<A> INTELECT COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES HIGH QUALITY DSL INTERNET APPLICATIONS FOR its LANscape(TM) Videoconferencing Systems Internet Service Provider DigitalSelect Chooses LANs High Performance Digital Internet and Multimedia Services
RICHARDSON, Texas, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelect Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICOM) ("INTELECT") announced today that its Intelect Visual Communications ("IVC") business unit has established a reseller partnership with DigitalSelect (www.digitalselect.net) to provide internet subscribers with high performance video at speeds ranging from 256 kpbs to 1.54 mpbs using DSL access technology. Intelect's LANscape is a digital, IP-based network solution for desktop and conference room applications.
DigitalSelect is an internet service provider in the Washington D.C. area offering high bandwidth connectivity over copper telephone lines.
"With DSL technology, IVC and DigitalSelect can provide a cost-effective alternative to traditional WAN videoconferencing approaches," said Pete Ianace, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Intelect Communications.
"LANscape over DSL provides guaranteed high-quality, full motion,
multipoint videoconferencing at much lower cost than traditional H.320 videoconferencing offerings. With DSL bandwidth and accessibility potentials, IVC's LANscape becomes a business quality internet virtual office product," he added. "We are impressed with the flexibility and quality of IVC's LANscape product. Because it is completely scalable, it can adapt to the bandwidth that is provided." Said Peter W. Arey, Vice President for DigitalSelect. "And our services, which utilize high-speed copper based technology, can provide Internet connectivity to businesses at savings of up to 30%. Through a link to the DigitalSelect network, our subscribers can videoconference over a virtual private network, protect their data network and provide cost- effective telecommuting, distance learning and tele-medical applications."
IVC's LANscape uses Wavelet compression to provide television-quality video on the desktop at up to 30 frames per second. Wavelet technology is the de-facto standard in the medical imaging and digital video editing applications. LANscape's support of IP Multicast provides an effective means for multipoint conferencing without an expensive MCU, as well as efficient distribution of video feeds across a network enterprise. LANscape also provides multiple, individually adjustable video windows with VCR record and playback controls. Taken together, DigitalSelect's DSL network technology feature-rich LANscape 2.1 offers a complete video network solution.
DigitalSelect is a rapidly expanding internet service provider offering DSL technology to provide complete internet, videoconferencing and multimedia solutions, operating in the Washington D.C. area with headquarters in Sterling, Virginia,. DigitalSelect's products and services deliver interactive applications incorporating text, graphics, animation, video and sound.
Intelect Communications, Inc. is a communications technology company providing innovative and cost-effective products, services and solutions to integrate voice, data, and video networks. Applications for the Company's products and services range from the network infrastructure to the desktop. The Company's products are designed to anticipate and meet the demands for increasing speed, capacity, and complexity of electronic and photonic communications.
Principal markets for the Company's products are: fiber optic network transmission, digital signal processing (DSP), and video communications.
The Company also provides high-value engineering services to the
communications industry. The Company currently has under development an intelligent programmable telecommunications switching platform.
Intelect's principal business units are Intelect Network Technologies Co. and DNA Enterprises, Inc. based in Richardson and Intelect Visual Communications Corp. of New York City.
Further information about the Intelect family of multimedia products
and services can be accessed at these World Wide Web locations:
Intelect Communications, Inc., intelectcom.com; Intelect
Network Technologies, intelectinc.com; Intelect Visual
Communications, videoconferencing.com and; DNA Enterprises,
dnaent.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the statements
in this announcement are forward looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward looking statements.
Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those relating to: general economic conditions in the markets in which the Company operates; success in the development and market acceptance of new and existing products (particularly SONETLYNX(TM) LANscape(TM), and CS4(TM)); dependence on suppliers, third party manufacturers and channels of distribution; customer and product concentration; fluctuations in customer demand, maintaining access to external sources of capital; ability to execute management's margin improvement and cost control plans; overall management of the Company's expansion; and other risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Intelect Communications, Inc./
/Website: digitalselect.net
/Website: intelectcom.com (ICOM)
CO: Intelect Communications, Inc.; Intelect Visual Communications;
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PS I'll be MORE comfortable with ICOM after earnings and the CC next week. They have stated they should hit their revenue target (of twice last year's $38M) w/o Asia. So if they get Asia back on track for the 2nd half, and can come in with the suggested ~$100M for 98 (~$80MM non-Asia and $20MM Asia - which is an AWFUL LOT of SonetLynx), they will be doing very well IMO.
Steve |
