This might be a shot in the dark, but don't you (everyone) think that an alliance with an international pipe provider like PSIX would help AXC et all, fulfill the "whole internet premise" that AXC is heading for ?
The business model that TVCPC has chosen may be the key. That is not only sight the private sector of internet surfers, but also the "business community"..... Comments are welcome.
Company Press Release
Talk Visual Signs Agreement With CABLE & WIRELESS, INC. for Global Video-Over-IP Network
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1999--Talk Visual Corporation (NASDAQ:TVCPC - news) announced today the signing of an agreement with CABLE & WIRELESS, INC. to connect its locations worldwide to the Cable & Wireless IP Global Backbone Network. Cable & Wireless, Inc., a subsidiary of C&W Plc, a British company, is the acknowledged world leader in IP networks, having bought the IP Backbone from MCI last year in an FCC-ordered break-up of MCI following MCI's sale to WorldCom.
Talk Visual Corporation plans to offer worldwide VIDEOCONFERENCING AND CALLING services over the INTERNET using the substantial IP Bandwidth available to it from Cable & Wireless. In addition, the company will offer connectivity over ISDN circuits. Talk Visual is currently utilizing videocalling systems manufactured by PictureTel and by INTEL Corporation.
Talk Visual is currently building a global videocalling network to support strategically located business and retail locations, and will shortly offer consumers, travellers and business users worldwide a choice of videocalling services with calls connected both over IP and via ISDN. The company has more than twenty flagship locations under construction, and plans to start connecting calls by end of April 1999.
The first business and retail locations to connect to the Cable & Wireless global IP network will be the company's locations at Jamaica Plan, Boston. In addition, the company plans to connect to Cable & Wireless in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver (Canada), in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento (California), as well as in multiple locations in London (England). All these sites anticipate operations commencing by mid-May 1999.
Talk Visual also recently announced the agreement to connect with GlobalXchange in Miami (partners with Telia Swedtel, the PTT of Sweden). The company plans to utilize Telia's backbone network for deployment into South American destinations.
Eugene Rosov, President of Talk Visual, commented ''Partnering with CABLE & WIRELESS and with GlobalXchange, partners of TELIA SWEDTEL will form the company's infrastructure for our core business of connecting calls via IP all over the world. We will be able to offer our customers unsurpassed videocalling services at unbeatable prices.''
Talk Visual also recently announced the signing of a Letter of Intent to acquire PROXIMITY, INC., an international videoconferencing company based in Burlington Vermont. The company has access to over 2,000 videoconferencing sites worldwide, and services thousands of customers, including many ''Fortune 500'' companies. Full and further details are available on the Proximity website at www.proximity.com.
Kevin O'Brien, senior technical support engineer at CABLE & WIRELESS USA, commenting on the agreement, said ''We at Cable & Wireless are pleased to work with the dynamic group of Talk Visual, and we strongly believe we can offer them the worldwide Internet connectivity to make it all happen. They certainly have a great vision, and we stand ready to play our part in this fantastic project.''
The company's international website, on the Worldwide Web at www.talkvisual.com, will soon allow for quick videocall reservations and connections at a very reasonable consumer-oriented cost structure. Advance reservations are available by calling Talk Visual Corporation toll-free at 1-877-22-VIDEO within the U.S.A., or 617 679-0300 from abroad.
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this release (including without limitation, statements indicating that the company ''expects,'' ''estimates,'' ''anticipates,'' or ''believes'' and all other statements concerning future financial results, product offerings or other events that have not yet occurred) are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Additional information on these and other factors are included in the company's Form 10-KSB for the Fiscal Year ended Dec. 31, 1997, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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