[June 11, 1999]

Tek Digitel Joins iNOW! To Advance IP Telephony Interoperability

TEK DigiTel has joined Internet Telephony industry leaders like Motorola, Ascend and Lucent in supporting the iNOW! initiative to support interoperability among IP telephony platforms.

The first in TEK's V-SERVER product set; the iGATE VoIP Gateway/Router as well as future V-SERVER products will be designed to comply with the interoperability profiles established by iNOW!. TEK DigiTel's current V-SERVER iGATE VoIP Gateway/Router and future V-SERVER products will be designed to comply with the interoperability profiles established by iNOW!.

TEK DigiTel develops IP-based voice/data access solutions designed to help Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs), local loop providers and next-generation telcos speed adoption of Internet Telephony in the underserved small business and SOHO market.

TEK DigiTel recently shipped the first offering in its VoiceServer product family, the V-SERVER iGate voice gateway/router, largely to advance industry pilots and interoperability testing efforts such as those supported by iNOW!. Additional VoiceServer platforms are scheduled for summer rollout.

TEK DigiTel President Rocco DiCarlo says joining iNOW! is in keeping with TEK's strategy for securing industry leadership. "We are engineering our products to be the simplest, easiest to use and install so that small businesses can take advantage of the tremendous cost savings offered by Internet Telephony." DiCarlo says. "Interoperability testing has always been a primary focus for us to ensure that service providers who sell our V-Server products can combine them with larger carrier VoIP Gateways to deliver a complete voice/data service to the small business customer."

About iNOW!
iNOW!, which stands for "interoperability NOW!", is a broad-based, multi-vendor initiative established to quickly provide interoperability among IP telephony platforms. The iNOW! Standards-based IP Telephony Interoperability Profile Version 2.0 ("Profile") provides equipment vendors with the blueprint for achieving real world, revenue-generating interoperability between their respective gateways and gatekeepers.

Current members of iNOW! include: 3Com, 8x8, Alcatel, Analogic, Aplio, Ascend, AudioCodes, Brooktrout, Cisco, Clarent, Dialogic, ECI Telecom, Ericsson, iFace.com, Inter-Tel, Franklin Telecom, ITXC, Linkon, Lucent, McTEL Holdings, Motorola, Netrix, Natural MicroSystems, NetSpeak, NeTrue Communications, OKI, OzEmail Interline, Quescom, Samsung, Siemens, Tedas, Tundo and VocalTec. More information on iNOW! and the Interoperability Profile is available on their Web site at www.inowprofile.com.

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