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November 13, 2003
 Packet-Tapping: The Next Surveillance Challenge
Law enforcement agencies can lawfully eavesdrop on traditional
telephone conversations, fax transmissions, and wireless calls, and
the FCC ensures that communications providers stay compliant with
standards to facilitate such wiretappings. While there have been some
obstacles and some opposition, many providers have been able to
retrofit their systems in order to comply with the mandates.
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Time iCR
Standardizes On Audium 3 For VoiceXML Development
Time iCR, a leading telco-independent provider
of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and call processing solutions
across North America, has chosen Audium 3 as its standard
application environment for VoiceXML.
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AltiGen
Communications Welcomes Telecom Powerhouse Graybar
AltiGen Communications, Inc., a manufacturer of next
generation IP-PBX telephone systems and IP contact centers for small
to midsize businesses, announced today an agreement with Graybar,
North Americas largest distributor of telecommunications,
networking and electrical products, to nationally distribute the
AltiGen family of IP PBX telephone systems and contact center
solutions to resellers servicing the small to midsized business
market.
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Nuance Expands Vocalizer 3.0
Text-to-Speech Offering
Nuance introduced a new Canadian French
text-to-speech (TTS) voice, updated North American English voices,
and a number of other enhancements to its Nuance Vocalizer 3.0
text-to-speech software including: improved name pronunciation,
reduced memory utilization, expanded handling of terms from key
vertical markets, and broader operating system support. More than
200 marquis customers in the financial services, telecommunications,
travel and utilities industries are "speaking" the praises of
Vocalizer TTS software from Nuance.
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Agilent Technologies
Announces QoS Assurance Software For Integrated View Of VoIP
Services
Agilent
Technologies Inc. announced a quality-of-service assurance solution
that collects data from various sources for a single, intelligent
view of problems that affect voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)
service. The Agilent OSS VoIP QoS Manager, the newest addition to
the company's VoIP service assurance portfolio, helps service
providers proactively identify and isolate problems, minimizing
downtime while providing higher quality of service (QoS) and
reducing customer turnover.
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Sonexis
Provides Extensive Reseller Qualification Training
Sonexis, Inc., a provider of a
cost-effective, secure, audio and web conferencing system, announces
an extensive Reseller Qualification program to train its base of
more than 100 nationwide value-added resellers (VARs). To date, 29
Sonexis resellers, including CMS Communications in Oakbrook, IL and
Unified TelData in San Francisco, CA, have completed the free
training program, and are receiving additional benefits leads,
compensation, and expanded support directly from Sonexis.
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Motorola Selects GoAhead High Availability Middleware
for IA 64-based Mobility Manager
GoAhead
Software, the leading provider of integrated, platform-independent
middleware for high availability (HA) systems, announced the
selection of its SelfReliant software for Motorolas new IA 64-based
Mobility Manager. SelfReliant will ensure the 99.999% availability
of the Mobility Manager call control functions. With the Mobility
Manager design win, GoAhead SelfReliant is now included in five
Motorola projects including their CDMA SDU, CDMA VPU, iDen iBSC and
UMTS Node B 3G Base Stations.
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8x8 Adds Advanced
Call Features to Its Packet8 Voice Over IP Calling Service
8x8, Inc., the
broadband voice and video communications service provider, today
announced the addition of advanced calling features to its Packet8
voice and video communications service. The new features included in
all Packet8 calling plans are call waiting, call waiting caller ID,
hold, call alternate and 3-way conferencing.
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Nortel Networks
Broadens Interoperability Testing with Key Industry Vendors
Nortel Networks, in
its commitment to provide carriers with maximum flexibility in
implementing voice over Internet Protocol (IP) networks and to
enable interoperability with third party vendors, announced new
strategic product memberships to its voice over IP and multimedia
interoperability testing program. New members include Aepona Ltd.,
BroadSoft, Leapstone Systems, Pactolus, Paradyne, Personeta, and
sentitO Networks.
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Cisco To Acquire
Latitude Communications, A Provider Of Enterprise Conferencing
Products
Cisco Systems,
Inc., announced a definitive agreement to acquire publicly-held
Latitude Communications, Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. Latitude is a
leading provider of enterprise conferencing products with its
MeetingPlace audio and web conferencing solution. The acquisition
advances Cisco's leadership in IP communications by adding
rich-media conferencing, which combines voice, video and web
conferencing, to Cisco's Architecture for Voice, Video and
Integrated Data (AVVID) product portfolio.
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Vonage Announces
Service In Richmond, Virginia
Vonage, a provider
of broadband phone service, announced the availability of service in
Richmond, Virginia. High-speed Internet subscribers in historic town
where Patrick Henry delivered his famous "Give me Liberty or Give me
Death" speech can now take advantage of Vonage's broadband phone
service offering free unlimited local and long distance calling,
which includes the most popular features like call waiting, call
forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate.
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