Intel to Showcase First PC-Based Video
Phone Designed Specifically for Cable
Connections; Leading Internet Telephony Vendors Demonstrate Interoperability of H.323 Standard for Audio and Video
December 3, 1998
ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Intel Corp. is
highlighting the first Intel(R) Video Phone
software designed specifically for cable
modems and high-speed cable Internet
connections today in the CableNET '98 area
at the Western Show in Anaheim.
In addition, Intel will be working with several
vendors to showcase the momentum of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
H.323 communications specification, which
ensures products from different vendors talk
with one another.
"Intel Video Phone technology is an ideal use
of the high-speed cable connection in the
home or small office," said Ali Sarabi, director
of Broadband and IP Telephony Lab in the
Intel Architecture Lab.
"The increased bandwidth of the cable
connection brings a new use to the PC: a
world with richer communications, with full
motion, real-time video and audio to help
keep consumers close to friends and family or
business associates."
Later this month, Intel plans to begin trials of
its broadband enhanced PC-based Video
Phone with Internet Cable Corporation (ICC)
over US Cable Coastal Properties' high-speed
cable Internet connections in the Wild Dunes
suburb of Charleston, S.C.
Tim Karnes, president of Internet Cable
Corporation, commented, "These trials of
actual broadband product in a high-speed full
duplex broadband system are truly a
value-added service to our current and
future customers. What better product could
there be than one which allows local or
long-distance communication with full,
real-world sight and sound."
Internet Telephony Over Cable
Using the power of the PC, the Intel Video
Phone delivers a high-quality, real-time video
experience to cable connections. The Intel
Video Phone will also support high-quality
voice communications offering interoperability
with standard telephones, Internet phones,
and other PC audio solutions that support
the H.323 specification.
Today, Intel Video Phone software is shipped
factory-installed on systems from leading
computer makers. Many of these computer
makers will ship systems with the new
broadband enhanced Intel Video Phone
software in the first quarter of 1999. This
new broadband version of Intel Video Phone
will also be available in the Intel Create &
Share(TM) Camera Pack in the first half of
1999.
H.323 Standards-Based Solutions for the
Cable Industry
H.323, endorsed by Intel, is the ITU standard
for real-time multimedia communications and
conferencing. The H.323 specification gives
vendors the information they need to ensure
that their audio and video applications
communicate with solutions from other
vendors. On display in the CableNET '98 area
at Western Show, more than 10 vendors will
showcase the momentum of H.323 by
demonstrating how their audio and video
applications interoperate.
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a
leading manufacturer of computer,
networking and communications products.
Additional information about Intel is available
at www.intel.com/pressroom.
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CONTACT: Intel Corp. | Tami Casey,
408/765-8203 | tami.casey@intel.com |
Adam Grossberg, 408/765-1669 |
adam.grossberg@intel.com
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