AT&T and KDD of Japan launch global switched digital service at 384 KBPS.BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 1995--AT&T and KDD KDD Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (International Conference) KDD Knowledge Discovery in Databases KDD Kokusai Denshin Denwa (Japan) KDD Key Distribution Device , overseas communications Japan, today announced the availability of switched 384 kilobits per second (unit) kilobits per second - (kbps, kb/s) A unit of data rate where 1 kb/s = 1000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where 1 Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K). (kbps) ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. service between the U.S. and Japan, providing businesses with advanced networking capabilities that will improve the efficiency, speed, and cost effectiveness of communicating between the two countries. Switched 384 kbps digital service is an advanced ISDN communications solution that provides customers with exceptional 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 , router-to-router interconnection, and bulk data transfer applications. "Switched 384 is part of an award-winning service platform that enables our customers to transmit important information with the reliability, quality, and efficiency that they expect from AT&T," said Dick Slezak, managing director, AT&T global switched digital services. "Japanese multinational corporations
The usage sensitive pricing and flexible availability of this high-speed switched digital service makes it cost-effective for applications such as videoconferencing which require large amounts of bandwidth on demand. The service provides a contiguous 384 kbps channel for maximum throughput and high performance, making it appropriate for imaging, telemedicine ("long distance" medicine) Using a videoconferencing link to a large medical center in order that rural health care facilities can perform diagnosis and treatment. A specialist can monitor the patient remotely taking cues from the general practitioner or nurse who is actually examining , and electronic document distribution applications. Distribution of legal documents, photographs and blueprints can be delivered with near picture-perfect accuracy at a cost-effective rate. "KDD business customers require the highest quality of services and cost efficiency," said Toshika Ueda, manager of ISDN at KDD. "With this service, customer requirements are perfectly met because the price of switched 384 kbps service is economical in comparison with that of switched 64 kbps service and the service is provided in cooperation with AT&T. Our customers can depend on KDD and AT&T for the best service and value for their global networking needs." AT&T's Global Switched Digital Services won Data Communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. magazine's 1994 Users' Choice Awards and made Network World magazine's 1994 Short List of inter-exchanging carriers for switched digital services. Videoconferencing using 384 kbps service can reduce the need for expensive international travel by allowing people to meet face-to-face using a video or computer screen while they collaborate and share data. Other features and applications include: o Real time access to remote databases o LAN-to-LAN interconnection o High speed distribution of compressed film clips Noun 1. film clip - a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast photographic film, film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies and documents The service provides usage sensitive billing in which customers pay only for the duration of the call in six second increments after an initial period of up to thirty seconds. AT&T works with leading equipment vendors to provide compatibility with high performance videoconferencing systems, multiplexers, routers, Group 4 facsimile machines, and other applications ware ware See Groupware, Hardware, Shareware, Software. . KDD is Japan's principal international telecommunications carrier and global leader in the industry. The company is dedicated to maintaining its strong position in the industry by using its extensive resources in cooperation with overseas carriers to develop and provide innovative international telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. that meet the increasingly sophisticated and diverse needs of customers. AT&T is the world's networking leader, providing communications services and products, as well as network equipment and computer systems, to businesses, consumers, telecommunications providers and government agencies. CONTACT: AT&T Patricia Allen, 908/658-6676(office) or 908/873-3207(home) or KDD Shiro Ashida, +81-3-3275-4731 (from overseas) or +0120-309100 (domestic toll-free Japan) |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion