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mPhase Technologies, Inc. Delivers Broadcast Quality Digital Video Over Telephone Lines
PR Newswire - November 09, 1997 22:00
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Advancements in mPhase XDSL Technology Have Gained Inclusion
In the 1997 Georgia Tech Research Institute Annual Report
Retains Cantor Fitzgerald and Technical Resources International Corporation
NORWALK, Conn., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- mPhase Technologies, Inc. and
Georgia Tech Research Institute Engineers are widening the field of advanced
high speed digital data technology through the development of a unique system
designed to use emerging Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology to deliver
broadcast quality MPEG2 digital video to home televisions via ordinary
telephone lines. The new system would allow telephone companies to compete
with cable and broadcast satellite companies. mPhase's proprietary all-in-one
system solution for the distribution of digital video and data has gained
inclusion in the 1997 Georgia Tech Research Institute's 1997 Annual Report.
This research has been conducted by Georgia Tech Research Institute at their
world-renowned GCATT (Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications
Technology) facility.
A complete system is expected to be ready for alpha and beta testing by
the end of the first half of calendar year 1998. A series of point-to-point
tests will be conducted at DTC Communications located in DeKalb County,
Tennessee, starting in November, 1997.
mPhase Technologies, Inc. has retained the services of Cantor Fitzgerald
Brokerage, L.P. and Technical Resources International Corporation to provide
certain consulting services on an exclusive basis with respect to product
development and introduction to markets worldwide.
mPhase Technologies, Inc. is engaged in the design and development of
telecommunications products based upon proprietary technology including rate
adaptive digital subscriber line technology and other proprietary
technologies.
Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is a nonprofit organization
conducting applied research in engineering, science, computer technology and
related areas.
Cantor Fitzgerald Brokerage, L.P. is a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald,
L.P., founded in 1945. Cantor Fitzgerald provides a broad spectrum of trade
execution and information services. It is the largest screen broker of U.S.
government securities in the world. Cantor Fitzgerald also actively brokers
mortgage-backed, municipal and corporate fixed income securities as well as
emerging market securities futures and derivatives. Headquartered in New York
City, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. currently employs over 2,200 people globally and
transacts close to $30 trillion in financial assets annually.
Technical Resources International is a Ft. Worth, Texas based
international telecommunications consulting firm.
SOURCE mPhase Technologies, Inc.
/CONTACT: Ronald A. Durando of mPhase Technologies, 203-838-2741/
/Web site: www.mphasetech.com/
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