Who is Aethra

WHO IS AETHRA

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Who is Aethra

AETHRA

FOUNDATION YEAR:

HEADQUARTERS:

STAFF:

SAFETY AND EMC LABS CERTIFICATIONS:

R. & D. INVESTMENT:

CERTIFICATION: AETHRA.NET:AETHRA.NET:AETHRA.NET:AETHRA.NET:Separate Service Organization

1972

Ancona

16% of turnover

CE - UL & ULC - FCC

ISO 9001 (since 1995)

More than 400 direct employeesManufacturing facility from third parties (up to >1000 employees) with flexible output from 7 factories

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HISTORY OFCOOPERATION WITH

• More than 25 years in Network

Equipment and Terminals

• More than 17 years in PSTN

Teleconferencing Equipment

• More than 10 years in ISDN

Network and Test Equipment

• Italian videoconferencing

market development with large

auditoriums and studios: more

than 100,000 installed systems

• ADSL development

Turin

Milan

Bologna

Rome

Palermo

Ancona

Venice

Naples

Aethra Offices in Italy

Headquarters

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AETHRA BRANCHES AND POINTS OF PRESENCE

Miami (USA)

Santiago (Chile)

Beijing (China)Paris (France)Pittsburgh(USA)

Hong Kong (China)

Shenzhen(China)

San Paolo (Brazil)

Madrid (Spain)

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PARTNERS ALL OVER THE WORLD

Aethra presence

U.K.IrelandFranceSpainPortugalSwitzerlandHollandBelgiumDenmarkAustriaGermanyHungaryCzech Rep.Slovak Rep.FinlandNorwaySwedenRussiaEstoniaLithuaniaLatviaGreece CyprusTurkeyMaltaSouth Africa

AlgeriaMorocco EgyptU.A.E.OmanKuwaitIsraelPakistanQatarIndiaSri LankaThailandKoreaMalaysiaSingaporeHong KongChinaTaiwanAustraliaCanadaUsaMexicoVenezuelaBrazilPeruBoliviaChileArgentina

Present covering of the world market: more than 50 countries

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MARKET SECTORS (2002)

• Videophone

• Set-top

• Desktop

• Multimedia Rollabout

• Large Videoconference Room

• MCU

• Codec

VIDEOCONFERENCE

VERTICAL APPLICATIONS

VIDEOSURVEILLANCE

ISDN

INSTRUMENTS

ADSL

• For analog and digital lines

• ISDN testers

• ADSL testers

• Routers

• Modem

• Terminal Adapter

• Network Termination

AUDIOCONFERENCING

• The Voice

• Turnkey customer solutions

• Telemedicine

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AUDIO AND VIDEOCONFERENCE PRODUCT LINE

12 K €

4 - 6 K €

20K €

1-1.5K €

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2Q 2002 PRODUCT LINEMEDIUM - LOW END

Maia NX

Maia IP

Vega 2

Vega Pro

Vega Star

Vega Star Gold

FEATURES

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AVC 8400

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VIDEOCONFERENCE VERTICAL APPLICATIONS

Distance learning

Videosurveillance

Remote Access To Expert: RATE

Remote Banking

Telefashion Telemedicine

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KEEP IDEAS MOVING, NOT PEOPLE

VIDEOCONFERENCING APPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS

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Distance meetings

WHAT IS VIDEOCONFERENCE

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WHAT IS VIDEOCONFERENCE

LOS ANGELES

LONDON

Distance meetings

ISDN

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WHAT IS VIDEOCONFERENCE

• see each other

• talk

• share documents

• Collaborate in real time

as if they were sitting in the same room

Recreate the entire experience between 2 or more groups regardless of where people are to:

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VIDEOCONFERENCE BENEFITS

• save time• save money

• easy cost justification

AND ...

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VIDEOCONFERENCE BENEFITS

… THE REAL VALUE IS

to be

• at 9.00 a.m. in Zurich

• at 10.00 a.m. in London

• at 11.00 a.m. in Johannesburg

• at 12.00 a.m. in Stockholm

HELPING GROUPS TO COMMUNICATE

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT:ESA (European Space Agency)

• Comprises 15 Member States in Europe

• Works on programmes for launchers, science, telecommunications, and Earth observation

• A complete network of videoconferencing systems installed in Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia and Spain

• Multi-country videoconferencing project to allow easy interaction and rapid contact

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DISTANCE LEARNING APPLICATIONS

• General education

– in universities and on campus

– student communities abroad

• Corporate training

– Public authority

– Healthcare

– Financial services

– Cross industry

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AUDIO VISUAL COLLEGE OF DUBLIN

• University College for the development of Audio

Video technology-based education services• Production of video and television for broadcasting• Interactive lessons based on Aethra

Videoconferencing systems using ISDN, satellite,

cable• AVC is leading the European Project B.I.C. (Blue

Print for Interactive Classroom) connecting various

European universities

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PICENO UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM

• One of the oldest and best-known universities in Italy

• Distance learning courses for the past 4 years

• Videocommunication System Used: Vega 384• During the 2000-2001 academic year Vega 384

connections were used 8 hours a day in 22 lecture

theatres both locally and remotely for >1000 students• Videoconferencing was used for 15 degree courses.

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• the costs of the systems were already covered

in the first 2 years• the number of students registering for

videoconference lectures has increased steadily

since the project started• use of the document camera, electronic

whiteboard

• file sharing through an external PC.

PICENO UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM

Camerino

ADVANTAGES

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TECHNIKONWITWATERSRAND(TWR) SOUTH AFRICA

• College for Advanced Technical Education

• Distance Learning via POTS/ISDN/Satellite with >1000 students

• Installed systems:

– 1 VTC 228

– 16 SDV 8000

– 4 Vega

– 1 Maia

• MCU 8200 has been operating since the end of ‘96

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DISTANCE LEARNING IN STUDENT COMMUNITIES

• Project supported by the Bank of Cyprus for remote

Greek student communities• Videoconference for teletraining• different schools in Greece, Australia, UK, Cyprus,

Canada and South Africa attended by Greek students

are connected together using Aethra’s Vega

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CORPORATE TRAINING: GARANTI BANK

• one of Turkey’s most successfull banks• first multipoint videoconference network in Turkey• 10 VTC installed in the bank’s branches all over

Turkey (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa)• 1 H.320 MCU with V.35 interface• project implemented over the bank’s existing 2 MB

leased line network