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alexis Rolls Out Software
Developers Kit
alexis communications has announced their Software
Developers Kit (SDK) for system integrators who purchase
the core alexis software and voice boards in kit
packages. The SDK allows developers to write code that
interfaces with the company's existing software, so
developers may have full call control functionality to
their communications platforms. Many solution providers
seek custom solutions to meet their end users' needs,
and the SDK enables them to integrate their alexis
products with accounting packages, CRM software, and
personal information managers.
Contact alexis at www.alexis.com
or by phone at 1-866-7alexis
Telera-powered Voice Web
Application Platform Available
The Telera-powered Voice Web Application Platform is now
available to communications carriers and service
providers, offering a turnkey voice Web infrastructure
for creating customer service applications. Applications
are IP-based and can include Web content, e-commerce
transactions, and self-service, yet are accessible from
any telephone. Applications are managed through a Web
server, and business customers have full control of
their applications. The Voice Web architecture also
enables voice applications to be linked to back-office
databases, existing Web sites, e-commerce systems, and
contact center systems.
Contact Telera at www.telera.com
or by phone at 877-445-2255
Dialpad Announces IP Access And
Prepaid Calling Card Services
A turnkey VoIP solution, Dialpad Access, has been
announced by Dialpad Communications. The service turns
any existing telephone into an IP telephone, and will be
offered by broadband service providers to their
customers. It routes calls over the Internet, yet offers
end users the quality of traditional phone service as
well as value-added features like voice mail, call
forwarding and return, caller ID, and outbound calling.
The company has also announced the dialpadprepaid phone
card, for high-quality long-distance connections with
low rates, using VoIP. The card is available in
increments of $10, $25, and $50.
Contact Dialpad at www.dialpad.com
or by phone at 408-588-4688
E-Plus Voice Assistant Offers
Single Point Of Access
E-Plus, a German mobile operator, is now offering the
E-Plus Voice Assistant (E.V.A.), which uses the Omvia
product line from iVB Network Solutions to offer
customers a single point of voice access to services.
Services include voice-activated management activities
like message access and billing status, as well as live
and stored multimedia content. Users access the E-Plus
network through a single phone number and get services
like weather reports, horoscopes, and roadside
assistance using natural language recognition.
Contact E-Plus at www.e-plus.de
Contact iVB at www.brite.com/ivbns
or by phone at 972-454-8000
Personal Voice Dialer Introduced
By Net2Phone
Net2Phone has introduced the Personal Voice Dialer,
enabling customers to reach up to 1,000 contacts and
3,000 phone numbers by saying the user's name. Users are
then connected to the numbers through Net2Phone's
managed IP network. The application was developed by
HeyAnita, and is running on Net2Phone's VoIP Enhanced
Services Platform, based on open standards. The platform
is network-based and device-agnostic, enabling
voice-activated access from any phone, in any country.
The application may also be associated with a Net2Phone
local-access number to reduce per-minute costs to use
the service. The service is available to businesses on a
pay-for-usage model.
Contact Net2Phone at www.net2phone.com
or by phone at 973-412-2800
GRIC Announces GRICdial 3.0 Remote
Internet Access Client
GRIC Communications has announced its remote Internet
access software client, GRICdial 2.0, with support for
Windows 98 and 2000, and NT 4.0. The client offer the
ability to access value-added services like VPN
solutions, enhanced QoS functionality, a location
profile so that users may save numbers in one location
for quick access, and the ability to create hot buttons
to launch applications. GRIC offers a network of more
than 300 ISPs in more than 150 countries, with more than
12,000 dialing locations throughout the world.
Contact GRIC at www.gric.com
or by phone at 408-955-1920
New Version Of NetLert Instant
Messaging Tool Introduced
NetLert Communications has announced version 2.2.1 of
its NetLert instant messaging tool, which enables
workers to hold meetings and collaborate with co-workers
from anywhere. NetLert offers chat capabilities that
enable users to chat with one or more users in a single
text box in real time. Offline users may have messages
forwarded to their cell phones, pagers, or e-mail
clients. Users can send Alert messages to any number of
users, and the NetLert white board offers collaboration
through text, drawings, and images.
