At Voice on The Net: Valley Room - Lucent Technologies to Distribute RADVision Gateway; H.320/H.323 Gateway Increases Multimedia Endpoint Connectivity.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1998--Lucent Technologies today announced here at the Spring '98 Voice on the Net conference that it will distribute a gateway that allows businesses to link a variety of collaborative conferencing solutions, giving them access to more multimedia endpoints than they ever had before while protecting their investment in existing technology. Lucent will resell RADVision's market-leading H.320/H.323 Gateway, which translates circuit-switched H.320-based protocols into H.323 IP packets and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. . The gateway will enable users of Lucent's DEFINITY(R) Enterprise Communications Server See network access server, modem server, terminal server and communications controller. (operating system) Communications Server - IBM's rebranding of ACF. (ECS See eComStation. ), MultiMedia Call Handling (MMCH MMCH Maria Montessori Children's House MMCH Multi-Hybrid Mode Corrugated Horn (antenna) ), DEFINITY ProLogix(tm) Solutions, and Lucent's MultiPoint Conferencing Same as teleconferencing. This is a rather redundant phrase, because conferencing implies three or more participants, rather than point-to-point between two people. Unit (MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users ) to exchange voice, video and data with H.323 clients such as Microsoft(R) NetMeeting(tm). In addition, the gateway will allow MultiMedia Communications eXchange (MMCX MMCX Multimedia Communications Exchange (Lucent) MMCX Micro Miniature Coaxial MMCX Multi Media Communication Exchange ) clients to communicate with H.320 endpoints. "RADVision's H.320/H.323 Gateway gives customers more flexibility and breaks down the barriers to make collaborative conferencing work," said Bruce Tillinger, business development director for Lucent Technologies. `'For example, now MCU users can set up videoconferences, and bring in more users without worrying about what endpoint they are using." The gateway will meet the needs of Lucent's business customers who would like to make connections to a wide variety of PC and telephony-based endpoints in 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. and IP-based networks. DEFINITY ECS and DEFINITY ProLogix Solutions are the foundations for an array of communications offers for mid-size to large business enterprise customers. The combination of DEFINITY and the gateway will allow collaborative conferencing with users of IP-based networks. An ideal DEFINITY feature for the gateway is MultiMedia Call Handling, which enables users to establish on-demand voice, data and video calls at their desktops as easily as they can establish voice calls. Lucent's award-winning MCU is an H.320-based audio, video and data conferencing Sharing data interactively among several users in different locations. Data conferencing is made up of whiteboards and application sharing and are often used in conjunction with an audio or videoconferencing connection. bridge that allows you to host worldwide multi-party face-to-face conferences with up to 16 parties on the same screen at once. The gateway will allow MCU users to have videoconferences that include H.323 endpoints. Lucent's MCU, the leader in video processing for multimedia communications and conferencing, is used by major service providers, government organizations and commercial customers throughout the world. It won Network World's 1997 Blue Ribbon for "providing the best features for network managers, conference operators and end users." Lucent's award-winning MMCX supports the H.323 IP-based protocol and allows spontaneous multi-party conferencing. The gateway will allow MMCX clients to communicate with H.320 endpoints. Lucent's MMCX is an award-winning media call server that is used by government institutions, universities and Fortune 500 companies. It won ComNet's 1996 `'Best of Show" award and recently won 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. Magazine's `'Editor's Choice" award and received a `'five-star" rating in a recent review in BYTE Magazine. The H.320/H.323 Gateway will be available worldwide in June 1998. The H.320/H.323 Gateway pricing starts at $7,650. For more information about the H.320/H.323 Gateway, U.S. customers may call Lucent Technologies' Video Technical Center in Denver, Colo., at 1-888-345-4200, prompt 1. Customers outside the United States should contact their local Lucent representative. More information on the H.320/H.323 Gateway is available at http://www.lucent.com/enterprise. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm of the company. For more information about Lucent Technologies, visit its web site at http://www.lucent.com. CONTACT: Lucent Technologies Mitch Montagna Stephen Loudermilk 908-953-5707 (office) 908-953-7514 (office) 908-832-6054 (home) 732-432-0862 (home) mmontagna@lucent.com sloudermilk@lucent.com |
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