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Exhibit 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
State or other jurisdiction of
Name of Subsidiary incorporation or organization
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PictureTel Securities Corporation Massachusetts
PictureTel International Corporation Delaware
PictureTel Technology Corporation Delaware
PictureTel Service Corporation Delaware
PicTel Videoconferencing Systems Corporation Delaware
PictureTel Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia
PictureTel International Ltda. Brazil
PictureTel International BV (Netherlands) Netherlands
PictureTel GmbH Germany
PictureTel Italy S.r.l. Italy
PictureTel Company, Ltd. Japan
PictureTel Mexico S.A. de C.V. Mexico
PictureTel Service Ltd. Pte. Singapore
PictureTel Scandinavia AB Sweden
PictureTel (Schweiz) AG Switzerland
PictureTel UK Limited United Kingdom
PictureTel FSC, Ltd. United States Virgin Islands
PictureTel Venezuela SA Venezuela
MultiLink, Inc. Massachusetts
MultiLink Europe Ltd. United Kingdom
MultiLink UK Limited United Kingdom
IP Audio.Com Delaware
Starlight Networks, Inc. California
All the subsidiaries are wholly owned (except for directors'
qualifying shares in certain countries), either directly or indirectly, by the
company and may do business under their own name as well as the name PictureTel
Corporation.
