Printer Friendly
The Free Library
14,599,499 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

AETHRA with RADVISION to Provide New Visual Communications Solutions; The Two Leading Videoconferencing Companies Strengthen Their Strategic Partnership for Unified Communications.


ANCONA, Italy & FAIR LAWN Fair Lawn, borough (1990 pop. 30,548), Bergen co., NE N.J., across the Passaic River from Paterson; inc. 1924. It is residential with light industries. , N.J. -- AETHRA(R), a leader in the global telecommunications market with a full range of videoconferencing solutions, and RADVISION (Nasdaq:RVSN RVSN Radvision (stock symbol)
RVSN Recorded Volume Serial Number (Veritas)
RVSN Raketnye Voiska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya (Russian strategic rocket forces) 
), the industry's leading provider of products and technologies for videoconferencing, video telephony See videophone. , and the development of converged voice, video and data over IP and 3G networks, announced today that they are broadening their partnership to include RADVISION desktop and 3G solutions in the AETHRA offering. AETHRA will now provide to its customer base an expanded range of visual communication solutions allowing the company to become the new point of reference for Unified Communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. .

"AETHRA has now become a real total solution provider for visual communications, expanding its product offering while upholding maximum quality and technological innovation, which reflect both AETHRA and RADVISION philosophies," said Marco Viezzoli, AETHRA SpA CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Our offering guarantees maximum interoperability with other systems, thus providing users with the possibility to choose any kind of visual communication solution available on the market from the same brand. Today, AETHRA can build complex visual communications networks for its clients encompassing desktop, room system and infrastructure technologies including NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network.  & Firewall traversal and 3G mobile networks connectivity, using solutions under its own single brand.

Boaz Raviv, RADVISION CEO added, "Our relationship with AETHRA has been a solid one and they have been an excellent partner in bringing our products to their customer base. AETHRA and RADVISION share the same vision for the visual communications market which includes high quality and flexible solutions for main stream deployments to the desktop PC or to the 3G video mobile handset, alongside solutions for the traditional conference room. By bringing our desktop videoconferencing Using a PC or Mac for a videophone session or videoconference. Contrast with a "room videoconferencing system" where a group of participants congregate in one room. See videoconferencing.  and 3G Gateway products to market under the well-known AETHRA name, together we are taking an important step today toward realizing our common vision.

AETHRA Unified Communications, an Integrated Desktop Software Communications Solution, is a scalable communications infrastructure for delivering integrated voice, video, and data collaboration See data conferencing.  on a single software platform. AETHRA Unified Communications, leading the way in scalability and flexibility, is a must when deploying a desktop conferencing See videoconferencing and data conferencing.  strategy that needs to scale from dozens to hundreds or even thousands of users through a global network. AETHRA Unified Communications is the perfect example of integration, with a single software architecture consisting of the Conference Server, the Conference Client and the Middleware to tie them all together.

AETHRA 3G Gateways are solutions that support real-time, bi-directional video telephony sessions between mobile users and wired line devices such as desktop or room videoconferencing systems. AETHRA 3G Gateways are standards based and provide full interoperability with multimedia communication devices such as gatekeepers, MCUs and any kind of video endpoints.

Today AETHRA offers the full spectrum of videoconferencing solutions over circuit (ISDN ISDN
 in full Integrated Services Digital Network

Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media.
), packet (IP) and 3G mobile networks including videoconferencing end-points (rollabout, set-tops, codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, , videophones, desktop); MCUs (Multipoint Conferencing Same as teleconferencing. This is a rather redundant phrase, because conferencing implies three or more participants, rather than point-to-point between two people.  Units) with full video/audio transcoding and SIP/H.323 support; ISDN to IP and 3G to IP Gateways for seamless connectivity between different networks; Gatekeeper In an H.323 IP telephony or video environment, a gatekeeper is a device that manages domains and provides call control. It is used to translate user names into IP addresses, to authenticate users and to manage network resources.  functionality for call control and dial plan schemes; Scheduling & Management tools.

About AETHRA

AETHRA (www.aethra.com) is a leader in the global telecommunications market, with distribution of its leading-edge products through businesses and more than 40 telephone companies in over 60 countries worldwide. The company develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of high-performance video communications and audio conferencing See audioconferencing.  products, including rollabouts, set-tops, videophones and special solutions dedicated to telemedicine, video surveillance and distance learning. In addition, AETHRA offers multi-audio, video and data services thanks to AETHRA.net, the company specifically focused on multi-conferencing services. AETHRA also develops and markets internationally a variety of telecommunications products, including ISDN and xDSL systems and networking test equipment. These exceptional products have distinguished AETHRA as a leader in the telecommunications industry worldwide for over 30 years, reflecting its expertise in bringing cutting-edge communications technologies to the market.

About RADVISION

RADVISION LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . (Nasdaq: RVSN) is the industry's leading provider of high quality, scalable and easy-to-use products and technologies for videoconferencing, video telephony, and the development of converged voice, video and data over IP and 3G networks. For more information please visit our website at www.radvision.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the industry, changes in demand for products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in RADVISION's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, including RADVISION's Form 20-F Annual Report. These documents contain and identify other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements. Revenue from sales of RADVISION toolkits may have been recognized in prior quarters. Stockholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement.
COPYRIGHT 2006 Business Wire
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2006, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Business Wire
Date:Apr 18, 2006
Words:840
Previous Article:Digital Mind Corporation Announces the Appointment of Keith Erickson and Tim Brown to Its Board of Directors.
Next Article:XcelPlus Launches Lubrilon as Its Retail Line.



Related Articles
TANDBERG and RADVISION Significantly Strengthen Strategic Relationship; Companies Increase Commitment to Create End-to-End Videoconferencing...
REPEAT/TANDBERG and RADVISION Significantly Strengthen Strategic Relationship.
RADVISION announces industry's first SIP MCU.(viaIP Multipoint Conferencing Unit)
Aethra Enriches its Video Communication Product Range With Complete End-to-End Solutions; AETHRA and RADVISION Sign New Agreement to Significantly...
RADVISION's Click to Meet for Microsoft Live Meeting Enhances Hosted Web Conferencing; End Users To Enjoy Added Real Time Multiparty Video & Audio...
AETHRA Chooses RADVISION's Newly Released SCOPIA v.5 Conferencing Platform to Further Enhance Videoconferencing Infrastructure Solutions; AETHRA...
LifeSize(TM) and RADVISION Collaborate on High Definition Video Communications for Distributed Organizations.
RADVISION and Ingate Systems Partner to Provide Multipoint Conferencing for Microsoft Unified Communications Platform across External Networks.
RADVISION Signs New Distribution Agreement with Imago.
RADVISION(R) Selected VC Insight's "Unified Communications Company of the Year 2006".

Terms of use | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles