Ascom Nexion and Voice Technologies Group join forces to bring full multimedia and call control to enterprise networks; Ascom Nexion broadens marketing thrust with NEXEN 2200.ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--A new initiative to bring 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). services to multimedia enterprise networks was announced by Ascom Nexion Inc. and Voice Technologies Group, Inc. (VTG VTG Variable Turbine Geometry (turbochargers) Vtg Vitellogenin VTG Vicksburg Theatre Guild (Vicksburg, MS) VTG Voice Technologies Group, Inc. ), a privately-held computer telephony integration Computer Telephony Integration - Computer Telephone 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. ) company. Ascom Nexion and VTG today revealed some details of a new effort to integrate the NEXEN 2200 communications switch from Ascom Nexion with the VoiceBridge PBX integration and call control products from VTG. Joint marketing efforts will begin immediately and initial installations are expected in the third quarter. "Integrating PBX call control technology with a state-of-the-art isoEthernet communications switch will permit multimedia-based personal computers in an enterprise network to take full advantage of the NEXEN 2200's bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. capabilities in traditional PBX and Automatic Call Distribution environments," said Bob Fritzinger, executive vice president of VTG. "The true integration of voice, video and data traffic makes local and wide area, desktop-to-desktop connectivity a reality for multimedia and computer telephony integration applications," says Alan Dziejma, Business Development Manager for the NEXEN 2200. "With the combination of VTG's call control and the NEXEN 2200's bandwidth management, many computer telephony applications can be addressed and evolved to allow easy migration to networked, interactive multimedia." 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 and uses Isochronous Ethernet, 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. The VoiceBridge product family includes solutions for Lucent, Nortel, Siemens Rolm, Mitel, Ericsson and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. PBXs. Turnkey solutions and open developer products are available stand-alone as well as server-based solutions like voice mail, interactive voice response, call center and wireless. 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 a subsidiary of the Ascom Group - a Swiss-based telecommunications company with revenues of $2.8 billion in 1995 and 12,500 employees worldwide. Voice Technologies Group Founded in 1989, VTG is dedicated to the development, manufacture and distribution of telephone systems intergation products and integrated systems solutions for the rapidly growing CTI industry. VTG's growing family of products and services is currently used in over 7,000 customer applications worldwide. -0- Note: All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders CONTACT: ASCOM NEXION VOICE TECHNOLOGIES John Stewart Kathryn Apenowich 508-266-3463 716-689-6700 Fax: 508-266-3475 Fax: 716-689-6800 stewart@nexen.com apenowke@vtg.com www.nexen.com www.vtg.com |
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