Hey folks, found an interesting article on the future of video phones. Not much mention of PRWT, but it is a peek into the future.
Internet Cable Corporation Sees Growing Market In Video Phone Trial With
Intel Corporation
Friday, December 4, 1998 11:48 AM
CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet Cable Corporation's (OTC Bulletin Board: ICBL)
high-speed duplex cable modem service in the Wild Dunes suburb of Charleston, South Carolina, will
become a showcase for Intel Corp.'s (Nasdaq: INTC) Intel(R) Video Phone software designed
specifically for cable modems and high-speed cable Internet connections.
In addition, Intel will be working with several vendors in the CableNET '98 area at the Western Cable TV
Show in Anaheim, CA to showcase the momentum of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
H.323 communications specification, which ensures products from different vendors talk with one
another.
"Intel Video Phone technology is an ideal use of the high-speed cable connection in the home or small
office," said Ali Sarabi, director of Broadband and IP Telephony Lab in the Intel Architecture Lab.
"The increased bandwidth of the cable connection brings a new use to the PC: a world with richer
communications, with full-motion, real-time video and audio to help keep consumers close to friends
and family or business associates."
Later this month, Intel plans to begin trials of its broadband enhanced PC-based Video Phone with
Internet Cable Corporation over US Cable Coastal Properties' high-speed cable Internet connections in
the Wild Dunes suburb of Charleston, S.C.
Timothy Karnes, president of Internet Cable Corporation, commented, "These trials of an actual
broadband product in a high-speed full duplex broadband system are truly a value-added service to our
current and future customers. What better product could there be than one which allows local or long-
distance communication with full, real-world sight and sound. We look forward to our larger cable
modem competitors, such as @home Corporation (Nasdaq: ATHM) and the Time Warner, Inc. unit
MediaOne Group, Inc. (NYSE: UMG) becoming fully bi-directional so their subscribers will be able to
Video Phone our subscribers. ISPs (Internet Service Providers) such as EarthLink Network, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ELNK), Mindspring Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSPG) and America Online, Inc. (NYSE:
AOL) simply do not have sufficient bandwidth over telephone lines for new broadband products. Our
duplex system presents the proper and adequate environment for actual broadband technology and
content to be correctly showcased."
US Cable Coastal Properties is an affiliate of the privately held US Cable Group, of Montvale, NJ, which
operates cable systems in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas and New Mexico. US Cable
Group's telecommunications offerings include US Telecom, a telephone service provider that supplies
convention centers, and USFI Network Services, Inc., a global provider of telecommunications services
and networks to government markets.
Internet Cable Corporation, headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, is in the business of
administering high-speed Internet access for cable TV companies on a revenue sharing basis. The use
of cable modems for Internet access provides customers the ability to download and upload
multi-media at speeds hundreds of times faster than those of typical telephone modems. More
information is available at Internet Cable Corporation's web site at: http//www.cablewave.net .
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and
communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom .
Note: Third party marks and brands are property of their respective holders.
SOURCE Internet Cable Corporation
CONTACT: Mark Gould, VP, Corporate Affairs, Internet Cable Corporation, 727-538-0000, or fax,
727-446-4737; or Tami Casey, 408-765-8203, or e-mail, tami.casey@intel.com, or Adam Grossberg,
408-765-1669, or e-mail, adam.grossberg@intel.com, both of Intel Corp.
Quote for referenced ticker symbols: UMG, MSPG, INTC, ICBL, ELNK, ATHM, AOL
© 1998, PR Newswire
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