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Before the Dawn of IP Telephony - Part 8
Successful presentation (September 1997)
These contents translated a serialization article carried by ITPro IP telephony ONLINE published by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Jump to the original (Japanese).
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The concept of voice over an IP network was far from the industry trend of that time. It remains a fact that our presentation was heretical. Maybe that is why researchers investigating the trend ignored us. But as we completed the final presentation, we were saved by such comments as, "That was nice presentation" from some of the people.
We were aware that our presentation was far from good no matter what people said. But we were sure that we had achieved something. When the presentation was finished, we received individual questions. I remember a person from a telecommunications carrier in Europe inquiring whether the quality was good enough for practical application that I felt as if I were being cross-examined.
On the other hand, some showed interest. There were some people — though very little — that made comments like, "This will be big," or "Let's do business together." Some stopped in front of the references and eagerly made notes, or took photos. I believe that by having a VOICEHUB in operation for the presentation paid off in convincing the people.
Photo 2 ISS Compendium of Abstracts
When looking at the Compendium of Abstracts (photo 2), there are very few presentations related to VoIP even by overseas presenters. Our presentation was considered much more heretical. In retrospect, I feel that the presentation was a leading part of the integration between information and communication.
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