Cable & Wireless joins General Magic Alliance.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1994--Cable & Wireless announced Wednesday that it has joined the international alliance headed by General Magic and will take a minority equity stake in the company. General Magic, based in California, has developed two software technologies which enable a new range of easy-to-use messaging and on-line information services See Information Systems. for consumers and businesses. By joining the General Magic Alliance of telecommunication and consumer electronics companies, Cable & Wireless is furthering its goals to become a major player in the provision of sophisticated on-line services to its customers around the world. Commenting on the move, Mike Harris For other persons of the same name, see Michael Harris. Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. , recently appointed chief executive of Cable & Wireless Federal Developments said: "The Cable & Wireless Federation is committed to developing multi-media services which are valuable and easy to use for our customers. We believe that the Telescript technology developed by General Magic will enable us to offer these services to consumers and business alike. We are excited to be working with General Magic and their other alliance members to deploy communication technologies with worldwide application." Cable & Wireless will nominate nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. two senior executives to the General Magic Founding Partners Council to facilitate close collaboration with the company and the other partners with the objective of developing General Magic technologies into a world standard for communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems . General Magic develops software technologies used for messaging, information, and transaction services which integrate the communications functions available on user terminals and hand-held personal intelligent communicators See PIC. . Developments in easy-to-use services and devices are expected to increase the demand for messaging and personal communication. The General Magic Telescript technology enables users to send intelligent "agents" into the communication network to act on their behalf, for example by delivering messages in a sophisticated way or conducting transactions such as shopping. Use and implementation of General Magic technology by Cable & Wireless Federation companies will be subject to the negotiation and execution of definitive license agreements. General Magic was founded in May 1990. Its mission is to create personal intelligent communication products and services by developing and licensing technology to equipment manufacturers, network and information service providers and software and entertainment companies. Partners in the Alliance include Apple, AT&T, France Telecom, Fujitsu, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , Northern Telecom, Oki, Phillips, Sony, Sanyo and Toshiba. The Cable & Wireless Federation is an international alliance of companies, working together to be the provider of choice in selected markets, delivering creative communication solutions whenever and wherever customers want. Cable & Wireless operations in over 50 countries are organized in clusters of businesses centered on regional hubs. Hongkong Telecom is the focal point focal point n. See focus. for Group companies in much of Asia; mercury communications Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom. The company was formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless to challenge the monopoly of British Telecom (BT) which was privatised in 1984. in the United Kingdom is the hub for Europe; and the Caribbean comprises a third main cluster which now extends into Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . In addition, Cable & Wireless has important interests in 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. , Japan, the Middle East and Africa. -0- Note to Editors: Telescript is a trademark of General Magic Inc. CONTACT: Cable & Wireless
Peter Eustace, +44 71 315 4495
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