SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. announced PTT Telecom BV, a subsidiary of Royal PTT Netherlands, has licensed General Magic’s Telescript technology.
The technology is designed to allow users to launch electronic surrogates, called agents, into networks to search for and monitor information and to interact with services and other agents on the user’s behalf, General Magic said.
PTT Telecom is a national telecommunications carrier of the Netherlands and a founder and equal shareholder of Unisource. General Magic said AT&T Corp., NTT FAN and France Telecom also are service providers with Telescript licenses.
