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JAMES J. GROBERG                                   STACY LIPSCHITZ
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                       VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TELUS
                     ADVERTISING SERVICES FORM JOINT VENTURE


NEW YORK, NY, August 20, 1998 -- Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE:VOL) and
TELUS Advertising Services ("TAS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of TELUS
Corporation, announced today that they have formed a joint venture for the
publishing of community telephone directories. The two partners have committed
$25 million each for the acquisition, start-up, and operation of a business
engaged in the publication of community telephone directories in the western
half of the United States.

The companies believe that by pooling their resources the joint venture will
have the ability to capture a significant market share in a geographic region
presently undeveloped by either of the companies. The new business will operate
under the supervision of a management committee represented equally by Volt and
TAS.

This joint venture further expands Volt's existing relationship with TELUS.
Under an existing contract, Volt provides TELUS with all publishing and prepress
system services for its Canadian directories through the Year 2005.

"Volt is an ideal collaborative partner for TELUS Advertising Services, as we
prepare to expand beyond the boundaries of our home market in Alberta into the
United States," commented Don Romaniuk, President of TAS. "Given the twenty
years experience with each other in Canada, the chemistry between our two
companies is outstanding. By combining our complementary strengths and skill
sets, we see no barriers to our continued rapid growth in the directory
publishing business," he concluded.


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Gerard DiPippo, President of Volt Directory Division added, "Our special
relationship has now expanded into a cooperative effort which will certainly
enhance the directory publishing potential for both companies. After many years,
our respective personnel have become extremely familiar with each other, and
this association will help in building this new joint venture."

TAS is presently the publisher of the telephone directories of TELUS Corporation
in Canada. Volt, through its wholly owned subsidiary, DataNational, is a
publisher of community telephone directories in the United States, primarily in
the mid-Atlantic and southern part of the country.

TELUS Corporation, is Canada's third largest telecommunications company, with
more than 9,000 employees and CDN$4.4 billion in assets. Through its
subsidiaries, TELUS provides local and long distance phone service, Internet,
multimedia, wireless, data and advertising services.

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. operates a technical services and temporary
staffing business, provides varied services to the telecommunications industry,
and furnishes electronic prepress equipment and services to the print media
industry. Revenue in fiscal 1997 was $1.4 billion.


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This press release contains forward-looking statements which, in addition to
assuming a continuation of the degree and timing of customer utilization and
rate of renewals of contracts with the Company at historical levels, are subject
to a number of known and unknown risks that, in addition to general economic,
competitive and other business conditions, could cause actual results,
performance and achievements to differ materially from those described or
implied in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning the
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements is contained in Company reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


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