Contact NetLert at www.netlert.com
or by phone at 800-669-7076
GenieHosting Service Rolled Out By
VoiceGenie Technologies
VoiceXML gateway solutions provider VoiceGenie
Technologies has announce the GenieHosting service,
which enables application developers to deploy Voice Web
services on a commercial basis. Businesses may use the
service to demonstrate applications and services to
potential clients, or to trial smaller scale services
for testing features, running focus groups, or obtaining
user statistics. Customers are offered 24/7 support and
provisioning for 800 numbers. The service features the
VoiceGenie Gateway server for compliance with the
VoiceXML 1.0 standard, offering a convenient and fast
development environment.
Contact VoiceGenie at www.voicegenie.com
or by phone at 416-736-0905
Pagoo Releases New Version Of IP
Telephony Applications Platform
IP voice application solutions provider Pagoo has
announced the latest version of its IP Telephony
applications platform, offering customers more options
for customization and more features for end users. Other
new features include support for multiple languages,
networks, and billing choices, as well as a 30 percent
increase in system performance. Pagoo customers may also
offer the platform as a private-label Internet phone
service. Services enabled through the platform include
instant online phone number assignment, the ability to
make IP phone calls using a softphone or regular PSTN
phone, and the ability for end users to manage and
update their service offerings through a Web page.
Contact Pagoo at www.pagoo.com
or by phone at 925-479-1400
Airora, The Airborne Internet
Launches
Broadband2Wireless has announced its flagship service,
Airora, the Airborne Internet, a self-installed
broadband wireless service which can be delivered to
customers in a matter of 24 hours. The service offers
speeds up to 50 times faster than dial-up access, and is
available in Boston. Deployments are under way for New
York, Florida, and Los Angeles. The service uses the
license-free 2.4 GHz frequency band, and
Broadband2Wireless plans to migrate to 5.8 GHz
eventually. Speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps are currently
available using the service, which is based on an
open-architecture digital network.
Contact Airora at www.airora.com
or by phone at 866-AIRORA1
INFRASTRUCTURE
IP Services Platform Products
Announced By Aravox
Firewall provider Aravox has introduced a suite of
carrier-class IP network services platform products
aimed at carriers, managed service providers, and access
service providers deploying VoIP. The suite features the
Aravox 5000, an IP services platform featuring a gigabit
Ethernet connection to support scalability requirements
for large VoIP networks. The mid-range Aravox 3000 with
100-300 megabit connectivity, and the Aravox 1000 with
100 megabit connectivity, were also rolled out as part
of the suite.
Contact Aravox at www.aravox.com
or by phone at 651-256-2700
E-PLATFORM Series Of Rackmounted
Computers Introduced
ADLINK has introduced the E-PLATFORM series of
rackmounted computers featuring a half-sized single
board computer design. The series features two PCI slot
risers in a 1U-high box, and may be used as an
intelligent router, switch, gateway, firewall,
e-mail/Internet server, or as any other OEM-specific
product. The compact size of the products avoids
cooling, wiring, and chassis bending problems associated
with other rackmount computers. Other features of the
series include a Socket 370 Pentium III/Celeron 700 MHz
CPU, and support for VGA/Ethernet/WOL, and up to 256 MB
of SDRAM.
Contact ADLINK at www.adlinktechnology.com
or by phone at 949-250-3339
Two New SCREAM Products Available
From net.com
The SCREAM100 and SCREAM50 service creation platforms
are now available from net.com. The platforms act as
universal broadband service switches, and offer
subscriber management, integrated broadband aggregation,
packet and cell processing, and broadband service
creation. The products also feature a packet engine in a
CO-ready form factor, on an open, non-proprietary
platform. The SCREAM Splitpane architecture offers
physical and logical separation of the network control
panel and network data plane for facilitating service
creation.
Contact net.com at www.net.com
or by phone at 510-713-7300
Server Appliance Added To Crystal
RIA Product Line
Crystal Group has announced the first server appliance
in the RIA product line, available through an alliance
with server management software provider Plesk. The .87U
server appliance comes pre-installed with the Plesk
Server Administrator software for fast deployment, and
may be used as a dedicated hosting solution or to host
hundreds of individual Web sites. Configuration options
include Intel Dual Pentium III processors with two hard
drives, and the appliances come preloaded with Red Hat
Linux 6.2 or 7.0, or FreeBSD 4.2.
Contact Crystal Group at www.crystalpc.com
or by phone at 800-378-7636
Contact Plesk at www.plesk.com
or by phone at 703-815-5670
Cisco Device Turns Plain Phones
Into IP Phones
Cisco Systems has announced the Cisco ATA 186 Analog
Telephone Adaptor, ideal for service providers deploying
IP telephony services to customers with an installed
base of handsets. The Adaptors interface legacy phones
with IP-based networks, and feature two voice ports with
support for analog touch-tone phones, as well as an
RJ-45 connection to a 10/100 Base-T Ethernet hub. Other
features include auto-provisioning, and dynamic
assignment of IP addresses, Web configuration through a
built-in Web server, and voice prompt configuration
through a touch-tone phone keypad.
Contact Cisco at www.cisco.com
or by phone at 800-553-NETS
Latest Version Of Force
Text-to-Speech Technology Announced
Force Computers has introduced version 4.61 of its
DECtalk text-to-speech technology with support for six
languages. The new version supports version 5.0 of
Microsoft's Speech Application Programming Interface, as
well as Windows CE on PocketPC platforms. New features
include a 30-percent smaller memory footprint, and a
robust code and language quality program for features
verification, regression testing, and competitive
review. The technology transforms regular text into
natural-sounding speech, and the new unified phoneme set
enables speaking in one language and then switching to
another language to speak one or more words without
changing language modes.
Contact Force at www.forcecomputers.com
or by phone at 800-FORCE-99
Enhancements To Evidian's Telecom
Management Suite Announced
Evidian has introduced Release 6.0 of the OpenMaster for
Telecom management software suite, featuring fast
deployment and service assurance capabilities. The suite
offers real-time service assurance solutions for
customer-centric management of OSS networked
environments, and can automatically launch management
operations when problems occur. It also allows providers
to quickly determine which services are affected by
infrastructure problems, and how SLAs will be impacted.
The suite is also beneficial for system integrators and
telecom equipment manufacturers requiring
standards-based development tools for integrating OSS
management capabilities for their clients.
Contact Evidian at www.evidian.com
or by phone at 877-5EVIDIAN
Performance Technologies
Specification Approved As Industry Standard
The PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG)
has approved Performance Technologies' PCI Telecom
Mezzanine Card (PTMC) specification as an industry
standard, allowing network convergence within IP
telephony and wireless applications. The specification
leverages the existing PMC spec to create a
telecom-centric adaptation with support for ATM, TDM,
and Ethernet. Performance's Ipnexus family is equipped
to accept PTMC modules for use in devices like 2.5G and
3G wireless infrastructure equipment, integrated access
devices, and media and signaling gateways.
Contact Performance Technologies at www.pt.com
or by phone at 716-256-0200
New Lucent Products Enable Secure
IP Service Delivery
Lucent Technologies has announced the release of five
products that enable service providers to offer
enterprises secure IP services like VPNs and integrated
voice and data services. The Access Point 300
multiservice access router, VPN Firewall Brick 20 and
1000, and SuperPipe 170 and 175 enable service providers
to offer business-quality IP services from one converged
platform. Services include multi-tenant Internet access,
managed QoS bandwidth, IP-VPNs, and Web/application
hosting. The SuperPipe products are geared toward
telecommuters and SoHo workers, and the VPN Firewall
Brick products are also geared toward providing security
for SoHo customers.
Contact Lucent at www.lucent.com
or by phone at 888-4-LUCENT
Core Operating Environment Rolled
Out By ADC
ADC has announced the release of Advanced Data System
Environment (ADSE) 2.0, the core operating environment
for its broadband services platform. The environment
expands the core platform, enabling ADC products like
the Internet Call Manager, Unified Message Portal, and
Voice Profile over Internet Mail to interoperate with a
variety of device and access methods. ADSE allows
service providers to build new services more rapidly,
and is designed to reduce their total cost of ownership.
