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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1631)	10/21/1998 9:19:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

easy-to-use telephony product from innomedia eliminates telephone charges without inconvenience October 21, 1998 SANTA CLARA--Calif. via NewsEdge Corporation -- Oct. 20, 1998--People can now call anywhere in the world without long distance charges and without the annoyance of pre-scheduling the call by simply using an ordinary telephone! InnoMedia today announced InfoTalk(TM) Version 2.0, a new version of the company's revolutionary Internet Telephony device. Connected between a standard telephone and the wall jack, the self-contained InfoTalk 2.0 seamlessly and transparently routes long distance calls over the Internet. Incorporating two separate patent-pending technologies, InfoTalk achieves optimum voice quality as Internet traffic conditions and bandwidth constraints change. When the Internet gets busy, InfoTalk's unique multiple compression algorithms and automatic quick packet recovery ensure the best possible Internet voice quality and lowest delay possible. Heralded as a breakthrough product when first released, the updated InfoTalk Version 2.0 provides a host of new convenience and performance enhancing features. The major new features include: SaveDial, SpeedDial, SmartScript, Internet Test and Automatic Upgrade notification. -- SaveDial enables calls free of long distance charges without prearranging the calling time. Callers simply dial the desired number as they normally would, then press a key and hang up after one ring. InfoTalk automatically notifies the call recipient, and transparently initiates the Internet connection for both sides. -- SpeedDial lets users automatically redial - over the Internet - parties they have previously called. This makes the use of the InfoTalk much easier and the voice connection much quicker. -- SmartScript automatically - and intelligently - determines whether a user's new Internet account requires a login script. If it does, SmartScript auto-detects and auto-creates the script. -- Internet Test (ISP Test), a handy one-step feature, tests the Internet login process and the Internet connection. -- Notify Upgrade allows users to decide if they want to be notified automatically of new firmware upgrades. If the users select the default notification, when new versions become available, the users are notified on-screen whenever they use their InfoTalk. Users also have the option to choose "no notification" if they are not interested in hearing about new upgrades. It's that simple! Users define their preferred version. About InfoTalk InfoTalk incorporates a modem, processor, and all of the necessary Internet access technology to make Internet calls fast, convenient and user-transparent, all without a computer. InfoTalk includes a convenient LCD display and front panel buttons for easy installation and call monitoring. InfoTalk even supports Caller ID and Call Blocking and includes a timer/alarm. The Transmit/Receive Rate Indicator and Performance Tuning features let users evaluate network conditions and ISP connections, and fine-tune the voice quality. Packet Loss Monitoring tells users when to postpone their call due to Internet overloading. About InnoMedia Founded in 1995, InnoMedia is a privately-held company with operations in Santa Clara, California, Singapore and Hsinchu, Taiwan. InnoMedia is the leading supplier of Internet telephony and wireless data communication products for the home and office. The company employs its patent pending technology in the development of intelligent communications devices that are design to save cost and enrich the user's experience. InfoTalk Version 2.0 is available through InnoMedia's distributors and has an MSRP of $249. Users of earlier versions of InfoTalk can automatically update their systems to Version 2.0, free of charge, with a simple Internet call. For more InnoMedia product information, call 408-562-3535 or visit the company's Web site at www.innomedia.com.

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1631)	10/21/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

three tiersfor 3com <gg> October 21, 1998 CTI News via NewsEdge Corporation -- Santa Clara, Calif.-based 3Com Corp. [COMS] yesterday (10/19) announced the latest advance in its ongoing Voice-over-IP initiative: the industry's first three-tier carrier-class IP telephony architecture, which the company will demonstrate this week at the Networld+Interop trade show in Atlanta. This modular, standards-based turnkey system supports phone-to- phone and PC-to-phone IP-based telephony over packet-switched networks. The new carrier-class IP telephony system is based on a three- tier architecture of gateways, gatekeepers and back-end servers, interconnected by open standards-based protocols. All three components now are available for customer trials, and will be generally available in early 1999. Pricing will be configuration dependent, the base of which is undetermined. The 3Com architecture features standard APIs at every level to allow carriers the flexibility to customize the system, facilitating service differentiation and integration of back-to-back office applications. VoIP Gateways provide seamless access to the IP network. Voice calls are digitized, encoded, compressed and packetized in an originating gateway; and then, decompressed, decoded and reassembled in the destination gateway. Gateways are interconnected with the PSTN when appropriate to ensure the solution is ubiquitous. Gateway processing of the audio stream traversing an IP network is transparent to users. From the caller's perspective, the experience is very similar to using a telephone calling card. Callers dial into a gateway using a standard telephone by dialing an access number. Upon authentication of the calling party, the caller dials the desired number and hears the usual ringing tones until the call is answered at the far end. The caller and the called party experience a "typical" telephone call. "3Com comes to market with several strengths, not the least of which is its embedded base of total control platforms which are software upgradeable to handle VoIP. This announcement is important not just for 3Com, but for the industry as a whole - the demand for carrier-scale products is overwhelming, " says Hilary Mine, vice president of Cedar Knolls, N.J.-based Probe Research Inc. Based on 3Com's Total Control multiservice access platform, the new carrier-class VoIP system is standards-based and supports international protocols including the ITU T.120 and H.323v2 specifications. The system uses G.711, G.723.1 and G.729a voice encoding to ensure compatibility with global telephony systems. In addition to voice, the platform will provide extensive support for facsimile and video services. (Hilary Mine, Probe Research, 916/989-1008, proberesearch.com; Steven M. Plavny, 3Com, 847/262-1329, 3com.com.) [Copyright 1998, Phillips Publishing]