Allen Telecom becomes MVIP partner;Allen Telecom leverages MVIP interoperability standards in wireless communications products.NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1995--The Global Organization for The Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol The Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol (MVIP) is a hardware bus for Audiotex equipment, a PCM data highway for interconnecting expansion boards inside a PC. It was invented and brought to market by Natural Microsystems Inc (now NMS Communications). (GO-MVIP) today announced the addition of the Allen Telecom Group to their community of MVIP (MultiVendor Integration Protocol) A voice bus and switching protocol developed by Natural Microsystems, Natick, MA, and others. Used to build call center equipment using regular PCs, MVIP provides a second communications bus within the computer that can partners. MVIP is the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, architecture for platform interoperability and telephone switching Telephone switching Moving one's assets from one mutual fund or variable annuity to another by telephone. telephone switching The movement of an investor's funds from one mutual fund to another mutual fund on the basis of an order given via among PC-based resources. Allen Telecom joins more than 300 organizations worldwide in subscribing to MVIP standards. Regarding MVIP, David McKay, Allen Telecom's Vice President of New Technology, noted, "MVIP's distributed approach, combined with the ability to leverage other MVIP-compliant technologies, provides a distinct technology advantage. As a company, Allen Telecom consistently seeks and supports any standard that expands both our technology offering and potential target markets." Allen Telecom Group Inc., based in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. , is a leading provider of wireless communications equipment and systems specializing in cellular, land mobile, paging, personal communications services See PCS. and wireless transmission of data applications. Allen Telecom Group is composed of Antenna Specialists, A/S Site Products, Decibel decibel (dĕs`əbĕl', –bəl), abbr. dB, unit used to measure the loudness of sound. It is one tenth of a bel (named for A. G. Bell), but the larger unit is rarely used. Products, Allen Telecom Systems and Grayson Electronics Divisions, and is a result of mergers with The Antenna Specialists Co., db Mobile, Decibel Products and Grayson Electronics. The fusion of these companies has made Allen Telecom Group the industry's premier wireless communications equipment provider. MVIP is the telephony industry's only vendor-independent, open standard, and is backed by GO-MVIP, the Global Organization for Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol. GO-MVIP, established in 1994, includes more than 300 members from around the world. Currently there are over 125 board-level products and more than a thousand installed end user applications that adhere to the MVIP standard. Membership in the organization is divided into three categories: Executive, Conferring, and Monitoring. The Executive category, currently an assembly of 12 companies, comprises the group's governing body and elects the organization's board of directors. All of the organization's published standards and work-in-process are available to non-members for a nominal fee. -0- Note to editors: MVIP and GO-MVIP are trademarks of GO-MVIP Inc. CONTACT: GO-MVIP Inc. Linda Wright, 508/650-1388 or 800/GO-MVIP |
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