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PictureTel Contributes Videoconferencing Services to Relief Effort

Press Release, Sep 14 2001

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To help families and businesses connect following Tuesday's terrorist attack at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, PictureTel, its partners, and customers are contributing use of their videoconferencing equipment and services.

PictureTel has established a central reference website where individuals, businesses, and organizations can find information about locations where they can use existing videoconferencing facilities. There has been an outpouring of support from businesses around the U.S. and the world with facilities, offering their use. Videoconferencing can be used for communication with distant family members, grief counseling, or to aid in the business crisis planning process.

Interested individuals or businesses that wish to use a site should visit "Video Relief" on www.picturetel.com.


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