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Technology Stocks : COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF
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To: joe who wrote (16748)7/29/1998 10:01:00 AM
From: Moonray   of 22053
 
3Com and 8X8 Team to Deliver Videoconferencing to the Masses
08:05 a.m. Jul 29, 1998 Eastern

Alliance to Provide Easy-to-Use PC and Appliance-Based Videoconferencing
Solutions Bridging the Gap Between PC and TV Worlds

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1998-- Global networking
leader 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ:COMS) and 8x8, Inc. - a leading supplier
of video conferencing technology and systems (NASDAQ:EGHT) - today
announced a new strategic alliance to bring videoconferencing to the
forefront of the PC and consumer appliance markets.

Both companies are teaming up to advance interoperability between the
desktop PC and consumer appliance market segments and to initiate
various co-marketing ventures throughout the retail channel.

The new relationship is aimed towards developing high-quality video
phone calls from both home and office with ordinary computers, telephones
and televisions. To increase market awareness and end-user demand, 3Com(R)
efforts will be concentrated on PC hardware and software products
through the Bigpicture(TM) video product line. 8x8's(TM) ViaTV(TM)
videophone products will focus on the non-computer-based, consumer
appliance segment. Together, 3Com and 8x8 will offer fully-compatible,
synergistic, jointly-promoted products which bridge the visual
communication gap between PC and consumer products.

guide-p.infoseek.com

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