AAC de Mexico signs OEM agreement to provide Siemens-Mexico call accounting system.IRVINE, Calif., and MEXICO CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1996-- AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. de Mexico and Siemens Mexico have entered into an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement under which AAC's WinSAT(TM) software will be offered as the exclusive call accounting option with Siemens 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). switches sold in Mexico, it was announced Friday by Juan Jose Sanchez and Erwin Eller, general manager of AAC de Mexico and subdirector for Siemens-Mexico private telecommunications networks A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. , respectively. AAC de Mexico is a subsidiary of Irvine-based AAC Corp. Sanchez said that the companies expect sales of least 200 of the PC-based WinSat systems during the coming year to businesses of all sizes. WinSAT will be private-labeled as WinSAT-Siemens, with Siemens-Mexico identified as a Certified See certification. AAC Partner. WinSAT is included in Siemens' automated quotation system, which Eller devised to identify customer requirements and which generates quotes in only four minutes. Siemens-Mexico evaluated two other options in addition to WinSAT: MagicPhone, the system offered previously; and Moscom. ``We selected WinSAT because of outstanding local support and because the system is specially customized for Mexico,'' Eller said. ``For example, it features a map of Mexico which indicates with colored arrows where calls are going. The telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. manager can tell at a glance by the color of the arrows, the call volumes to various places. Using this graphical information, he can decide quickly if perhaps a private link might be more economical than dial-up long-distance.'' Since its establishment in 1993, AAC de Mexico has become the market leader in telecommunications utilization management Utilization management is the evaluation of the appropriateness, medical need and efficiency of health care services procedures and facilities according to established criteria or guidelines and under the provisions of an applicable health benefits plan. and call-center management solutions, Sanchez said. ``We are now serving many of the most important companies and institutions in the District and elsewhere in Mexico, and we expect this arrangement with Siemens to expand our penetration for the market rapidly,'' he said. ``We are honored to have as a marketing partner a company which enjoys such worldwide respect for the quality of products, service and support, and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficially relationship.'' WinSAT, the PC-based version of AAC's Sistema Administracion de Telecomunicaciones (SAT), collects station message detail data records (SMDR SMDR Station Message Detail Recording SMDR Storage Management Data Requester (Novell) SMDR Station Message Detail Report SMDR Structure and Manning Decision Review SMDR Singapore Medical Device Register ) from the telephone switch, analyzes the data and produces printed reports. In text and graphics, the reports reveal cost and usage details by individual extensions and departments as well as presents the information in the form of utilization trends and summaries. The system also develops network traffic reports that allow telecom managers to gauge the efficiency of their networks. AAC Corp. is a world leader in telecommunications, 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. and call-center management solutions. For information on AAC products and services or for information about the corporation, contact Susan Saldibar at AAC Corp., 18300 Von Karman Ave., Irvine, Calif. 92715; telephone 714/756-2700; fax 714/851-6286. In Mexico, contact Juan Jose Sanchez, 525/250-3365/7588 or fax 525/254-0590. CONTACT: AAC Susan Saldibar, 714/756-2700 Juan Jose Sanchez, 525/250-3365 or Victor Wortman Co. Victor Wortman, 310/393-6281 |
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