AT&T Teams With Peirce-Phelps To Make Videoconferencing Systems Integration Easier.BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 1995--AT&T has selected Peirce- Phelps, a premier industry systems integrator, to distribute the AT&T MultiPoint Control Unit See MCU. and Conference Reservations System. "Teaming with the professionals at Peirce-Phelps is strategic to our penetration of the multipoint video marketplace," said Bob Mehl, indirect channel vice president, AT&T Global Business Communications Systems. "This announcement has significant impact on our customer satisfaction," said Henry Grove, senior vice president, Peirce-Phelps. "The AT&T MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users product line offers our customers unique solutions and we're proud to carry it." The AT&T MultiPoint Control Unit architecture allows more natural conversation flow by reducing "false" switching as people talk and stop talking. The AT&T MultiPoint Control Unit is the first to provide multipoint data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. capability using the ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. T.120 series standard. Continuous Presence, a new capability available early next year, displays up to four videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems sites simultaneously in four quadrants on the monitor screen at each site. AT&T will demonstrate Continuous Presence, Universal Conference Control and multipoint data sharing at TeleCon XV (Booth No.1117), in Anaheim, October 25-27. Peirce-Phelps, Inc. is one of the world's largest videoconferencing systems integrators and a leading provider of professional audio/video, TV, and multimedia products and systems. Services include consulting, project management, design/build, installation and 24-hour-a-day nationwide service. AT&T Global Business Communications Systems designs, manufactures and sells a complete offering of customer-based telecommunications, video and voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. systems for business customers globally. The company's Visual Solutions(R) family of products includes the AT&T Group Video Systems, the AT&T MultiPoint Control Unit and the AT&T Conference Reservations System. CONTACT: Nancy Culton AT&T 908-953-7527 (office) 908-234-9416 (home) or Robert Seidel sei·del n. A beer mug. [German, from Middle High German s  del, from Latin situla, bucket.]Noun 1. -- Peirce-Phelps 215-879-7246 (office) |
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