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Article: BELLSOUTH ASSISTS IN SERVING-UP THE 'TECHNOLOGY' OLYMPIC GAMES
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- PR Newswire
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- July 26, 1996
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ATLANTA, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- "This is the largest peacetime telecommunications event in the history of the world," said Marc Hayes, an engineer who heads the team that designed BellSouth's communications network for the 1996 Olympic Games. "The kaleidoscope of services brought together for the Olympic Games simply has no parallel. To make the sights and sounds and events real to people, you've got to have strong telecommunications."
An estimated three-and-one-half billion people sat glued to their televisions for the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games. Another 2 million spectators will visit Atlanta in person during the Games, using telephones, laptops ...