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West Virginia Transforms Court Proceedings with FVC.COM Broadband Video Network; Courtroom of the Future Comes Alive With Statewide Network
BusinessWire, Monday, May 03, 1999 at 07:15
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999--Judges and correction officers in the State of West Virginia have found a way to ease their overloaded calendars and make the administration of justice safer and more humane. Interactive video, being installed as part of West Virginia's Courtroom of the Future program, lets judges and magistrates conduct court proceedings remotely through high-speed video links between courthouses and jails. Participants see and hear each other in real time with high picture and sound quality, giving the sense of being in the same room.
Prisoners can make initial court appearances without leaving the jail -- saving travel time and costs and increasing security -- and probation officers will be able to meet with clients remotely. In addition, video-based distance learning opens up new opportunities for law enforcement officers, correctional employees and inmates to take training courses over the network, interacting as they would in a real classroom. FVC.COM delivers this high-quality video over the WEST VIRGINIA 2001 ATM infrastructure deployed by Bell Atlantic, whose Data Services Group is also deploying the multimedia network.
"Interactive video is transforming the way I run my courtroom and freeing the time of law enforcement officers to protect our citizens," said Chief Judge Dan O'Hanlon, Chair of the Judicial Technology Committee. "We can use videoconferencing to minimize the trauma of children giving testimony and question expert witnesses from anywhere in the world." The next step is telemedicine, bringing medical professionals and inmates together over the network for examination and treatment.
West Virginia is a largely rural state with long distances between correctional facilities and its 55 county courthouses, prompting state officials to decide that videoconferencing will save time, reduce costs, and give them access to important resources located at otherwise prohibitive distances. According to Judge O'Hanlon, "We looked at many ways to do videoconferencing. The ATM statewide Intranet with FVC.COM's switched virtual circuit video technology is clearly the most flexible and cost-effective solution."
The interactive video system is already up and running at four sites in West Virginia. It is currently being installed in five more, and will be in 50 courthouses and all of the state' s correctional facilities within the next 12 months. The West Virginia Legislature, after viewing a recent demonstration of the network capability, fully funded the request by Governor Underwood and the West Virginia Supreme Court to build out the video network.
"The West Virginia network is very progressive -- they have brought video technology and applications together better than anyone else," said Ralph Ungermann, Chairman of FVC.COM, "WEST VIRGINIA 200l is a great example of the many Intranets now forming and coming together, evolving into the next-generation broadband Internet."
About FVC.COM
FVC.COM (NASDAQ:FVCX), founded in 1993 by technology pioneer Ralph Ungermann, is the world leader in enterprise video networking. FVC.COM manufactures and supports a broad family of interactive video, streaming video and multi-service access products designed for high-quality video delivery. Integrated with voice and data, these products enable applications such as telejustice, distance learning, corporate communications, virtual meetings and telemedicine to be delivered over broadband IP and legacy networks.
FVC.COM's OEM, distribution, and system integration partners include Bell Atlantic Network Integration, British Telecommunications plc, EDS, France Telecom, IBM, Lucent Technologies, NEC, Nortel Networks, Telstra and other leading companies worldwide. Further information about the company is available at fvc.com.
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Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words, "believes," "anticipates," "expects" and words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements will have known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of FVC.COM, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: FVC.COM's limited operating history and variability of operating results, market acceptance of video technology, dependence on ATM backbone technology and the Next Generation Internet, potential inability to maintain business relationships with distributors and suppliers, rapid technological changes, competition in the video networking industry, the importance of attracting and retaining personnel. management of FVC.COM's growth, consolidation and cost pressures in the video networking industry, dependence on key employees and other risk factors referenced in FVC.COM's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's report on Form-10 K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.
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