Contact ADC at www.adc.com
or by phone at 800-366-3889
ReadiVoice 2.10.0 Conferencing
Application Available
Voyant Technologies has announced the latest version of
its conferencing application, ReadiVoice 2.10.0,
featuring new installation and maintenance features to
support its growing client base. The application enables
Web conferencing and telecom companies to offer
customers on-demand, reservation-less voice
conferencing. The system offers higher operating profits
to service providers by reducing labor costs, enabling
operators to control and manage a greater number of
conferences.
Contact Voyant at www.voyanttech.com
or by phone at 888-447-1087
Impresaria Multiprotocol Servers
Introduced By Mockingbird Networks
Mockingbird Networks has announced the Impresaria family
of multiprotocol servers (MPS), offering a gateway
interface between Mockingbird's Nuvo and NuvoStream
media services gateways and any H.323 or SIP-based VoIP
network. The servers enable carriers to originate and
terminate traffic among networks without making any
modifications. The Impresaria MPS H.323 supports
gateway-to-gateway and gateway-to-gatekeeper calls, and
interfaces with any SIP-based network or device. The
Impresaria MPS SIP emulates a SIP user agent interface,
enabling a direct connection to a SIP proxy or user
agent.
Contact Mockingbird at www.mockingbirdnetworks.com
or by phone at 408-342-5300
Ellacoya Networks Premium
Services Delivery System Announced
Enabling automated click-and-subscribe, instant content,
and application and network service delivery with
real-time billing capabilities, Ellacoya Networks has
introduced a new integrated system. The Ellacoya
Networks Premium Services Delivery System enables
broadband carriers to become service carriers,
distributing premium content, and application and
network services on a for-fee basis. The technology
allows customers to control application QoS, self
provision services, and activate dynamic IP content such
as video streaming and VoIP.
Contact Ellacoya at www.ellacoya.com
or by phone at 603-577-5544
Multi-Host Data Polling Added To
CallCenter@nywhere 4.0
Telephony@Work has announced the addition of Multi-Host
Data Polling to its CallCenter@nywhere 4.0 solution,
enabling ASPs and service providers to offer contact
center services to poll clients' databases through
firewalls. Service providers may prioritize subscribers'
customers in queue for every form of communication,
based on each customer's attributes and the subscriber's
unique priority routing rules. The polling functionality
eliminates the need for data to reside in the carrier or
ASP network, enabling subscribers to maintain control
over customer data.
Contact Telephony@work at www.telephonyatwork.com
or by phone at 858-410-1600
Version 2.5 Of MyNetonomy
Self-Service e-Care e-Commerce Software Announced
Netonomy has announced version 2.5 of the MyNetonomy
self-service e-Care and e-Commerce solution for wireless
service providers. The software enables a personalized
electronic channel between service providers and
subscribers, allowing customers to manage their accounts
online, resolve support problems, view and pay bills,
and purchase new products and services. The solution
integrates with legacy business and OSS systems, and
aims to reduce call center operating expenses, while
improving customer services. It is available for
consumer and corporate clients, as well as a bundle for
point-of-sale dealers and kiosks.
Contact Netonomy at www.netonomy.com
or by phone at 617-292-9510
SunForum 3.2 Offers Integrated
Voice, Video, And Data For Thin Clients
Sun Microsystems has announced SunForum 3.2, software
that offers integrated video, data conferencing, and
VoIP for a thin-client computing model. Users may video
conference, and place and receive phone calls using a
Sun Ray appliance, or one of Sun's UltraSPARC-based
workstations. The software also enables application
sharing, collaboration on a whiteboard, and file sharing
regardless of other users' desktop systems. It features
support for H.323 and T.120, as well as VoIP support
from Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories.
Contact Sun at www.sun.com
or by phone at 650-960-1300
SIP-based Universal
Communications Platform Unveiled By CyberTel
CyberTel has announced a new SIP-based universal
communications platform, facilitating integration at the
desktop for linking PSTN, wireless, and IP networks. The
platform enables carriers and service providers to
expand their networks to include multi-modal unified
messaging. The Solaris-based messaging software platform
offers CyberTel's technology for multi-data store
synchronization, offering subscribers centralized
message management of all digital communications from
any device.
