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To: Elmer who wrote (13900)	2/11/1998 6:48:00 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

This is from Sieman's website : Press Release: Munich, January, 1998 Cooperation between Siemens and 3Com: telephone network and the Internet merge together New user-friendly services integrate telephony and the Internet First-ever presentation at Cebit `98 (For the trade press) The Siemens Public Communication Networks Group in Munich and the 3Com Corporation in Santa Clara are cooperating on fusing the Internet with the telephone network to form a single unit. Worldwide this will allow telephone operators to offer efficient Internet access via their existing switching systems without needing to set up an additional new Internet infrastructure. Integration also makes possible new Internet services allowing greater convenience for telephoning while simultaneously surfing the Internet. The new services will be presented at Cebit `98. The first systems will be shipped in spring 1998. Siemens reckons on 300 million DM extra sales from this product innovation by the year 2000. 3Com is bringing the "TotalControl Remote Access Concentrator" product and its expertise as a leading vendor in the remote access market to the cooperation with Siemens. "TotalControl" is a fully modular state-of-the-art carrier class access server and is based on 3Com's own DSP technology which serves as a basis for future multimedia applications such as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). Siemens is integrating this technology into its EWSD digital electronic switching system. EWSD is the world's leading system with around 300 operators in 100 countries and over 150 million connections. As a leading supplier of solutions for telecommunications infrastructure systems, Siemens is also developing the new Internet services. With the new Internet services such as "Subscriber Controlled Input", "Call Waiting", "Call Completion", "E-Mail Waiting Indication" and "Improved Access to Voice over Internet" network operators and service providers can offer their customers additional user-friendly services not possible until now. The modern telephony service network and the PC that acts as an intelligent telephone make possible an evolutionary step into the future. Besides increasing accessibility, graphical user interfaces will make it much easier to use existing features. For operators in the internationally booming Internet market (700% growth per annum) this opens up easy-to-tap areas of growth. Subscriber Controlled Input: Subscribers themselves can use an Internet application to configure the additional services of their telephone connection from their PC with the aid of a user-friendly graphical interface. An example of this is being able to display their account on screen online. Call Waiting: While a subscriber is surfing the Internet the "Call Waiting" service displays incoming calls on the monitor. Until now the called party has not been able to identify and take incoming calls. Using the new function it is now possible to decide whether to take the call or to continue the Internet session and return the call later on. Call Completion: The service extends the convenience of Call Waiting, so that there is no need to interrupt the Internet session to take the call. Subscribers can continue their Internet session while taking the telephone call from the PC. E-Mail Waiting Indication: The "E-Mail Waiting Indication" tells subscribers that e-mail has arrived for them. This information is shown on the telephone without having to switch the PC on. The indication can be via the telephone display, an LED or a special ringing tone. Improved Access to Voice over Internet: This service allows subscribers to hold a phone conversation over the PSTN/ISDN, or optionally to use the Internet. The integrated functionality of the Internet telephony gateway allows customer-friendly access to this service. Dialing in and charging is administered with EWSD. The Siemens Public Communication Networks Group (™N) is one of the world's leading suppliers of solutions for telecommunications infrastructure systems. In the 1996/97 fiscal year ™N had 35,000 employees (figures for the end of September 1997) and sales of about 14.5 billion DM. ™N's more than 150 million installed EWSD (digital electronic switching system) telephone lines make it the world market leader in digital switching systems. After its merger with modem and remote access specialist U.S. Robotics, 3Com (one of the leading vendors of network and data communication solutions) has the widest product range in its field and offers true "end-to-end connectivity". The company, based in Santa Clara and with a German office in Munich, is expecting sales of around US$8 billion in the 1998 fiscal year. This cooperation between the two corporate divisions (™N within Siemens and Carrier Systems within 3Com) will form a significant part of the strategic partnership between Siemens AG and 3Com as regards the fusion of voice and data. Back to Press Info c Siemens Public Communication Networks Jan. 22, 1998 w2.siemens.de Mang