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FOR: INTERPROVINCIAL SATELLITE SERVICES LTD.
ASE SYMBOL: ISS
DECEMBER 4, 1998
INTERSAT Featured On Caspar Weinberger's World Business
Review TV Series
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA and CALGARY, ALBERTA--Multi-Media Productions
(USA), Inc. announces the appearance of James T. Knight, Ph.D.,
President, CEO and Director of INTERSAT, on WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW.
The weekly television series focuses on technology and is hosted
by CASPAR WEINBERGER, Chairman of Forbes magazine and Secretary of
Defense during the Reagan administration. Also appearing on the
show is Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf, a recent recipient of both
the National Technology Medal and the prestigious Guglielmo
Marconi Fellowship, to discuss the topic of Internet Business
Opportunities.
"INTERSAT was selected to appear on the show because its
technology is allowing companies to take full advantage of the
power of today's new communications infrastructure, now being
deployed by the major players in communications," said Donald
Pratt, the show's coordinating producer.
In today's technology-driven world, the ability to reliably
communicate between a diverse range of applications, over a broad
geographical area, is a business imperative; and this
communication must take place using multiple communications media.
Commented Knight, "This is being addressed by the development of
a Global Data Network, which delivers to business a suite of
applications (products and services) which are designed to enable
strategic partners and end users to utilize these various
communications media."
When asked what he saw as the most exciting development in
communications today, Knight pointed to the use of the Internet as
a communications medium for applications companies that deal with
data, along with the trends by major communications suppliers to
make the Internet even more capable. "Tying these two mediums
together through our SiteHawk and Interview products, we are able
to provide IP addressability to virtually any remote electronic
device on earth, regardless of location. They all become Internet
appliances."
One of the first data applications being addressed on the Internet
is faxing, said Knight. "From our original work in faxing across
geosynchronous satellites, we have developed INTERFAX, an Internet
faxing service which enables the transmission of faxes from G3
legacy fax machines to other G3 machines via the Internet." Any
fax machine owner can acquire the INTERFAX service and benefit
from the savings that Internet faxing can provide, he added.
Today's changing communications industry is similar in many ways,
said Knight, to the incredible growth of the PC market in recent
years. "The market explosion [of the PC] required the development
of applications that allowed businesses to take advantage of the
power of the PC. This was the genesis of Microsoft
"We believe a parallel situation presently exists in the world of
communications, and particularly in wireless and Internet
communications. Our business is building these applications, with
the prime example being the INTERFAX Internet fax service."
Cerf said he expected this technology to be the springboard for
new and exciting applications, a good sign for companies like
Intersat. "This could potentially be a booming business, because
the infrastructure is becoming less expensive and more readily
available.
"In the future we'll see more appliances instrumented in a way
that will allow a person to monitor them, and even change their
condition." Cerf said that this leap from passive monitoring to
active control might be the logical next step for this technology.
ABOUT INTERSAT
Intersat is a data network engineering company. Intersat's
business includes a wide mix of industrial fax and data solutions,
including the use of satellites, cellular, internet and other
terrestrial networks, for fax, file transfer, and asset
monitoring. Customer groups include major utilities, integrated
natural resource companies, other communications companies, and
government agencies.
ABOUT WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW
WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW, with host CASPAR WEINBERGER, takes the
viewer behind the scenes to examine the leading-edge technologies
and innovative business solutions shaping our future. Blending
interviews and panel discussions with global field reports and
technical reviews, each half-hour broadcast is designed to enable
leaders from a variety of industries to offer their insight into
the challenges and opportunities businesses face as the 21st
century nears.
Taped in Washington, D.C., WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW currently airs on
PBS, The Business Channel, prime business time slots on numerous
Public Television stations to over 70 million US households. In
Canada the program will be available via Knowledge Network, SCN
and satellite. The weekly series can also be viewed on United
Airlines or from any desktop computer. This program, show number
516B, is scheduled to uplink for distribution via satellite on
December 12, and will air on CNBC Sunday, December 13 at 3 p.m.
eastern time.
Individual videotapes are available by calling Nadeen O'Leary in
corporate communications, Intersat (403)-250-3949, or by visiting
www.wbrtv.com, which showcases featured topics and specific
companies' technologies.
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