AT&T and MIVNET sign co-marketing agreement.MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 1995--AT&T and MIVNET (Metropolitan Interactive Video-Conferencing Network) Tuesday announced a marketing agreement that provides and markets a low cost alternative to public room group video-conferencing. MIVNET facilities have chosen AT&T Worldworx(sm) Global Business Video Services as the carrier of choice for their digital network services. "Our goal at MIVNET is to lower the cost of Public room group 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 to levels that are consistent with international markets. "This agreement is a milestone for MIVNET," said Mark Levy, board member and Miami MIVNET affiliate. MIVNET rents facilities for $175 per hour versus the US industry standard of $250 per hour. "This agreement will greatly help introduce our services to a larger international audience through a variety of specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. marketing arrangements with AT&T." MIVNET provides non-restricted switched video services at data rates of 56/64Kbps through 336/384Kbps, and will support point-to-point or multipoint conferences 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A full service provider, MIVNET provides on-site conference coordinators, and site specialists to assist viedoconferencing customers with all of their meeting requirements from start to finish. MIVNET, an association of 17 independently operated group videoconference vid·e·o·con·fer·ence n. A teleconference using video technology, such as closed-circuit television. vid facilities is currently located in key business centers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. "Our goal, is to have a MIVNET affiliate in every major Metropolitan area," said Greg Carter, vice president of MIVNET responsible for the Seattle location. Current MIVNET cities include: Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, Houston, Lansing, Miami, Minneapolis, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Pittsburgh, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Seattle, Moscow, Russia, Toronto, Mississauga, and North York, Ontario North York forms the central part of the northern half of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As of the 2006 Census, it has a population of 624,610. The official 2001 census count was 608,288. . Customers can book MIVNET videoconferencing rooms directly by calling 1-800-4-MIVNET (464-8638). CONTACT: Mark Levy, MIVNET, 305/371-1537 Gordon Phillips, MIVNET, 416/234-5076 Greg Carter, MIVNET, 206/241-6050 |
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