Short Takes - VTEL Corporation

  • 09/01/99

VTEL Corporation has announced its newest release of SmartLink Multimedia Conference Servers (MCS). The MCS features 155 Mbps ATM support and enhanced multipoint videoconferencing. It allows videoconferences over any circuit-switched network. Smartlink also links video to a VTEL TurboCast Studio station. Visit www.vtel.com.

 

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