GUS Networks Launches New PIP Service

Baldwin Park, Calif. (November 12, 1997)---GUS Networks, Inc. launches its Internet Telephony Solution, PIP (phone/fax over Internet Protocol Networks) box. This voice-over IP technology significantly reduces overhead long distance charges for inter-company calls and other business expenses. PIP, a relatively new IP application, owes its popularity to an affordable price without compromising clarity. It handles high-quality, low bandwidth phone/fax transmission over an existing enterprise IP Network. Its size is as small as a receptor of cable TV. GUS has developed a state-of-the-art silence suppression technology that uses bandwidth only in the process of talking and thus compresses its bandwidth from 64K to 3.2K.

According to Phillip Lin, Technical Manager of GUS Network, "PIP gateway is perfect for any multi-site organization that uses a router-based IP network for both data transmission between sites and inter-company phone/fax traffic." The PIP Box is indeed the key component if a corporation has multiple branch offices. The call is made by using a regular telephone set and dialing a designated number (e.g., 213), followed by the extension number of the party you are calling (e.g., 101). All calls are free no matter how long or how many times called. The company pays only the fixed cost of a PIP Box.

GUS Network is optimistic about the enterprise IP network and believes it will be an inevitable trend in the future. It can efficiently operate an intra-company network. Enterprise IP networks are connected via frame relay. The PIP box developed by GUS Network has high quality control and is comparatively inexpensive. GUS Network also provides excellent services to its customers with its strong technical support team.