Acoustic Technologies Adds Business Partners Japan to Sales Organization Offering High-Quality SoundClear Solutions to Japanese Telecom Manufacturers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MESA, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2003 Acoustic Technologies, a leading developer of high-quality communication software and ICs for wired and wireless telephony telephony without wires, usually employing electric waves of high frequency emitted from an oscillator or generator, as in wireless telegraphy. A telephone transmitter causes fluctuations in these waves, it being the fluctuations only which affect the receiver. See also: Wireless equipment, today announced the engagement of Business Partners Japan in Tokyo. The arrangement extends the selling and marketing efforts of Acoustic Technologies and includes a dedicated support organization servicing leading telecom companies in the Japanese market. SoundClear(TM) solutions are used in mobile handsets, conference phones, VoIP phones See IP phone and softphone. , hands-free car kits, Bluetooth accessories, and other telephony equipment. Business Partners Japan, founded in 2000, brings a wealth of industry experience for marketing and selling into the Japanese electronics market. Founding members and key sales personnel include former Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. executive management and technical experts in the areas of digital signal and voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. . Business Partners Japan has technical expertise to complement Acoustic Technologies' product offering and telephony market focus. Acoustic Technologies' unique SoundClear products combine acoustic echo cancellation The elimination of an echo in a two-way voice transmission. Echo is created in the telephone company's central office switch when two-wire lines from the customer are converted to four-wire lines for backbone trunks. , bi-directional noise reduction, sound enhancement, and far-side anomaly Abnormality or deviation. Pronounced "uh-nom-uh-lee," it is a favorite word among computer people when complex systems produce output that is inexplicable. See software conflict and anomaly detection. reduction with sophisticated system control for enabling natural full-duplex voice communication for speakerphone speak·er·phone n. A telephone or telephone attachment that contains both a loudspeaker and a microphone, allowing several persons to participate in a call at the same time without the telephone receiver being held. Noun 1. applications. SoundClear uses a combination of techniques including the patent pending QuadraVAD(TM) voice activity detection system and enhanced non-linear processor control for natural full-duplex speech. Acoustic Technologies' SoundClear solution is implemented as 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 software for mobile applications and in silicon for use in other telephony products. "Business Partners Japan is excited about the products Acoustic Technologies brings to the Japanese telephony manufacturers. Voice quality with natural full-duplex communication is critical to the consumer and business-end customer," said Tsuguo Hamada, president, Business Partners Japan. "Business Partners Japan is very excited to represent Acoustic Technologies and their SoundClear silicon and software solutions." "We are very fortunate to be represented by Business Partners Japan for our sales and support efforts in the Japanese market," added Samuel Thomasson, president and chief executive officer, Acoustic Technologies Inc. "Acoustic Technologies products allow telephone and mobile phone manufacturers to build speakerphone-enabled products with superior sound quality for natural full-duplex conversations without annoying echo or noise disturbances. Our objective is to be a world leader in high-quality voice communication and partnering with Business Partners Japan is a key step to servicing the leading telecom companies in Japan." About Acoustic Technologies Founded in 1998, Acoustic Technologies is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Mesa. Acoustic Technologies creates high-quality semiconductor and software solutions for leading telecom manufacturers worldwide. The SoundClear(TM) brand of patented full-duplex communication and echo cancellation solutions is enabling significant advancements in telecommunications sound quality. SoundClear provides natural bi-directional communication in business speakerphones, mobile phones, VoIP telephones, hands-free car kits, Bluetooth accessories, and other speakerphone-enabled products. For additional information, the company can be reached directly at 480/507-4376, or via the Internet at www.acoustictech.com. About Business Partners Japan (BPJ BPJ Best Professional Judgment BPJ Blueport Junction (Quad Cities/Davenport, Iowa restaurant) ) Business Partners Japan (BPJ) is a Japanese consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a consisting of members with 20 to 30 years experience in a Japan subsidiary of Texas Instruments Inc. BPJ provides foreign clients with a one-stop solution for a variety of business needs as well as expanding local clients' business success by providing multinational support and a broad network of company connections. The company can be reached via e-mail at kita3@bizjapan.com or directly at 81-3-3556-9080. SoundClear, Sub-band Adaptive Spectral Slicer, Ultra Long Echo Tail, QuadraVAD, and eXcho are trademarks of Acoustic Technologies, Inc. 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