Taiwanese Government Purchases Vialta Beamer Videophones to Fight SARS
Wednesday May 21, 7:30 am ET
Beamer Will Be Used to Help Doctors and Health Officials Safely Monitor SARS Patients
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003--Vialta, Inc. (OTCBB:VLTA - News) today announced that the Taiwan Interior Ministry has purchased 3,000 Vialta Beamer(TM) videophones to help doctors monitor quarantined Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) patients. The initial 2,000 units are being distributed immediately among the 10,083 identified SARS cases in Taiwan deemed "grade A, most serious." Beamer will allow doctors and health officials to see their patients simply by calling them. The additional 1,000 Beamer videophones will be distributed later this month.
"We designed Beamer to give friends and family a more personal way to stay in touch with each other, and we are pleased that the technology is also being used to facilitate maintenance of important health guidelines in this time of crisis," said Didier Pietri, president and CEO of Vialta. "This is just one example of how Beamer's video capability significantly enhances the personal quality of a phone call, creating a much stronger bond in our efforts to stay connected."
Beamer instantly adds video to phone calls, allowing people to have a better, more personal way to see the people they care about, when they cannot visit them in person. Beamer works with any home phone over a standard (analog) phone line, and there is no additional cost to phone calls.
Beamer has received numerous accolades since it was launched in August 2002, including a "Good Buy" Award from Good Housekeeping magazine based on ingenuity, value and exceptional performance. Beamer also received the Consumer Electronics Association's 2003 "Best of Innovations" award in the telephone category for its value to users, aesthetics, contributions to the quality of life and Beamer's innovative qualities.
About Vialta
Vialta, Inc. develops, designs and markets unique and innovative home entertainment and communications products. Vialta was formed in April 1999 and is publicly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "VLTA." The company is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with offices in Los Angeles and Hong Kong. More information about Vialta can be found at www.vialta.com.
The matters discussed in this news release include certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated, including, but not limited to, the timely introduction and market acceptance of Vialta's new and existing products, the impact of competitive products, pricing pressures, general economic conditions, and the other risks detailed from time to time in the SEC reports of Vialta, including Vialta's Annual Report on Form 10-K and most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements contained herein are made only as of the date of this press release, and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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Contact:
Vialta, Inc.
Ken Tenaglia, 510/870-3668
kenneth.tenaglia@vialta-inc.com
or
Edelman for Vialta
Dan Munoz, 650/429-2747
dan.munoz@edelman.com
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