A Look Into the Future: NEC Unveils Dterm IP Family of Phone Sets At VoiceCon 2002; Phones To Provide Job Productivity Tools in a Converged Environment.Business Editors & High Tech Writers VoiceCon 2002 IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2002 Providing a glimpse into the future of converged telecommunications tools, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. America, Inc. (NEC) is previewing its Dterm(R) IP family of next generation IP phone sets at VoiceCon 2002 in Washington, D.C. All of these products, which are scheduled for general release this spring, are compatible with each of NEC's NEAX NEAX Nippon Electric Automated Exchange (R) IP PBXs to provide the full reliability and functionality that are expected from traditional enterprise telephony solutions. "NEC has always focused on delivering solutions that have the best interest of the end user in mind in terms of technology, business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and investment protection," explained Jay T. Krauser, assistant general manager of product management for NEC America's Corporate Networks Group. "Our new Dterm IP family is a natural progression as our telephony solutions evolve toward an IP world without losing any of the reliability and feature sets that enterprises depend upon." Included in the Dterm IP family is the futuristic INASET(TM), an Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. appliance that converges both voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. . Featuring a large color display, Java support and a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , INASET also provides the full telephony feature set of Dterm telephones. In addition to INASET, NEC is also unveiling both its newly designed Dterm eight- and sixteen-button IP phones and its SoftPhone SP-10 for individuals who wish to integrate a fully featured voice communications IP terminal on their desktop or laptop. The Dterm IP family is a vital element of NEC's Enterprise Open Networks (NEON), NEC America's strategy for evolving voice communications to converged open networking. "Offering IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. solutions without compromising the user experience is one of the key aspects of our NEON strategy," continued Mr. Krauser. "Just as we have done with our IP PBX platforms, NEC's Dterm IP family offers a broad range of choices that will help our customers leverage new technologies while maximizing their investment." Editors Note: For additional information on NEC America, Inc., Corporate Networks Group and its products, please consult the World Wide Web at http://www.cng.nec.com. About NEC America Inc. NEC America, Inc., an affiliate of NEC Corporation (Nasdaq:NIPNY), develops, manufactures, and markets a complete line of advanced communications products and software for public and private networks, including digital key telephone and PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). systems; IP Telephony solutions; ATM switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. ; facsimile equipment; wireless communications; fiber optic transmission systems; data communications products; digital microwave radio, satellite communications and network management systems. NEC Corporation and its affiliates worldwide are a $43 billion global leader whose 150,000 employees are dedicated to providing leading-edge computer, communications and semiconductor products and services. |
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