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To: AlienTech who wrote (9463)	5/14/1998 1:08:00 PM
From: Jenna	Respond to of 120523

VTEL, had some news yesterday. Tomorrow it's reporting and it's supposed to be a 'turnaround' quarter for them from -0.14 to 02 cents. Industry Leading Performance and Video Quality During Data Collaboration AUSTIN, Texas, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- VTEL(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: VTEL) and VideoServer(TM), Inc., (Nasdaq: VSVR), today announced their collaboration in developing Fast T.120 data conferencing which provides the Digital Visual Communications(SM) industry's best data and videoconferencing performance. VTEL and VideoServer are the first and only companies to implement the Fast T.120 option within the T.120 standard. VideoServer is in the process of filing a patent on the product. Fast T.120 allows for increased bandwidth for data transmission while maintaining an optimum level of video during a conference. When the data transmission is complete, the data bandwidth scales down to allow extra bandwidth for video, providing the most realistic videoconferencing experience possible. "Providing industry firsts, such as Fast T.120, and the world's most advanced video networking technology, is what led VTEL to partner exclusively with VideoServer as a strategic source for Multimedia Conference Server (MCS) technology," said Jerry S. Benson, Jr., VTEL president and chief operating officer. "VTEL and VideoServer see the videoconferencing industry moving far beyond mere 'talking heads' point-to-point. The future of this marketplace is large networks featuring multi-point calls utilizing fully-featured collaborative digital technology. With Fast T.120, the future is now." According to VTEL and VideoServer, Fast T.120 works this way: In a videoconference, there may be a total of 384Kbps bandwidth - 320Kbps dedicated to video, 16Kbps dedicated to audio with the remainder allocated to data and signal overhead. Dynamic bandwidth allocation allows up to 134Kbps bandwidth to be "borrowed" from video to transfer data faster "on demand," such as when a new slide is presented or when a site joins the conference late and needs to be updated. The borrowed bandwidth automatically reverts back to video after the data transfer is completed, ensuring the best possible video quality.