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ONE TOUCH Systems Debuts New Distance Learning Broadcast Studios in San Jose; Facility Grand Opening Coincides with Seventh Annual Users Group, OTUG99

Business Wire - September 27, 1999

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999--

ONE TOUCH Systems, Inc., the world's leading provider of end-to-end interactive distance learning (IDL) solutions, debuted two new distance learning broadcast studios today at its San Jose headquarters, during its annual users group conference, OTUG99.

Both full-production studios will be used for originating classes to, and for, ONE TOUCH customers. The new studios complement the high-end services provided by the existing ONE TOUCH broadcast studio in Atlanta and are designed to the optimal model for IDL instruction.

In addition to meeting to exchange new industry information and best practices in distance learning, OTUG99 attendees will tour the new broadcast facilities, which include two studios and a control room. Studio Two is set up for learning broadcasts to students' desktops using ONE TOUCH's Front Row(TM) desktop IDL solution.

Studio One, which supports both the ONE TOUCH Keypad Classroom or Front Row solutions, features two standard cameras, a document camera, telestrator, character generator/titler, two SVHS tape decks, and a DVD player. An instructor can conduct fully interactive classes from either studio alone or with the aid of a technician in the control room. Planned future expansion includes incorporation of digital effects and editing capabilities. The control room will serve as a virtual hub with connectivity to any satellite or internet hub in the U.S.

The San Jose studios will originate learning broadcasts for ONE TOUCH's new IDL content services, which will provide courses from the Apollo Group and other parties. This new content business reflects the ongoing partnership between ONE TOUCH Systems, Hughes Network Systems, and the Apollo Group.

OTUG99 attendees include many of ONE TOUCH Systems' current roster of distance learning users -- Ford, General Motors, JCPenney, Pfizer, American Express, KPMG, the U.S. Social Security Administration, and Walgreens. Using the ONE TOUCH IDL solution, these enterprises can reach and train any number of geographically dispersed employees, at multiple remote locations.

Students -- who can be located throughout the world -- see and hear their instructor on a classroom TV or PC. They can interact both through real-time conversation and by pressing the ONE TOUCH Response Keypad or a PC mouse to answer questions and quizzes or query the instructor.

About ONE TOUCH Systems

Headquartered in San Jose, ONE TOUCH Systems is the world's leading provider of IDL solutions that are fully integrated, enterprise-wide, and scalable, capable of reaching networked classrooms and personal computers. ONE TOUCH IDL enjoys an installed base of 28,000 sites in 55 countries. Customers rely on the ONE TOUCH solution, with more than 150,000 IDL seats installed worldwide, to train an estimated 1.5 million employees annually.

ONE TOUCH's patented, interactive technology enables individual experts to communicate and collaborate in real time with participants at multiple locations anywhere in the world. With the recent addition of content to its end-to-end IDL offering, ONE TOUCH is poised to exploit a distance learning and education market that is expected to exceed $5 billion within five years. Additional information about ONE TOUCH Systems can be found at http://www.onetouch.com.

Note to Editors: ONE TOUCH Systems and the ONE TOUCH Systems logo are registered trademarks of ONE TOUCH Systems Inc. in the United States of America and in certain other countries. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

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