Arch Communications Deploys OmniVoice Technology for Multimedia Paging Trials.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1998-- 3N1 pager will combine alpha/numeric/voice paging capabilities OmniVoice Technologies, Inc. (OmniVoice), formerly NDC NDC National Drug Code NDC NATO Defense College NDC National Documentation Centre (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece) NDC National Dairy Council NDC National Democratic Congress Voice Corporation, has initiated field trials of its digital voice paging technology, VoiceOver, in cooperation with Arch Communications Group, Inc. (Arch) (Nasdaq:APGR APGR Ann Arbor AP-42 Program ), the nation's second largest paging company. VoiceOver FLEX features Lernout & Hauspie's speech compression Encoding digital speech to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. The PCM, ADPCM, CELP and LD-CELP methods are commonly used for speech compression. See speech codec and data compression. technology and enables the provision of voice, text and numeric messaging on standard FLEX paging networks to Oi Electric's 3N1 multimedia pager. The trials mark the first deployment of a voice-based paging solution on FLEX networks. The successful completion of the trials will allow users to send and receive inexpensive, private and personal voice messages as well as numeric and text pages. The multimedia pager is the first of its kind to operate over FLEX networks, offering a beneficial paging solution to consumers and carriers alike. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Kathleen Layton, President/CEO of OmniVoice, the company is anticipating a thorough, extensive test series, followed by commercial deployment later this year. "Arch Communications has been very supportive and collaborative throughout the development of VoiceOver FLEX," said Layton. "OmniVoice shares with Arch the commitment to provide customers a versatile, robust and cost-effective messaging solution that supplements traditional alphanumeric alphanumeric (ăl'fən  mĕr`ĭk) or alphameric (ăl'fəmĕr`ĭk), the set of letters and numbers. paging with
the unique advantages of voice."Paul Kuzia, Executive Vice President for Technology and Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas: Voice paging has strong appeal to pager users. According to the Yankee Group's Mobile User study, more than 50 percent of business users and more than 40 percent of personal and business/personal users said they would replace their standard pagers with voice messaging pagers. To meet this demand, OmniVoice is teaming with Arch in conducting technical and market trials. OmniVoice's field trials with top carriers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada and Mexico will be followed by commercial deployment in selected markets later this year. About Arch Communications Group, Inc. Arch Communications Group, Inc., Westborough, MA, is the second largest paging company in the United States as ranked by annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. operating cash flow Operating cash flow Earnings before depreciation minus taxes. Measures the cash generated from operations, not counting capital spending or working capital requirements. . It provides narrowband wireless messaging services, principally paging, to more than four million subscribers nationwide through approximately 200 offices and company stores. Additional information on Arch is available on the Internet at www.arch.com. About OmniVoice Technologies, Inc. Founded in July 1995 as NDC Voice and renamed OmniVoice Technologies, Inc. in June 1998, San Diego-based OmniVoice is a world-class provider of advanced wireless voice messaging applications. The company offers leading edge technology for the transmission of wireless voice messages over low data-rate digital transmission systems. By combining industry expertise, innovative technology, a flexible infrastructure and entrepreneurial spirit, the company is able to provide wireless carriers with fully integrated end-to-end solutions (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. . OmniVoice has leveraged the core competencies of its founding partners, Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (L&H) (Nasdaq:LHSPF, Easdaq:LHSP-ED) and the National Dispatch Center, Inc. (privately held) to bring innovative wireless voice capabilities to mobile consumer devices. L&H is a worldwide market leader in speech and linguistic technologies, products and services. NDC is the premier gateway provider of wireless messaging services in the USA.
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