PictureTel Expands Information-Sharing Strategy

GROUPVIEW IS COMPANY'S NEWEST MEETING TOOL DESIGNED TO MAKE INFORMATION
SHARING AN INTEGRAL PART OF ENTERPRISE-WIDE GROUP VIDEOCONFERENCING

DANVERS, Mass. -- May 15, 1996 -- PictureTel Corporation, the global leader
in videoconferencing, is expanding its information-sharing strategy with
another in its series of meeting tools, the GroupView Document
Conferencing Projector -- the industry's first document
projector-at-a-distance -- which begins shipping today. PictureTel's
meeting tools, which enable people to share paper and data documents while
they are participating in a videoconference, make videoconferencing an
even more effective productivity and communications tool.

"Data conferencing is a natural extension of videoconferencing," said Peter
Masucci, vice president of marketing for PictureTel's Enterprise Systems
Group. "The exchange of data -- particularly paper documents -- is a vital
part of any group meeting.

"However, until now, the transmission of data during business meetings
between distant sites has been awkward and cumbersome," said Masucci.
"People want to walk into a videoconferencing meeting and share any type
of documents and information just as they do at a single-site meeting --
without advance preparation. They want tools that are easy to use and
familiar so that they can concentrate on conducting their meetings, not
running the technology. GroupView does exactly that."

STANDARDS-BASED PRODUCTS

GroupView, along with GroupShare -- PictureTel's data-conferencing software
for group videoconferencing users -- and other meeting tools PictureTel is
developing, support the T.120 industry standard for worldwide
interoperability of data collaboration tools. T.120 enables different
vendors' products to exchange data, images and audio among personal
computers, videoconferencing systems and other communications devices,
including document projectors and whiteboards. With T.120, PictureTel
customers can connect with PictureTel systems at multiple sites, as well
as communicate with any other standards-based information-sharing products
on the market.

GROUPVIEW FUNCTIONALITY

GroupView enables users to send images of paper documents, transparencies
and objects to distant meeting sites. At the touch of a button, the
GroupView projector captures a high-resolution digital image of an item,
projects it full-screen grayscale in the conference room and transmits the
image to a remote site simultaneously for similar viewing. Users can point
and annotate on a single document, in real time, in a shared space. The
real-time transmission delivers full document display and clarity for
characters as small as 8-point type.

GroupView, which looks and performs just like a traditional overhead
projector, is suitable for both formal, structured presentations as well
as informal brainstorming sessions. It can handle all common business
materials, without the need to prepare or distribute materials in advance.
Its simple, one-button operation makes spontaneous meetings possible. And,
an optional feature package enables meeting participants to store, recall
and print a copy of all meeting materials.

GroupView fully integrates with all of PictureTel's group videoconferencing
systems and is available in international configurations. The combination
of GroupView and GroupShare enables users to take advantage of the full
power of group videoconferencing meetings.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

PictureTel's GroupView Document Conferencing Projector is available
immediately in the United States and Europe. Local language versions will
be available worldwide in the third quarter of this year. GroupView has a
suggested U.S. list price of $10,995. The Feature Package, which includes
page storage and printer connectivity options, has a suggested U.S. list
price of $1,995.

PictureTel Corporation (NASDAQ: PCTL) is the world leader in developing,
manufacturing and marketing a full range of visual communications
solutions. The company's products serve videoconferencing needs from the
desktop to the boardroom. PictureTel also markets network products and a
comprehensive portfolio of enterprise-wide services. Additional PictureTel
information is available on the Internet at http://www.picturetel.com.

Recent PictureTel news releases are available by calling 1-800-716-6000,
extension 4 (U.S. and Canada only).
 
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