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                                                                Exhibit 10.18


                     HENRY MOURAD'S EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENT


The following represents the agreement in principle between Henry A. Mourad and
MicroTel International, Inc., which is to be memorialized in a definitive
employment agreement as soon as possible hereafter.

1)       Henry's EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated April 12, 1994 is amended and
         superceded in its entirety by this arrangement.
2)       The new agreement will be between Henry A. Mourad and MicroTel
         International, Inc. and will employ him as President of CXR Telcom
         Corporation.
3)       The form and substance of the previous agreement (dated April 12,
         1994) shall be retained with the following exceptions:
         a)      All references to his service as a member of the Board of
                 Directors (of any company) will be deleted.
         b)      His incentive compensation package will be equivalent to that
                 of other current XIT Corporation subsidiary/division managers.
         c)      The agreement will be inclusive of all benefits Henry will
                 receive and therefore it will be addended to include a $600
                 per month car allowance that he currently and will continue to
                 receive, and the 'supplemental' medical care benefits Henry
                 has received in past years is discontinued and therefore will
                 be absent from the agreement.  The all-inclusive nature of the
                 arrangement will be specifically stated as a provision of the
                 contract.
4)       Henry will receive a signing bonus of options to acquire 180,368
         shares of the common stock of Microtel at an exercise price of $2.375.
         The options will be non-qualified, vest immediately, and be
         exerciseable for a period of 3 years.
5)       Incorporated in the determination of the signing bonus are two
         previously unrecognized (i.e. not given accounting recognition)
         arrangements between Henry and the Company, and therefore both of
         these arrangements will be formally voided and cancelled.
         Specifically,
         a)      that Convertible Promissory Note dated as of June 7, 1993 in
                 the amount of $37,500, and
         b)      that Stock Option Agreement under the CXR Corporation 1986
                 Incentive Stock Option Plan dated August 23, 1990.

Attached are the Employment Agreement dated April 12, 1994 and the 2 agreements
noted in item 5) above for reference.


                                                
AGREED:
                                                       
/s/ Henry A. Mourad       /s/ Jack Talan              /s/ Carmine T. Oliva
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Henry A. Mourad           Jack Talan                  Carmine T. Oliva
                          Chairman and CEO            Chairman and CEO
                          MicroTel International,     XIT Corporation
                          Inc.