EXHIBIT 99.1
 
 
 
CONTACTS:
                                                                
Robert G. Hatfield                                                 Meredith Mendola
Chief Executive Officer                                            Senior Account Associate
William M. McKay                                                   Rourke - MS&L
Chief Financial Officer                                            (617) 267-1909 x346
View Tech, Inc.
(805) 482-8277
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 VIEW TECH ANNOUNCES NEW $15 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY COMMITMENT FROM IMPERIAL
                              BANK AND BANKBOSTON

      - Vermont Telecommunications Network Services Acquisition Closes -

CAMARILLO, CA - December 3, 1997 - View Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq:  VUTK) today
announced that Imperial Bank of Los Angeles, California and BankBoston, N.A. of
Boston, Massachusetts will provide View Tech with a $15 million credit facility.
In addition, the Company announced that the receipt of this credit facility has
accommodated View Tech's recently announced agreement to acquire Vermont
Telecommunications Network Services, Inc. ("Network Services"; release dated
November 13), and the acquisition has been closed.

"This credit facility will help to provide View Tech with the financial
flexibility to continue its growth, especially by means of acquisition," said
Paul C. O'Brien, View Tech's chairman of the board.  "We are particularly
pleased that the Network Services acquisition has closed successfully, enabling
View Tech to bring its high-quality communications solutions to more businesses
in the Northeast."

The $15 million credit facility will be underwritten primarily by Imperial Bank,
which will provide $9 million of the total financing.  BankBoston, N.A. will
provide the remaining $6 million.  This financing includes funds to be used for
acquisitions, general corporate expenditures, and working capital.

"We believe the commitment from Imperial Bank and BankBoston is an
acknowledgment of View Tech's strengths as a business, and we look forward to a
successful, long-term banking relationship," said Robert G. Hatfield, chief
executive officer of View Tech.  "View Tech has taken many steps recently to
bring us closer to becoming a national leader in our very competitive market,
and we continue to strive for that goal."

About Imperial Bank
- -------------------
With over $4.5 billion in assets, Imperial Bank is a leading independent
business bank, offering a wide range of financial services tailored to corporate
customers, entrepreneurs and professionals.  

 
page 2/View Tech Announces New Credit Facility
 
Imperial Bank exclusively serves middle market businesses and is active in
manufacturing and distribution, healthcare, biotechnology, emerging-growth high-
technology, entertainment, apparel and textile, residential tract lending, cash
management services, merchant card transaction processing, factoring,
international trade and foreign exchange, trust and custodial services, and
investment planning. Imperial Bank is the principal subsidiary of Imperial
Bancorp (NYSE: IMP), with 11 regional offices located in California and loan
production offices in Austin, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Phoenix, Arizona;
and Bellevue, Washington. Imperial can be found on the Web at
http://www.imperialbank.com.
                                   - more -

 
page 3/View Tech Announces New Credit Facility

About BankBoston, N.A.
- ----------------------
BankBoston (NYSE:BKB), with assets of $68.2 billion as of September 30, 1997,
was founded in 1784 and is the 16th-largest bank holding company in the United
States.  BankBoston is engaged in: consumer banking in southern New England;
financing to selected corporations regionally, nationally and internationally;
and full-service banking in key Latin American markets.  The Corporation and its
subsidiaries operate through a network of offices in the United States and
through more than 100 offices in 23 countries in Latin America, Europe and Asia,
the third-largest overseas network of any U.S. bank.  The Corporation's common
and preferred stocks are listed on the New York and Boston stock exchanges.

About View Tech, Inc.
- ---------------------
View Tech, Inc., with headquarters in Camarillo, CA, together with its wholly
owned subsidiary, USTeleCenters, Inc., headquartered in Boston, MA, is a
leading, single-source provider of voice, video and data equipment, network
services and bundled communications solutions for mid-sized business customers
nationwide.

The Company has equipment distribution partnerships with PictureTel Corporation,
Ascend Communications and  Northern Telecom, markets UUNET's Internet access
under the name USTeleNet and markets network services through agency agreements
with Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, GTE, Southwestern Bell and Sprint.


Statements expressing the beliefs and expectations of management regarding
future performance are forward-looking statements and involve known factors,
risks and uncertainties which may cause the Company's actual results in future
periods to differ materially from forecasted results.  These factors, risks and
uncertainties, include, but are not limited to:  the Companyis ability to
consummate successfully future mergers and acquisitions and to realize the
benefits of these strategic opportunities; the Companyis ability to achieve
integration of product lines, distinct corporate cultures and sales and
marketing operations and to retain key personnel; and the Companyis ability to
manage effectively its business in a rapidly changing regulatory and
technological environment and within diverse geographic areas.  These risk
factors are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.  Actual results may differ materially from
management's expectations.

                                      ###