Contact CyberTel at www.cybertel.com
or by phone at 732-796-1000
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
Sprint Expands Voice-Activated
Calling Services Through Hey Anita
Sprint PCS has expanded its voice-activated calling
services for mobile phones, Sprint PCS Voice Command, to
add features like the ability to request news and stock
quote updates, and to listen and respond to e-mail. The
service is powered by Hey Anita's voice portal
technology, and adds to Sprint's existing ability to
store up to 2,500 contacts per customer on its network,
allowing customers to call those contacts on a mobile
phone by pressing two buttons and speaking their names.
Contact Sprint PCS at www.sprint.com
or by phone at 888-211-4PCS
Contact Hey Anita at www.heyanita.com
or by phone at 323-692-1500
Speaklink To Offer Hosted
Enterprise Solutions Built On Envox Platform
Speaklink has announced it will offer hosted and
on-premises enterprise solutions and products built on
the Envox 4.0 Communications Development Platform, a
Windows-based communications server and development
software platform. Speaklink will offer speech-enabled
call center systems, voice portals, voice response
solutions, and other services for the enterprise. The
first two solutions to be developed include an automated
job application line for healthcare providers, and a
package pickup notification application.
Contact Speaklink at www.speaklink.com
or by phone at 877-SPEAKLINK
Contact Envox at www.envox.com
or by phone at 508-898-2600
Samsung To Integrate RADVISION's
H.323 Protocol Toolkit Into Products
Samung Electronics will integrate the RADVISION H.323
Protocol Toolkit into its corporate-level H.323-based
products. The integration will enable Samsung to offer
cost-effective products and applications more quickly to
carriers, enterprises, and developers. The announcement
extends Samsung's existing agreement with RADVISION for
their corporate VoIP products. The H.323 Protocol
Toolkit enables real-time voice and video H.323 calls
over IP networks, and offers H.225 RAS, RTP/RTCP, and
Q.931 call signaling.
Contact Samsung at www.samsung.com
or by phone at 800-SAMSUNG
Contact RADVISION at www.radvision.com
or by phone at 201-529-4300
America Online To Acquire
InfoInteractive
America Online, a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner, has
announced plans to acquire call management services
provider InfoInteractive for U.S. $28.2 million. AOL
will acquire all outstanding shares of the company for
$1.42 per share. InfoInteractive offers the Internet
Call Manager (ICM), which enables users to manage
incoming phone calls while online, offering real-time
notification of calls so Internet users may stay online
without missing calls and messages. The company will
continue to operate in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a wholly
owned subsidiary of America Online.
Contact AOL at www.aol.com
or by phone at 703-265-1746
Contact InfoInteractive at www.infointeractive.com
or by phone at 902-832-1014
Yipes To Introduce New Interfaces
And Enhancements From Juniper Networks
Yipes Communications, a metropolitan optical network
provider, will introduce new interfaces and software
enhancements from Juniper Networks, to improve network
management services and offer more efficient routing of
customer traffic. Yipes will implement Juniper's JUNOS
software and the Internet Processor II ASIC to improve
network performance by offering features like
destination-class usage and accounting profile filters,
and packet-monitoring capabilities to enable
policy-based routing based on priority levels. Other
services enabled include monitoring of packets and rate
limiting according to source address, and MPLS-based
VPNs.
Contact Yipes at www.yipes.com
or by phone at 415-901-2000
Contact Juniper at www.juniper.net
or by phone at 888-JUNIPER
IP Communications To Implement
PROVISO From Quallaby
Broadband service provider IP Communications has
announced it will use the PROVISO solution from Quallaby
Corporation to offer performance monitoring and SLA
guarantees for its IP network. IP Communications offers
data networking services over a Lucent-driven IP
network, using Unisphere ERX routers and a redundant ATM
backbone. The PROVISO will be used to model
relationships among network resources, customer
information, and service level and type. The solution's
Tiered Action Groups will enable the service provider to
maintain groups from data collected to automatically
provisioned on-demand network reports.
