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USA National Host press release
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 21:01:53 -0500
FOR RELEASE: Monday, December 12, 1994 AMERICAN GROUP TO COORDINATE PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN TELECOM R&D European Community Opens Telecom Research to International Partners A new group, the USA National Host, has been formed to permit US companies to participate in European advanced communications research and development. The USA-NH will be the fulcrum for US participation in the upcoming European Union's Advanced Communication Technology and Services (ACTS) Program. For the first time, the E.U. has opened its partnerships to trans- national firms working outside of Europe - a major contrast to earlier R&D programs that confined all work to member states. Now, the ACTS workplan emphasizes that telecommunications is "global in scale and requires therefore a common understanding and a minimum set of agreements at a global level." ACTS projects will address technical feasibility, usefulness, desirability, and economic impact. The members of the USA National Host are the MIT Research Program on Communications Policy (RPCP), University of Pennsylvania Distributed Systems Lab, University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and the National Media Lab (NML), in cooperation with Distributed Simulations. The USA National Host builds on current work with MIT's Networked Multimedia Information Server (NMIS), NCSA's "Mosaic" World Wide Web interface and related tools, Penn's "PlayPenn" activities in distributed high-performance computing and broadband networking, and NML's support of advanced high-capacity data storage activities. We are collectively engaged in numerous networked computing pre-competitive research and demonstration projects. We are working on multimedia interface standards, intellectual property protection, privacy and security mechanisms, on-line billing systems, digital cash, and related areas. The USA National Host will give participating companies a unique and direct access to the European market, specifically to ACTS projects. With greater access to E.U. activities, companies will have the earliest chance of formulating advanced communications standards and services. USA NATIONAL HOST MIT Research Program on Communications Policy University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications University of Pennsylvania Distributed Systems Laboratory National Media Laboratory For further information on membership, call Clark Johnson, PHONE +1-617-253-4138 after Dec 21 +1-617-258-7270, FAX +1-617-253-7326, cjohnson () snap org. PRESS CONTACT: Tom Hargadon phone +1-415-861-1317 fax +1-415-431-9368 foxhedge () well sf ca us
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