Hongkong Telecom and Polyspan Partner For Distribution

of ViewStation Videoconferencing Systems HongKong and San Jose, Calif. (PROTEXT) - Hongkong Telecom,Hong Kong's leading communications services company, and PolyspanTeleconferencing B.V. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader inmultimedia collaboration, today announced that the two companieshave signed a key agreement for distribution of PolyspanViewStation(TM) group videoconferencing systems. Under thisagreement, Hongkong Telecom will offer Polyspan's award-winningline of ViewStation videoconferencing systems to its extensivecustomer base, including a broad range of large corporationsthroughout Hong Kong. "Videoconferencing is increasingly becoming more popular ascompanies take advantage of Hong Kong's pervasive ISDNcommunications infrastructure and the rapid uptake of ISDNelsewhere in Asia to improve the quality of theircommunications," said Gary Chow, General Manager of Marketing,Corporate Market, Hongkong Telecom. "A powerful, affordable andeasy-to-use videoconferencing product like ViewStation has beeneagerly anticipated by the users in Hong Kong for the maximisedbenefits and productivity that videoconferencing offers." ViewStation will enrich Hongkong Telecom's Com21 portfolio ofproducts, enabling the company to offer world-class integratedand interactive solutions that help customers better connect andcommunicate with employees, customers and business partners.Com21 is Hongkong Telecom's commitment to deliver integratedsolutions which will help enterprises to stay ahead of the crowand build unsurpassed businesses for the 21st century. "Our relationship with Hongkong Telecom is a key part ofPolyspan's commitment to delivering the very best in conferencingincludes providing the same high performance, ease of access andlevel of service for our customers throughout Asia Pacific as wedo for our customers elsewhere around the world," said DaleBastian, Polyspan's vice president of worldwide sales andservice. "We are very pleased to partner with Hongkong Telecom asone of the most important distributors and communications serviceproviders in Asia to bring high performance, easy to use andaffordable videoconferencing to even more organisationsthroughout Asia than ever before." Polyspan ViewStation systems are immediately available toHongkong Telecom customers throughout Hong Kong. About ViewStation Fully H.323-ready since its inception, Polyspan's ViewStationgroup videoconferencing systems continue to set the standard forhigh-performance videoconferencing. Available in several versionsthat offer video performance from 128kbps up to 768kbps fullmotion video, ViewStation incorporates unique innovations thatset it apart from any other videoconferencing system. Recently awarded "Best New Video Conferencing Product" at theMultiMediaCom '99 Spring trade show in San Jose, CA, from a largefield of products from leading videoconferencing vendors, the newPolyspan ViewStation MP multipoint videoconferencing systemprovides high-quality, standards-based multipointvideoconferencing on demand, simply by using ViewStation's remotecontrol and graphical user interface, without the need for abridging service or IS support. ViewStation MP also providescontinuous presence videoconferencing capability for four sitesat 128Kbps, three sites at 256Kbps or point-to-point at384/512kbps, allowing all sites in a conferencing to see otherconnected sites simultaneously. The entire line of ViewStation products includes voice-activated camera- tracking and the industry's firstimplementation of an embedded Web server as standard features.ViewStation's innovative embedded Web server enables easy accessfor remote system management and diagnostics, simple softwareupgrades via the Internet or intranet, and also provides aconvenient and reliable way to display presentations form localor remote connections. About Hongkong Telecom Hongkong Telecom, a Cable & Wireless company, is Hong Kong'smajor full-service communications provider, marketing a fullarray of quality voice and data telecommunication services backedby a state-of-the-art, fully- digital fibre-optic network.Services include basic telephony, mobile telephony, internationalcalls, specialised fax and data products, value-added services,Internet access, multimedia services, satellite links andtelecommunications equipment and systems. Apart from owning and operating Asia's largest commercialteleport, Hongkong Telecom is a pioneer in a wide range ofcommunications solutions, such as launching the world's firstfully digitised urban network, the world's first fibre-opticcable linking China, and recently the world's first interactivetelevision services. Cable & Wireless is the world's leading provider of integratedcommunications and a major global carrier of communicationstraffic: Internet, data, voice and video. Its businesses aroundthe world offer a range of services spanning interactiveentertainment and information, broadband data, Internet accessand broadcast television, as well as fixed and mobile voice. With17 million customers in 70 countries, Cable & Wireless is one ofthe world's largest carriers of international traffic, providesmobile communications in more than 30 countries and operates theworld's largest, most advanced cableship fleet. About Polyspan Polyspan is the only company in the world that develops,manufactures and markets a full range of high-quality audio, dataand video conferencing products to enable multimediacollaboration. Polyspan's innovative, award-winning conferencingproducts provide customers with high performance and ease of useat an affordable price to create a media-rich experience on anynetwork. For additional information, call Polyspan's Asianheadquarters at +65-323-3882 or Polyspan's European headquartersat +44.1865.335.500, or visit the Polyspan web site atwww.polyspan.com NOTE: Polyspan Teleconferencing B.V. is a licensee of Polyspanand the Polyspan logo design trademarks which are registered invarious countries and the ViewStation trademark. ots OriginalText Service: Polyspan Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.deContact: Evia Shum of Hongkong Telecom, 852-2883-0374, orevia.mw.shum@hkt.com; or Grey Brutus of Newell Public Relations,852-2572-2100, or grey@newell.com; or Ian Clarke of PolyspanTeleconferencing B.V., 44-1865-335-500, or iclarke@polycom.comWeb site: http://www.polycom.com

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