Contact IP Communications at www.ip.net
or by phone at 866-317-7333
Contact Quallaby at www.quallaby.com
or by phone at 877-QUALLABY
Tellme Networks And MagicPhone
Merge To Offer Global Voice Network
Tellme Networks has merged with Belgium-based MagicPhone
to offer a global voice application network, enabling
services like personalized voice dialing, stock trading,
general information services, and airline reservations.
The merger also offers global opportunities for
businesses to automate their existing call center
services, offering Internet-powered features over the
telephone. The new company now offers services in the
US, Belgium, France, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands,
Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
Contact Tellme at www.tellme.com
or by phone at 650-930-9000
Contact MagicPhone at www.magicphone.com
or by phone at 32 (0) 69 25 30 30
QoS Networks To Use XACCT
Network-to-Business Platform
The XACCT Technologies Network-to-business (N2B)
platform will be deployed throughout QoS Networks'
network of more than 46 POPs throughout the world. QoS
Networks, an optimized content delivery network
provider, offers IP transport with QoS guarantees,
prioritized application service provider access,
advanced security features, VPN services, VoIP, and
high-speed Internet access. The N2B platform will enable
QoS to capture real-time network data and integrate it
with existing and new back-office systems. It will be
deployed in QoS' Q-Link centers, which will be equipped
with high-end routers and VoIP switches.
Contact QoS Networks at www.qosnetworks.net
or by phone at 404-739-0358
Contact XACCT at www.xacct.com
or by phone at 408-654-9900
Ericsson And Tellabs Team Up To
Create Opportunities For 3G Network
In a multi-year OEM agreement, Ericsson and Tellabs have
joined to offer carriers the tools to converge mobile
telephony with IP and create a 3G network. The network
would support mobile access to corporate networks, the
Internet, and multimedia data through a 3G handset.
Ericsson will market and sell Tellabs' FOCUS SDH systems
through the agreement, which will be integrated into
Ericsson's mobile network as an extension to their
cellular transport system, which uses the Tellabs
MartisDXX managed access solutions. The FOCUS systems
will offer the bandwidth necessary for monitoring,
controlling, and managing a 3G network.
Contact Ericsson at www.ericsson.com
or by phone at 972-583-0000
Contact Tellabs at www.tellabs.com
or by phone at 630-378-8800
Helmsman SIP Network Server
Integrated With Sonus IntelligentIP Softswitch
Ubiquity Software's Helmsman SIP Network Server has been
successfully integrated with the Sonus IntelligentIP
Softswitch, making Ubiquity a Powered partner of
the Sonus Open Services Partner Alliance. The Networks
Server is part of the Helmsman Application Service
Platform, offering software components that enable
service providers to provision end-to-end SIP service
solutions. The carrier-grade softswitch from Sonus
offers carriers a solution for integrating application
software and media gateway hardware for packet-circuit
communications.
Contact Ubiquity at www.ubiquity.net
or by phone at 613-271-2027
Contact Sonus at www.sonusnetworks.com
or by phone at 888-FONE-TTI
eYak Acquires Brooktrout Software
And Forms Sonexis
Voice solutions provider eYak has acquired Brooktrout
Software, and the combined companies have formed Sonexis
-- a global provider of voice solutions. The new company
combines eYak's SoftTelephony technology with Brooktrout
Software's communication software products and services
to deliver voice solutions to service providers and
enterprise customers. Sonexis-powered applications
include voice portals, which enable access to weather,
traffic information, and stock quotes. Other offerings
include intranet voice portals for enterprise
information, enhanced self-service applications for
information like employee benefits, voice commerce
applications for purchasing merchandise, and
voice-enabled CRM applications.
Contact Sonexis at www.sonexis.com
or by phone at 617-531-2100
VocalData VOISS Softswitch
Interoperates With Integral Access PurePacketNode
Service delivery softswitch maker VocalData has
announced interoperability of its VOISS VoIP Softswitch
with the PurePacketNode access gateway and IAD from
Integral Access. The integration enables service
providers to interface with existing PBXs, key systems,
and analog devices, and helps customers leverage their
existing equipment while switching over to IP voice
services. The two products offer carriers an end-to-end
IP-based solution that optimizes network resources,
increasing revenue opportunities for new services.
