CLI awarded new contracts from China totaling $5.1 million; first ISDN implementation in China; videoconferencing networks to be added in two new provinces.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1995--Compression Labs, Incorporated (CLI (1) (Call Level Interface) A database programming interface from the SQL Access Group (SAG), an SQL membership organization. SAG's CLI is an attempt to standardize the SQL language for database access. ) (NASDAQ/NMS:CLIX) announced today it has received orders totaling $5.1 million from the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan and from Shanghai Telecom of the People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China. They join a growing number of provinces, cities and counties building videoconferencing networks, bringing the total number of CLI videoconferencing sites to more than 320. Ted Augustine, CLI vice president of government and international sales, said, "Videoconferencing is playing an important role in the modernization of the Chinese infrastructure by facilitating more frequent direct interaction between the Central government in Beijing, and key provincial, county and city officials. We are extremely pleased that the video quality of our product meets the high standards set by the Chinese governments." Shanghai Telecom will use nine eclipse 8350 videoconferencing systems and two Radiance systems to connect sites in the city of Shanghai to the state capitol. Shanghai is the first city to trial-test ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. at 128 Kbps in China. The Province of Sichuan, which has 200 counties and the largest population (120 million) of any province in China, will connect 23 sites in Phase I of their implementation. The Province of Yunnan has 40 million people in 105 counties and will connect 17 sites within the province and 25 sites within four key cities in the province. Both provinces will use the Company's high-end, high-quality Radiance videoconferencing systems and Multipoint Control Units (MCUs). The Chinese videoconferencing networks use a total of 55 MCUs to enable multiple sites to simultaneously participate in the same conference and to serve as critical video hubs to link numerous sites connected via dedicated transmission lines. The Radiance family of group videoconferencing systems achieves high-quality video at up to 30 frames per second and 480 lines of resolution The number of horizontal lines on a TV or computer screen. The term typically refers to TV sets; for example, wide screen digital TVs have 720 or 1,080 lines of resolution, while analog TV uses 525 lines. VHS tapes can render from 240 to 260 lines. . The table-top touchpanel, based on CLI's industry-leading Self-Guide user interface, provides intuitive control via menus and icons to guide users during a conference. In addition to communicating with other CLI systems, Radiance can communicate with the growing number of codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
The easy-to-use eclipse 8200 and 8300 models are complete solutions designed specifically to simplify the videoconferencing experience in a standards environment. They are fully compliant with international standards and offer an easy-to-use remote control, far end camera control, and on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. menus for a uniquely user-friendly system. CLI designs and manufactures solutions for economical video communications. Using its core technology, compressed digital video, the Company provides a broad range of videoconferencing and broadcast products for business, government, educational and healthcare organizations. With headquarters in San Jose, Calif., CLI has regional sales offices across the United States, international offices in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the People's Republic of China, and distributors serving more than 50 countries worldwide. CONTACT: CLI Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Mia Bradway, 408/428-6735 Joyce Strand, 408/922-4610 |
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