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Telecom to sell AT&T videophone

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HONGKONG Telecom CSL will sell a second videophone, which is incompatible with the one it launched late last year, in a move it admits may cause some confusion.

Later this month the company will start selling the videophones made by AT & T of the US alongside those made by GEC-Marconi of the UK.

The two cannot make video calls to each other as they use differing methods of squeezing video signals down a telephone line.

Hongkong Telecom CSL spokeswoman Ady Leung said confusion was one of the concerns the company needed to address.

''We want to make sure that the customer knows about the different standards,'' she said.

The company has gained exclusive sales rights to both lines of equipment.

The AT & T Videophone 2500, which can communicate with AT & T machines sold in the US, will sell for $7,988 during a promotional period.

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