AT&T sponsors communications command center for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 31, 1995--AT&T has created a state-of-the-art media and command center to provide communications for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in and Museum, city officials and the media during the museum's opening on Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend. The command center, located in the Naval Reserve A Naval Reserve is the reserve body of a nation's Navy, typically called-upon in times of conflict. Naval Reserves include;
AT&T will supply 22 designated lines into the Command Center. A large office telephone switch, the DEFINITY(R) Communications System In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. , most recently used Most Recently Used (MRU) may refer to:
America's Cup Most prestigious trophy in international yachting competition. First offered under another name in Britain in 1851, the cup was won easily by the America from New York and subsequently became known as the Race, has been transported to Cleveland for use during the week. AT&T is providing a wide variety of products and services to the Command Center including long distance voice and data support, digital wireless phones, video teleconferencing equipment, cellular phones and digital wireless systems. GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Mobilnet is providing the cellular service. Copiers and fax machines will be provided by Xerox. "This combined effort will provide advanced communications to an event that is just tremendous in scope," said Greg Pollack, sports and special events marketing director, for AT&T Global Business Communications Systems. I.M. Pei, renowned architect and designer of the $84 million building, will hold a press conference Thursday, Aug. 31 for about 500 reporters. Because of seating limitations at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Theater, Pei will communicate to an overflow group of reporters at the Naval Reserve Center via the AT&T VISTIUM(R) Personal Video System. The VISTIUM desktop videoconferencing system is part of AT&T GBCS's Visual Solutions family, which also includes Group Video Systems and Multipoint Control Units, for connecting up to 12 sites in a single video call. "Just as rock and roll is enhanced by seeing as well as hearing," says Pollack, "a phone call can truly be enhanced by video for greater clarity and understanding." In addition, AT&T is providing communications to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame officials participating in the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Sept. 1. Officials will be able to communicate via the AT&T TransTalk(TM) Digital Wireless System to allow them to "walk and work," relaying messages to participants in the Command Center as well as to other parts of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame complex. CONTACT: AT&T Pamela Irvin Fields, 908/953-7518 or Wes Dvorak, 908/953-7520 |
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