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VTEL distance learning sale to Mississippi

Newsbytes News Network - June 6, 1994

VTEL Distance Learning Sale To Mississippi 06/06/94 AUSTIN, TEXAS, U.S.A., 1993 JUN 6 (NB) -- VTEL, the third-largest videoconferencing system supplier in the US, has secured a prestigious contract with the State of Mississippi. Terms of the contract call for VTEL to supply 17 of its MediaConferencing systems to the state's community colleges.

According to VTEL, the systems sold to the state are H.320-compliant, making them compatible with kit sold by the company's larger rivals, Compression Labs and Picturetel.

VTEL said that its Mississippi community college project will be installed and serviced by ATS Telephone & Data Systems of Memphis, Tennessee, one of its authorized resellers. Under the contract, the Mississippi Community College Foundation will put 15 systems in community colleges across the states, and additional systems at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service at Mississippi State University.

The network is expected to be operational prior to the fall semester. This will allow the community college network to provide more advanced degrees in nursing and allied health professions than it can today, and it will also allow the extension of the service to deliver lessons on agriculture issues like safety and disease prevention.

The network could also allow high school students to take advanced courses, and it could be used for public or private business conferences as well, officials told Newsbytes.

The system will be dedicated by Senator Thad Cochran, a Republican, on July 11, in the state capitol of Jackson.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940606/Press Contact: VTEL, Sheri Goodwin, 800/856-0125; Mississippi Community College Foundation, George Wynne, 601/857-3560)

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