Contact North/Contact Nord Invests $500,000 To Increase Communications Among Sites
ANDOVER, Mass., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- PictureTel Corporation (Nasdaq: PCTL), the world leader in videoconferencing solutions, today announced that Contact North/Contact Nord, Canada's leading distance-education network, has purchased more than $500,000 worth of group videoconferencing systems to install throughout its centers in northern Ontario. The non-profit corporation provides residents, students and businesses with access to training and education opportunities through innovative technologies such as videoconferencing.
"Contact North/Contact Nord is a leading provider of distance education. It's only natural that we team up with leading providers of technology, like PictureTel, to enhance our services," said Wayne Sajna Hebert, Director, Information Technology for Contact North/Contact Nord. "We chose PictureTel because it is the largest videoconferencing manufacturer in the world and because the products are standards-based. We want to be certain that our future videoconferencing needs will be met. With PictureTel's commitment to R&D and prominent role in the history and authorship of standards, our future videoconferencing capabilities are assured."
Through the efforts of ADCOM Inc., one of PictureTel's largest integrators, Contact North/Contact Nord (www.cnorth.edu.on.ca) will be moving to a complete PictureTel videoconferencing solution in 1998. The organization will explore the best applications for the use of videoconferencing technology in different environments and promote the effectiveness of learning.
"ADCOM is pleased to partner with PictureTel, the world leader in videoconferencing, to provide Contact North with the industry's leading videoconferencing products and enterprise services for their evolving distance-education program in Northern Ontario," said Peter McDonnell, president of ADCOM. "The PictureTel solution that ADCOM is providing to Contact North will give them an unparalleled capability to deliver high- caliber training and education to their students, wherever they are located."
Contact North/Contact Nord will use the videoconferencing network to enable secondary school, college and university students to access educational programs, classes and forums; provide communication services to businesses and organizations in order to hold meetings and access remote expertise; and to enable training and development programs. The organization offers a reliable, cost-effective network of instructional technology and telecommunications to enable learners and educators to meet in spite of barriers of distance, sparse population and climactic extremes.
PictureTel Corporation is the world leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing a full range of videoconferencing solutions. The company's systems meet customers' videoconferencing needs from the desktop to the boardroom. PictureTel also markets network conferencing servers and a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise-wide services. Additional PictureTel information is available on the Internet at www.picturetel.com. PictureTel videoconferencing eliminates the barrier of distance, enabling people to be Anywhere Now(TM).
NOTE: PictureTel is a registered trademark and Anywhere Now is a trademark of PictureTel Corporation.
SOURCE PictureTel Corporation
/CONTACT: Kevin Flanagan of PictureTel Corporation, 978-292-5178,
flanagank@pictel.com/
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