AT&T Labs Trials Netergy's Technology and Service Offerings in Home Wireless Broadband Environment.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000 AT&T Labs to Explore Netergy's Open Service Creation Environment, IP Network Services and Network Appliances Technology for a New 802.11 Wireless Phone Netergy Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTRG NTRG Networks and Telecommunications Research Group (Ireland) NTRG National Tactical Response Group (UK) NTRG Network and Telecommunications Research Group ) today announced that AT&T Labs will trial a wireless home networking service with Netergy's VoIP technology and service-support offerings to explore performance of next-generation QOS - based multimedia over a local cable network. AT&T Labs will use IP Network Services, including the Hosted iPBX and Unified Messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , and the open Service Creation Environment. Additionally, AT&T Labs will work with Netergy to prototype an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11 phone using Netergy's Network Appliances Technology Audacity-T2(TM) Processor, the first "cordless" telephone to seamlessly interface with a cable environment. The ability to provide telephony services over a cable network using Netergy's technology will enrich the local service landscape by offering trial SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. and residential users sophisticated telephone features and services, including multiple telephone numbers per residence, 3-way calling and call transfer at significantly reduced costs, while simultaneously supporting wireless convenience. "AT&T Labs' decision to trial our service and technology offerings recognizes the value of Netergy's converged voice and data services for the new telecom landscape," said Dr. Paul Voois, president and chief executive officer of Netergy Networks. "The deployment of our IP Network Services, open Service Creation Environment and Network Appliances Technology will allow telecommunication service providers to offer a wide range of enriched voice and data services." "Netergy well-complements our research to integrate broadband packet-based networks, by providing an advanced end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for delivering new and enhanced multimedia communication features aligned with our service vision," said Dr. Robert Calderbank A. Robert Calderbank is a professor of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. He received a BSc degree from Warwick University in 1975, an MSc degree from Oxford University in 1976, England, and a PhD degree from the , Director of the Information Sciences Research organization at AT&T Labs. "We see real value in Netergy's VoIP solutions and service-support offerings as it will enable us to deliver voice and data services on next-generation appliances such as the new 802.11 wireless-multimedia phone whose capabilities we are investigating." About the Netergy IP Network Services Netergy Hosted iPBX Netergy's hosted iPBX is a full-function private branch exchange (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). ) service that provides all of the PBX functionalities that a service needs for its end-users including call hold, call transfer, three-way conferencing and multi-line phones, interactive voice response, automatic call distribution and more. About Netergy Unified Messaging Netergy Unified Messaging is a prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. , customizable service being developed to answer the needs of service providers, fulfilling the needs of their customers by providing a single repository, multi-media messaging service. Unified Messaging will include a full feature/function set enabling for single source receipt and delivery of all types of messages through web-mail, telephone, as well as various IP devices. Unified Messaging will also include the administration tools service providers need for cost-effective deployment, management, and maintenance of the service. About Netergy open Service Creation Environment Netergy's open Service Creation Environment is designed to allow service providers to modify pre-packaged IP network services or create completely new ones for their customers using an intuitive graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) with drag-and-drop technology. About Audacity-T2 - the Second Generation VoIP Chip Netergy Networks' Audacity-T2 Processor integrates all of the major components of an Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) phone on a chip and is the most integrated solution for IP phones on the market today. The Audacity-T2 chip makes it easy to build cost-effective, high-quality IP telephones and media hubs for Voice over IP (VoIP) networks. Based on a unique architecture, the Audacity-T2 chip combines a single RISC processor RISC processor [Reduced Instruction Set Computer], computer arithmetic-logic unit that uses a minimal instruction set, emphasizing the instructions used most often and optimizing them for the fastest possible execution. including DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive instructions with a very high-speed 32-channel memory controller and on-chip SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory so no external SRAM or DRAM is required. About AT&T Labs AT&T's services are backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, which is working to create the information services See Information Systems. and communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. of tomorrow. AT&T Labs is a leader in the development of technologies and standards for audio, speech, video and image compression; electronic commerce and digital copyright management; search and directory services; speech processing and coding of all sorts; network architecture, design, engineering and operations; and other areas critical to the advancement of new broadband communications and Internet offerings. About Netergy Networks Netergy Networks develops and markets prepackaged IP Networks Services, open Services Creation Environment and Network Appliance Technology for converged voice and data networks to help communication service providers and telecommunication equipment manufacturers succeed in the New Telecom Landscape. The company is based in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , and has offices in Canada, France and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Netergy Networks Web site at www.netergynet.com This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the planned functionality and use of our IP Network Services, open Service Creation Environment and Network Appliances Technology by AT&T Labs; the role these products will play in assisting service providers in meeting the needs of their customers; and the level of integration of our Audacity-T2 Processor relative to competitive products. These statements are based on management's current expectations and may ultimately prove to be incorrect or false. Factors which could cause future results to differ materially from the results discussed, implied or forecasted in the forward-looking statements include delays in scheduled product availability dates (which could result from various occurrences including development or testing difficulties, software errors, shortages in appropriately skilled software engineers and project management problems); the risks inherent in the commercialization of the Company's anticipated products and services, including difficulties satisfying the high standards of reliability and scalability required of carrier-grade telephony software; other unanticipated technical or developmental difficulties; the need for compliance with industry standards; delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in the IP telephony market, dependency on the growth of the market for IP telephony products, the limits of existing IP telephony technology. Further information on these and other factors that could affect the actual results of are included in the Company's Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2000, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Note to Editors: Netergy Hosted iPBX and Audacity-T2 are trademarks of Netergy Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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