LIFESIZE EXPANDS REACH IN ASIA WITH ENTRY INTO JAPANESE MARKET.(Industry Overview)

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2005--

Hitachi High-Technologies, Princeton Technology and TOWA Engineering to Offer LifeSize's Breakthrough High Definition Video Communications Products in Japan

LifeSize, the high definition video communications company, today announced that it has entered the Japanese market with the addition of three video communications resellers to its channel partner program.

Hitachi High-Technologies, Princeton Technology and TOWA Engineering will market, sell and support the LifeSize suite of high definition video and audio products in Japan. LifeSize now has nine resellers in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region covering markets in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.

"We are very pleased to be partnering with LifeSize given the advanced video communications technology they are bringing to the market," said Noriyuki Hioki, General Manager -- Information and Digital Products Division -- Hitachi High-Technologies. "With several years of experience in videoconferencing along with our skilled engineering team, we are confident of being able to expand user demand in Japan with LifeSize's high definition video communications products."

"Companies in Japan have been waiting to implement videoconferencing systems until there was notably better quality technology available to them," said George Ikeda, CEO of Princeton Technology. "We are excited to partner with LifeSize and introduce its high definition video communications products to the market, as it will most certainly revolutionize distance communications among all types of Japanese organizations."