Contact VocalData at www.vocaldata.com
or by phone at 800-887-3975
Contact Integral Access at www.integralaccess.com
or by phone at 877-742-8833
Sitara Networks And Apogee
Networks Announce Solution Partnership
Apogee Networks will integrate its NetCountant Billing
and Settlement Solutions with Sitara Networks'
QoSDirector platform, offering service providers a
mechanism for quickly introducing enhanced services with
sustainable business and revenue models. The usage and
content-based billing solution is geared toward ASPs,
ISPs, NSPs, and wireless Internet providers. The
QosDirector features a modular architecture, for easy
integration with Apogee's billing and settlement
platforms. It offers centralized policy management for
networks with thousands of users, while NetCountant
enables service provider customers to measure, identify,
rate, and bill for Internet content.
Contact Sitara at www.sitaranetworks.com
or by phone at 866-4SITARA
Contact Apogee at www.apogeenetworks.com
or by phone at 201-368-8800
Intel's Dialogic Voice Portal
Technology Integrated With VoiceGenie Solution
VoiceGenie Technologies has integrated Intel's Dialogic
voice portal reference system into its VoiceXML Gateway,
offering customers a foundation for developing
phone-based, enterprise Web access solutions using
VoiceXML. VoiceGenie is also using the Dialogic
technology in its GenieHosting Service, a solution that
enables customers to demonstrate and trial the
speech-enabled applications and services they create.
The VoiceXML Gateway offers automated speech recognition
(ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) technologies from
SpeechWorks and Nuance.
Contact Intel at www.dialogic.com
or by phone at 973-993-3000
Contact VoiceGenie at www.voicegenie.com
or by phone at 416-736-0905
ADIR To Acquire Netspeak
Corporation
Net2Phone spinoff Adir VoIP Technologies has announced
plans to acquire Netspeak Corporation, a supplier of
network management, call-control, and application
software for VoIP networks. ADIR will pay between $3 and
$3.10 for outstanding shares of NetSpeak common stock,
for a total acquisition value of $46.5 to $48.2 million.
The merged company will be a supplier of infrastructure
software and applications to enable the delivery of
basic and enhanced voice services over IP networks.
Contact ADIR at www.adirtech.com
or by phone at 866-ADIR-TEC
Contact Netspeak at www.netspeak.com
or by phone at 561-998-8700
Microsoft And Nortel Team To
Develop Integrated Data Center Solution
The Continuously Available Managed Services Solution has
been developed by Microsoft Corporation and Nortel
Networks to enable service providers to offer
application storage and network availability for a range
of managed services. The solution connects
geographically distributed data centers to provide
continuous availability of hosted software services,
elminating or reducing single points of failure. It uses
Windows 2000 servers, Microsoft .NET enterprise servers,
and Microsoft-based Web services with Nortel intelligent
IP, content networking, and optical solutions. Nortel's
OPTera metro optical solutions use DWDM to accelerate
the transition of metropolitan networks to broadband
infrastructure.
Contact Microsoft at www.microsoft.com
or by phone at 425-882-8080
Contact Nortel at www.nortel.com
or by phone at 800-4-NORTEL
Route Engine 1.0 Rolled Out By
dynamicsoft, Deployed By Level 3
dynamicsoft has announced the dynamicsoft Route Engine
1.0, a carrier-class solution for routing calls at the
core of service providers' session initiation protocol
(SIP)-based networks. The engine allows immediate
deployment of differentiated services, made possible by
intelligent, application-layer routing, and solves
scalability challenges in softswitch-based networks. It
offers five-nines reliability, and can support more than
three million busy hour call attempts, routing calls
based on more than 17 IP and PSTN criteria. Level 3
Communications is integrating the Route Engine into its
network to promote development of VoIP applications and
the expansion of SIP-based call termination to the PSTN.
Contact dynamicsoft at www.dynamicsoft.com
or by phone at 973-952-5000
Contact Level 3 at www.level3.com
or by phone at 720-888-1000
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