Internet access to Ingram Micro clients. Under the three-year agreement, Ingram Micro will act as a sales agent by reselling MCI's data services through its resellers to their end-user customers.

The program allows resellers to expand their product offerings, while saving customers significant time and money when acquiring data transport capabilities for their information and computer systems. Ingram Micro resellers who participate in the netValue program will be certified to sell the full range of MCI's HyperStream family of data services, including frame relay, private lines, and dedicated Internet access services.

"We are very committed to the netValue program and have dedicated a sales and technical support staff to address the immediate needs of our resellers and their customers," said Laura Skinner, vice president and general manager of Ingram Micro's Telecom Integration Division. "Ingram Micro's partnership with MCI rounds out our product offerings and adds value to the solutions we currently provide to our customers."

Frank Dinoia, MCI's director of alternate channels, said, "MCI's approach has always been to seek partners who provide value while complementing MCI's offerings. Ingram Micro is the leader in distribution of computer and telephony technologies to the VAR market. MCI has the most aggressive, value-added, data sales channel program in the industry. This partnership is a logical response to the demands of the marketplace for integrated, turn-key solutions."

For more information about the netValue program, call Ingram Micro at 1 (800)759-3003, ext. 1, then 2315.

MCI, headquartered in Washington D.C. provides a full range of integrated communication services to more than 20 million customers. Credited with opening up the U.S. long distance market for competition, MCI is now leading the charge to bring competition to the $100 billion local market, offering American consumers for the first time the freedom to choose their local carrier. With 1996 revenue of $18.5 billion, MCI is one of the largest and fastest growing telecommunications companies in the world. On November 3, 1996, MCI announced a definitive agreement to merge with BT to form Concert, the world's first global communications company.

Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology products and services, with 1996 sales of more than $12 billion. The company operates in 19 countries and distributes more than 36,000 products to over 100,000 resellers in 120 countries.

Contact:

Kirsten Frosh
Ingram Micro Media Relations
(714) 566-1000, ext. 22727