TELEPHONY BOOK HELPS ANSWER CALL OF FUTURE

Video conferencing, wireless communication, and more discussed in new
guide

Berkeley, CA, August 16, 1995--With telephony rapidly opening new lines of
communication, today's programmers, telecommunications professionals, and
others must be sure to stay in the information loop. The LAN Times Guide
to Telephony by telecommunications expert David Bezar provides a thorough
understanding of the most important technology of the next decade.

Readers will be hard-pressed to find a more complete guide to the diverse
industry of telephony than this book. Discussions from specialists in
numerous fields such as video conferencing, computerized voice mail
systems, and more add to the author's expertise to provide a complete
understanding of telephony's wide-reaching scope. Numerous charts and
illustrations throughout simplify the most complex aspects.

The LAN Times Guide to Telephony is the perfect starting point for
discovering all aspects of telephony: the transfer of information over
phone, cable, and wireless services. The book begins with a discussion of
the basic how's, what's, and why's of telephony. Then, over a span of 19
chapters, the book gives in-depth lessons on the systems, components, and
environments with which telephony is used. There are real-world examples
throughout, which show how telephony's numerous technologies will soon be
used in the office, the marketplace, and more. Readers will discover the
direction in which telephony is growing and how to stay ahead of it.

Some of the emerging uses of telephony discussed in this book include:

* Video Conferencing
* Computerized Voice Mail
* T-1 Networking
* Interactive Voice Response
* The Internet
* Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)
* Frame Relay
* Fax-on-Demand

Ideal for MIS managers, phone system administrators, programmers, and
others who want to stay in the information loop, the LAN Times Guide to
Telephony has what they need to know to perform tomorrow's communications
wonders!

LAN Times Guide to Telephony is soft cover, 450 pages, and illustrated
throughout. Suggested retail price: $34.95. ISBN: 0-07-882126-6. For
orders only, phone (800) 227-0900, 8:30AM - 4:30PM, Monday through Friday,
Pacific Time.

David Bezar has more than a decade of diversified telecommunications
experience, including network planning and managing telecommunications
systems. He is a telecommunications management consultant, specializing in
network optimization and system troubleshooting. His clients include
Pepperdine University, the United States Air Force, Jet Propulsion
Laboratories, as well as others. Bezar lives in Diamond Bar, California

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more than 175,000 network professionals, who build and maintain enterprise
networks, with timely and comprehensive networking product news and
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