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Ditech Networks to License Algorithms
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Ditech Networks, a provider of voice quality solutions to the
communications industry, announced that it will begin licensing its
voice quality algorithms in several markets, beginning first with
mobile Bluetooth technologies.
Ditech will offer its high-performance voice quality algorithms to
chipmakers and manufacturers of Bluetooth devices and applications,
bringing to the market proven technology that is already deployed in
mobile networks and used by millions of callers each day.
As part of this strategic initiative, Ditech Networks has teamed with
CSR, a provider of Bluetooth chipsets for mobile applications. Ditech
will provide its Voice Quality Assurance (VQA) and Experience
Intelligence (EXi) algorithms as part of CSR's open eXtension Partner
Program. VQA and EXi will provide cost-effective, feature-rich options
for customers of CSR's BlueCore Multimedia DSP platform, which supports
Bluetooth headsets, handsets, automotive applications and PDAs.
"CSR is pleased to welcome Ditech as an eXtension Partner," said Helen
Barnes, Software Marketing Manager at CSR. "BlueCore Multimedia is the
only IC that embeds a DSP to provide support for a wide range of third
party software enhancements. Ditech's voice quality algorithms are a
great asset to the program."
Ditech is implementing its algorithms first for Bluetooth headsets,
which is one of the fastest-growing segments in the consumer mobile
devices industry. CSR supplied its technologies to more than 80 percent
of the Bluetooth headset market during 2007. The total Bluetooth
headset market is expected to grow at a 29 percent compound annual
growth rate during the next four years. Other voice quality algorithms
have been implemented primarily on high-end Bluetooth headsets and have
become a strong differentiator among consumers. That differentiation is
expected to migrate down to lower-cost Bluetooth headsets, and is
expected to increase the size of the potential market for voice quality
technology.
"The Bluetooth headset market is a perfect fit for a company with a
history of voice quality innovations," said Dr. Jagdish Rebello,
Director and Principal Analyst of wireless communications at iSuppli.
"Millions of mobile phone users already benefit from Ditech Networks'
technology. The combination of Ditech Networks' voice quality
experience, and the experience of an established global company in
Bluetooth Technology like CSR, should prove very attractive to headset
and DSP designers."
As part of Ditech's continuing strategy to diversify its revenue across
multiple markets, Ditech anticipates licensing its voice quality
algorithms in multiple markets for use in other Bluetooth technologies,
consumer devices, and for emerging telecommunications services.
"Ditech's core technology can be utilized to solve voice quality
problems both inside and outside of the network," said Karl Brown, Vice
President of Marketing at Ditech Networks. "The fast-growing Bluetooth
headset market, along with the implementation of Bluetooth technologies
in other consumer devices, is a natural extension of Ditech's strong
history of helping mobile callers hear, and be heard, clearly."
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