Teleglobe Demonstrates Global ATM Capabilities for Telemedicine, Distance Learning And HDTV.

MC LEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--As part of the growth of its high-speed broadband networking capabilities, Teleglobe has just completed three successful international demonstrations over its global Asynchronous Transfer Mode network.

As a leader in intercontinental telecommunications and pioneer in the development of ATM technology, the global carrier achieved industry advancements in the use of multimedia applications like medical imaging and distance learning, as part of its continuing build-out of its commercial ATM network.

"As the first telecommunications company to establish transatlantic ATM links, Teleglobe continues to remain at the forefront of ATM development and technology," said Bob Collet, vice president and general manager of Teleglobe's data services division.

"These demonstrations solidify our leadership position in the growth of international high- speed broadband networks in a range of technologies, including broadcast and Internet."

Teleglobe achieved a world's first several weeks ago by establishing a virtual classroom for high school students in four different international locations, including Ottawa, Berlin, Dublin and Basel, in cooperation with the European Union Advanced Communication Technology and Services (ACTS) program.

Prior to this demonstration, only two sites had been connected internationally via ATM for distance learning applications.

The most recent teleconference took place in Lisbon as part of the third International Distributed Conference (IDC'98).

Teleglobe and the Communication Research Center in Ottawa facilitated presentations and an interactive question and answer session among locations in different countries, including Ottawa, Basel, Tokyo, Prague, Ljubljana, Budapest, Berlin and Vienna, as well as the Lisbon site.

In the past several weeks, Teleglobe's transatlantic ATM network also carried a demonstration of maxillo-facial surgery in which a surgeon at the University Clinic for Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery in Vienna remotely supervised a jawbone remodeling operation on a patient in Iowa, with the assistance of the dental faculty at the University of Iowa.

Earlier this year, Teleglobe facilitated a world premiere by demonstrating interactive HDTV over ATM over satellite between the Communication Research Center in Ottawa and the Tokai University in Tokyo.

Teleglobe has achieved other broadband "firsts," including its announcement earlier this year as the first carrier to provide MPEG-2 4:2:2 digital broadcast transmission over ATM.

Its Millennium(sm) service is still the only such service, providing unprecedented quality, superior network security and higher clarity than satellite broadcast transmission, all at a significant cost savings over currently available analog technology.

The corporation now supports the broadcast transmission needs of nearly 80 of the industry's leading television broadcasters, including ABC, CBC, CBS, CNN, the Ethnic American Broadcasting Company, ESPN, Fuji-TV and TV New Zealand.

Teleglobe's worldwide Internet backbone and IP routing service, Globeinternet(sm) connects Internet Service Providers in more than 75 countries and educational research networks outside the United States with dedicated international fiber optic and/or satellite transmission facilities at speeds of 64 Kbps to 155 Mbps.

Institutions using Teleglobe for global Internet access include CANET*2 (Canada), CERNET (China), RUNNET (Russia), SINGAREN (Singapore), SuperJANET (United Kingdom), SURFnet (Netherlands) and Ten-34 (the European community).

Teleglobe is recognized as a world leader in intercontinental telecommunications.

The Teleglobe network includes submarine cable and satellite facilities linking North America with over 240 countries and territories, meeting the global connectivity needs of established and emerging wireline and wireless carriers from around the world, as well as those of Internet service providers, multinational corporations and broadcasters.

The company ranks as the second largest owner of international undersea fiber optic cable systems. Teleglobe Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "TGO."