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D-Link and AT&T Work Together to Implement Advanced Technologies in VoIP FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, a global leader in consumer network connectivity, today announced a working relationship with AT&T to deliver advanced technology solutions in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). D-Link engineers have worked closely with AT&T to implement unique, industry leading Quality of Service (QoS) solutions that deliver strong, reliable connections and sound quality comparable to existing circuit-switched telephone service. Through this joint engineering effort with AT&T, D-Link became the first company to meet AT&T's stringent specifications and was recently named a charter member of AT&T's VoIP Innovation and Interoperability Program.Focused on driving the QoS for VoIP, D-Link's engineers worked diligently with AT&T to deliver the ability to adjust upload bandwidth as needed by intelligently analyzing voice over data packets to insure real-time delivery per AT&T specifications. By implementing advanced QoS features, D-Link has brought cutting-edge technology and manufacturing, together with Intellectual Property from AT&T to meet AT&T's advanced QoS requirements for its VoIP architecture, delivering to the marketplace high-quality and unsurpassed VoIP technology that minimize packet loss, virtually eliminating crosstalk, fading and delay. In addition, these high-performance QoS enhancements: * Guarantee bandwidth availability for calls * Enable consistent call quality * Ensure echo canceling "D-Link's experience, combined with their consumer networking capabilities, was a key selection factor when we chose to work with them as we developed our residential broadband phone service," said Cathy Martine, AT&T senior vice president of Internet Telephony. "Today, AT&T CallVantage(SM) Service customers are enjoying the benefits of high-quality and reliability thanks to these successful joint efforts." "We are pleased to be working with AT&T to help drive technology innovation in this new era of communication," said Steven Joe, president and CEO of D-Link. "By developing side by side with AT&T, we are able to ensure the sound quality and features that AT&T customers have come to expect." About D-Link Systems, Inc. D-Link is the global leader in total products shipped for consumer networking connectivity according to reports published by the Synergy Research Group. D-Link is the worldwide leader and award winning designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice and data communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. With more than a million square feet of manufacturing capacity and millions of Ethernet adapters, hubs and switch ports, manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market. D-Link U.S.A., Canadian, and Mexico headquarters are located at 17595 Mt. Herrmann Street, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (714) 885-6000; FAX (866) 743-4905; Internet http://www.dlink.com/. D-Link is a registered trademark of D-Link Systems Inc. AT&T CallVantage(SM) Service is a service mark of AT&T. All other company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (C) 2004 D-Link, All Rights Reserved. Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010327/DLINKLOGOAP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/PRN Photo Desk, [email protected] D-Link Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Darek Connole, Media Relations Manager, +1-800-326-1688ext. 6223, [email protected], or Keith Karlsen, Executive Vice President,+1-800-326-1688 ext. 6288, [email protected], both of D-Link Systems, Inc. Web site: http://www.dlink.com/ |