Intel CEO Andy Grove to unveil new interactive software applications at TELECOM 95

Geneva, 22 September 1995 — Dr Andrew S. Grove, President and CEO of Intel Corporation, will use the latest in computer and communications technology to show how personal computers will open the door to a host of new interactive applications during the Opening Ceremony of TELECOM 95.

Dr Grove is one of the keynote speakers at the event, which is held every four years in Geneva. The Opening Ceremony, which is open to invited international guests and the press, will be held on Tuesday, October 3 from 10:00 to 12:30 at the newly-constructed Geneva Arena. This year, TELECOM is expected to attract crowds of over 133,000, who will come to see the latest in telecommunications and information technology from the world's leading suppliers.

Dr Grove is acknowledged as one of the pioneering figures in the computer industry. Since Intel was founded in 1968, it has become a leading manufacturer of computer chips, and is now aggressively moving into the new markets opening up as a result of the rapid increase in the computing power of the PC and its increasingly use of telecommunications technology.

A year in the making, Dr Grove's multimedia presentation at TELECOM features spectacular futuristic staging, and shows how the telephone and the PC together will soon change the way we work, play and communicate with one another. It will involve live communications links to Africa and Japan, and was developed with the assistance of several of the world's leading telecommunications and computer companies.

Other speakers at the Opening Ceremony are Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, Jacques Santer, President of the European Union, Kaspar Villiger, President of the Swiss Confederation, Olivier Vodoz, President du Conseil d'Etat de la Republique et du Canton de Genève, and Dr Pekka Tarjanne, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union.