PictureTel Licenses Audio Technology Suite to Intel.Business Editors ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2000 PictureTel Corporation (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 : PCTL PCTL Percentile PCTL Prioritized Candidate Target List ), the world leader in integrated collaboration, today announced that it has licensed to Intel a suite of high performance audio technologies. PictureTel's patented Siren(TM) wideband audio-coding algorithm is an enabler for videoconferencing, Voice over IP, and Internet streaming. The Siren algorithm provides unprecedented audio quality that is closer to FM radio than to traditional telephone quality. The Siren algorithm provides 16, 24, and 32 kbps modes of operation at up to 14 kHz of frequency response. Siren has also been approved by the International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union ) as the new international standard for audio coding. G.722.1 was chosen after a four-year selection process involving extensive testing. The new standard G.722.1 provides 7 kHz of audio bandwidth; more than double the quality of a telephone call, at bit rates of 24 and 32 kbps, half the rate of the previous standard. Siren/G.722.1 is derived from PictureTel's field-proven PT716 plus algorithm. The suite of audio technologies licensed to Intel includes PictureTel's Integrated Dynamic Echo Cancellation The elimination of an echo in a two-way voice transmission. Echo is created in the telephone company's central office switch when two-wire lines from the customer are converted to four-wire lines for backbone trunks. technology, which was also recently licensed to Microsoft. Integrated Dynamic Echo Cancellation II (IDEC-II) is an audio signal processor that provides echo-free conversations as natural as face-to-face meetings, as well as noise suppression and automatic gain control. "The ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ratification ensures end users of compatibility and connectivity. We are pleased that Intel has decided to license this leading edge technology," said David Snow David William Snow (born September 30 1924) is an English ornithologist. Snow was born in Windermere. , Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, PictureTel Corporation. Financial terms were not disclosed. PictureTel retains rights to license the technologies to others. PictureTel's other audio technology licensees currently include Accord Networks, AV Communications, Comrex, Harris Corporation, and Microsoft. This suite of technology is covered by a total of eight patents held by PictureTel. "This agreement," according to Snow, "also ties into our president and COO, Lewis Jaffe's initiative of maximizing the value of core technologies by using licensing agreements and strategic partners to bring our technology to new marketplaces." About PictureTel PictureTel Corporation (Nasdaq: PCTL) is the world leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a full range of visual- and audio-collaboration and streaming-video solutions. The company's systems meet customers' collaboration needs from the desktop to the boardroom. PictureTel also markets network conferencing servers and a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise-wide services. Additional PictureTel information is available at www.picturetel.com. PictureTel collaboration products and services eliminate the barrier of distance, enabling people to be Anywhere Now(TM). This release includes projections and other forward-looking statements about the company's revenues, earnings, and other measures of economic performance. Actual results could differ materially from forecasts due to many factors such as, for example, competitive pressures, changes in technology, and the difficulty in forecasting in overseas markets and indirect channels. Additional information concerning risks that could cause actual results to differ is contained in the company's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and its Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. as filed with the SEC. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. PictureTel, IDEC IDEC Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (Portugese: Brazilian Consumer Protection Agency) IDEC Information Design & End-User Computing IDEC Interior Design Educators Council, Inc. , and Siren are registered trademarks of PictureTel Corporation. All other terms and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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