What is the short term time line?
In 1996, 40% of the telecom budget of the Fortune 500 companies is FAX traffic
distributed "printing" and FAXing
How much can this reduce traditional FAXing? perhaps to 2%
numerous PDAs now have FAX viewers built-in
1996 was the year the public was introduced to Internet Telephony
- multimedia PCs - come with support for stereo audio
What will be the usage curve for Internet Telephony
1997 will be the year for Internet Videoconferencing
- using $150 digital color cameras attached to multimedia PC
- new scanner technology to hit the market
1998 will be the year of mobile internet multimedia computers
- especially in local area settings - using wireless LANs, DECT, ...
- perhaps in urban and campus settings - this could challenge cellular telephone systems
