Belgacom to Integrate White Pine's Cu-SeeMe Web Technology Into VisiaNet Videochat Website Portal.BRUSSELS, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- Major Player in the Emerging Multimedia Conferencing See videoconferencing and data conferencing. Market Uses CU-SeeMe Web Technology to Enable Belgium Users to Access Visual Communications on the Internet White Pine Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : WPNE), a leading provider of multimedia conferencing applications for the Internet and intranets, and Belgacom, the national telecommunications carrier of Belgium, today announced that Belgacom will license the recently announced CU-SeeMe(R) Web technology for integration into its VisiaNet videochat web portal See portal. . CU-SeeMe Web will be integrated into Belgacom's successful VisiaNet CyberCafe The first Internet cafe in the U.S. Founded in 1995 in New York, the menu is a selection of fine coffees and desserts along with Internet, e-mail, printing, scanning and faxing services. Hats, shirts and jackets are also available for purchase. , making Belgacom the first outside of White Pine to offer full live video, audio and text chat capabilities in a web-based public communication portal. Integrated into the VisiaNet CyberCafe, CU-SeeMe Web will allow multipoint visual and audio communications to be established in a standard browser page using Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. or Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. . VisiaNet provides live videochat conference rooms for free with no time limit duration. Users can now access live video and audio without having any video software previously installed on their machines. This level of simplicity and access to video applications has never been available before. "This new product offers the quality and simplicity we were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. to bring visual communication to the public," said Ulrik Van Schepdael, video communication product manager for Belgacom. "Quality services on the network can only work with quality, easy-to-install software and hardware. CU-SeeMe Web eliminates the installation part, making it very simple for users to experience live, interactive audio and video." CU-SeeMe Web will enable users to communicate visually over the Internet, interact with other members of the web community, and watch live interactive web events. "Last year, Belgacom made a significant investment in White Pine technology by integrating our MeetingPoint conference servers into their network. Now they have expanded in just a few months to become the first communications web portal in Europe," said Pascal Bellin, director of European sales for White Pine. "The integration of CU-SeeMe Web enhances their multimedia services allowing any Internet user Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f to become an audio/video consumer for Belgacom's interactive concept." About VisiaNet The site, http://www.visianet.be , is the entry point for all Belgacom VideoMeeting Solutions. VisiaNet offers online reservation for all VideoMeeting products and services covering the national and global requirements for both the corporate sector and the private individual. On VisiaNet CyberCafe, Internet surfers have also the possibility to videochat or to send videomails and share PC applications. About CU-SeeMe and MeetingPoint CU-SeeMe, CU-SeeMe Pro, and CU-SeeMe Web are the industry's premiere software products for Internet videochat and IP-based videoconferencing. CU-SeeMe Web, the industry's only multipoint web-based videochat client, is available for demo at http://www.cuseeme.com . CU-SeeMe Web recently won the Internet World 1999 Best of Show award for Outstanding Internet Software Client. MeetingPoint, the industry's first H.323 standards-based conferencing server, enables multipoint group conferencing and full interoperability between users of standard H.323 clients including Microsoft NetMeeting Microsoft NetMeeting is a VoIP and multi-point videoconferencing client included in many versions of Microsoft Windows (from Windows 95 OSR2 to Windows XP). It uses the H. , Intel ProShare, PictureTel LiveLAN, White Pine CU-SeeMe and others. MeetingPoint has received several awards, including 1998 Product of the Year awards from both CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. and Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. Magazines. Together, CU-SeeMe and MeetingPoint provide a complete conferencing and collaboration solution for the Internet or any IP network. About Belgacom Belgacom SA, headquartered in Brussels, is the national telecommunications carrier in Belgium. The Belgacom Group provides local and international telephone services, GSM cellular telephone services, satellite and leased line A private communications channel leased from a common carrier. Most digital lines require four wires (two pairs) for full-duplex transmission. (communications, networking) leased line services, and terminals. Belgacom is also actively involved in multimedia, not only within the company divisions but also through its holding, Belgacom Multimedia Ventures (BMV BMV Bolsa Mexicana de Valores BMV Bureau of Motor Vehicles BMV Bundesministerium für Verkehr (German: Federal Ministry of Transport) BMV Below Market Value BMV Brome Mosaic Virus BMV Bedside Medication Verification ). The subsidiaries of BMV provide Internet access, Internet solutions (Web Design, Web Hosting) and electronic commerce solutions. Additional information about Belgacom can be found online at http://www.belgacom.be . About White Pine Software White Pine Software develops, markets and supports multi-platform browser-based internetworking software that facilitates worldwide video and audio communication and data collaboration across the Internet, intranets, extranets and other networks that use the Internet Protocol. White Pine's videoconferencing software products, CU-SeeMe and MeetingPoint, create a client-server solution that allows users to participate in real-time, multipoint video, audio and data conferences over the Internet and intranets. White Pine Software can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.wpine.com and http://www.whitepine.fr . All trademarks are recognized. |
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