Ascom Nexion and Quicknet Technologies announce marketing partnership; Quicknet to distribute the NEXEN 2200 as part of a software developer's program for telephony solutions.ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--Ascom Nexion and Quicknet Technologies jointly announced today the signing of a marketing partnership. Beginning immediately, Quicknet Technologies will market Ascom Nexion's NEXEN 2200 in the fast growing computer telephony integration Computer Telephony Integration - Computer Telephone Integration market. The combination of the NEXEN 2200 and Quicknet Technologies' LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Phone delivers a unique integrated computer and telephony solution enabling new applications to be created on the LAN. The partnership includes collaborative marketing activities for the development of distribution channels and expansion of application development in the computer telephony integration (CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. ) arena. Quicknet's LAN Phone product line enables software developers and network administrators to take full advantage of a "multimedia-ready" communications infrastructure delivered economically to the desktop via a NEXEN 2200. In line with this announcement, Quicknet Technologies has established a Software Developer's Program providing all the development tools necessary to create a variety of telephony applications including auto-attendant, voice mail, integrated messaging, fax-on-demand, and other interactive voice and multimedia applications that can be used across a LAN infrastructure. The NEXEN 2200 The NEXEN 2200 is a communications switch that makes local and wide area, desktop-to-desktop connectivity a reality for frame-based applications, and multimedia and CTI applications. With the combination of its call control and signaling, the NEXEN 2200 can be installed seamlessly into any Ethernet or ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. network. The NEXEN 2200 uses Isochronous Ethernet National Semiconductor's enhancement to Ethernet for handling real time voice and video. It adds 96 ISDN channels to standard 10 Mbps Ethernet and runs over the same Category 3 UTP that most 10Base-T networks use. Each ISDN B channel is 64 Kbps, providing a total bandwidth of 6. , a technology standardized by 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. 802.9a, to integrate circuit and frame services required by voice, video and data traffic over existing category 3 (unshielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) unshielded twisted pair - (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. ) wiring infrastructures. LAN Phone LAN Phone products integrate all LAN and voice communication across a single network while taking full advantage of current network applications, hardware, operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and existing infrastructures without degrading network performance. LAN Phone products, that include the SC-Iso Adapter and the PhoneCARD phonecard Noun a card used instead of coins to operate certain public telephones phonecard n → tarjeta telefónica phonecard phone n , play an integral part in the development of total telephony solutions that can be distributed across a single network. Applications such as voice mail, interactive voice response, and integrated messaging are delivered to the desktop over the network, and additional capabilities including the connection of existing fax machines, analog phones and modems into a single network without disruption to existing network or communications software. Price, Availability Software Development Kits are available in March from Quicknet Technologies at the following prices: Server Software Development Kit - $2,500 Client Software Development Kit - $1,999 NEXEN 2200 Consolidated Services Hub - $9,999 (a $5,000 discount) -0- Ascom Nexion Ascom Nexion Inc., headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, is pioneering the worldwide implementation of new generation integrated service bandwidth manager and consolidated network service products - the NEXEN product family. The NEXEN product family is designed to provide users with high quality, enduring network system solutions aligned with dynamic business needs and interoperable with today's networks. Ascom Nexion is an operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of the Ascom Group - a Swiss-based telecommunications company with revenues of $2.8 billion in 1995 and 12,500 employees worldwide. Quicknet Technologies Quicknet Technologies Inc., founded in 1994 and based in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] , develops and manufactures products and solutions that facilitate LAN based computer telephony integration. Note: All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: ASCOM NEXION QUICKNET TECHNOLOGIES John Stewart Stacey Reineccius 508-266-3463 415-495-7960 Fax: 508-266-3475 Fax: 415-495-7954 stewart@nexen.com sreineccius@quicknet.net www.nexen.com www.quicknet.net |
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