Franz Fiala
From:	BusinessTech [btech@businesstech.com]
Sent:	Mittwoch, 29. Oktober 1997 03:44
To:	btech@businesstech.com
Subject:	SATELLITES TO FEED NET DIRECTLY TO THE HOME, SAYS BUSINESSTECH
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

To: Business Editors & Technology Writers*

SATELLITES TO FEED NET DIRECTLY TO THE HOME, SAYS BUSINESSTECH

NEW YORK, NY - (BUSINESSTECH) - October 27, 1997. A new communications era, in
which data is beamed by satellite directly into homes across the United States
and the rest of the world, is described in the BTTelecom column in this week's
edition of web strategy publication, BusinessTech (http://businesstech.com).

The column, by Elliot Becker, BusinessTech Senior Telecommunications
Analyst, describes a company that is ready to supply "a high-speed
satellite connection
for home TV sets that eliminates the throughput restrictions imposed by
telephone lines and dramatically expands the market for television access
to
the Internet."

"At the same time, the company announced new satellite communications
systems for supporting global corporate intranet systems and designed to
eliminate conventional copper and fiber connections to educational,
telemedicine and
other advanced multimedia applications."

Becker notes that the new system "is an interactive set-top box and dish
antenna that can be easily connected to any TV set. The system uses a
proprietary CDMA (code division multiple access) transmission technology to
minimize cost, speed system implementation and maximize transponder
efficiency, while at the same time providing the security required for
transaction-oriented applications."

Becker says that the company will begin delivering the new systems early next
year. Expect to see demonstrations of this innovative technology at next
month's COMDEX computer and communications show in Las Vegas, NV.

Also, in this month's BTLaw column: "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND COPYRIGHT: AN
UPDATE," (http://businesstech.com/members/law/btlaw.html) noted cyber
attorney, Joseph I. Rosenbaum, asks, "Are scanning, reading, downloading or
file transference all synonymous with 'copying?' If documents have
hypertext links to copyrighted documents, do you need permission to link or
provide
access to them?  Will the word 'library' ever mean the same thing again?"

BusinessTech is a subscription-based Web publication covering ideas, and
solutions in Internet business, emerging technology, and strategic trends.
BusinessTech's Web address is: http://businesstech.com

© 1997 BusinessTech

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