Bellcore Corrects and Replaces Previous Announcement, BW1289, BELLCORE.MORRISTOWN, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1998-- Bellcore Rolls Out Next Generation Unified Messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. Solution; Bellcore Provides Solution to Enable Carriers to Meet US$970 Million Market Demand to Simplify Message Retrieval and Increase Worker Productivity Responding to customer demand for a simple, effective way to manage and respond to e-mail, voice, fax and pager messages, Bellcore announced today that Manitoba Telecom Services Manitoba Telecom Services (TSX: MBT), or MTS , formerly Manitoba Telephone System, is the primary telecommunications carrier in the Canadian province of Manitoba and the third largest telecommunications provider in Canada with 7000 employees. Inc. (MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. ), a major telecommunications service provider A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. to business and residential customers in Canada, is currently trialing Bellcore's next generation unified messaging solution. The Bellcore Unified Messaging (UM) solution allows individuals to direct all voice, e-mail, pages and fax messages to one central location, enabling users to manage both their internal and external communications more efficiently. It allows a sender's medium of choice to be different from the recipient's medium of retrieving the message. Voice and data transmissions are captured and stored in a single mailbox. The user retrieves the transmissions using any method of retrieval, including the telephone, cellphone (CELLular telePHONE) The first ubiquitous wireless telephone. Originally analog, all new cellular systems are digital, which has enabled the cellphone to turn into a smartphone that has access to the Internet. , fax, pager and the Internet. "Unified messaging enables users to access information any time, in any place and in any medium. No one is better equipped to help service providers realize the full potential of Unified Messaging than Bellcore," explained Richard Tarabour, Director of Advanced Services Planning and Engineering at Bellcore. "We have taken the best products available and developed a reliable, simple system that enables seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with existing hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. , allowing carriers to offer a variety of customer services. With Bellcore's technology, service providers can tap into one of the most sought-after and value-added communication services available." Initially appealing to "road warriors
The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team famously comprised of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis, though other members " and home workers, it is predicted that unified messaging will eventually replace separate e-mail, voice mail and fax systems on the vast majority of corporate desktops. Independent analyst organization, Pelorus pe·lo·rus n. pl. pe·lo·rus·es A fixed compass card on which bearings relative to a ship's heading are taken. [Origin unknown.] Group, predicts that the number of unified messaging mailboxes will grow from a medium-growth estimate of 430,000 at the end of 1998 to more than 6.3 million mailboxes by 2002, a market that will be worth an estimated US$970 million.(A) "Now is the right time to be trialing advanced messaging services with our customers," explained Bruce MacCormack, President and COO, MTS Advanced Inc. "People are inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with messaging all day, every day and they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. better ways to manage this. After looking at the unified messaging solutions available, we decided to trial the Bellcore solution because it offers a flexible design that can provide MTS with the ability to cost-effectively offer new and enhanced services in our marketplace. It is a software solution based on industry standards, so we are not locked into a proprietary hardware platform." MTS's technical trials began in November and will continue through the first quarter of 1999. The data collected during the trial will allow MTS officials to plan a commercial rollout of the service to their subscribers. Bellcore's system enables customers to keep their current phone numbers and e-mail addresses. The carrier -- telephone, Internet, wireless or wireline provider - or a large enterprise then uses Bellcore's technology to store and manage messages. Bellcore's service is more cost-effective than current offerings as it uses an open architecture that enables it to be used with a company's existing hardware and e-mail network infrastructure. In addition, Bellcore's service can be scaled from hundreds to millions of users. "The fact that the volume of messages received is increasing doesn't mean that information overload A symptom of the high-tech age, which is too much information for one human being to absorb in an expanding world of people and technology. It comes from all sources including TV, newspapers, magazines as well as wanted and unwanted regular mail, e-mail and faxes. has to be a fact of life," Tarabour explained. "We have developed a robust, secure and reliable unified messaging solution that meets the requirements of our customers -- service providers and large enterprises. Our solution enables users to quickly access and respond to their messages." About Unified Messaging Unified Messaging simplifies message retrieval by providing a single access point for an individual's messages wherever they are. The users manage, store and retrieve messages based on conditions they themselves set. Users can set their systems so that they are notified about certain messages right away. Access to messages is done in various ways: -- From a desktop or portable computer either on the network or through a dial-up connection to the office: The user's e-mail inbox will show all e-mail, voice mail. pages and faxes. Double clicking on the message will bring up an e-mail window, a voice mail player with tape-recorder buttons or a fax viewer. -- By telephone: E-mails and fax headers can be forwarded to a telephone and heard using text-to-speech conversion software. -- By pager: The subject, origin, and limited text in the messages can be forwarded onto a pager, so the user can be alerted to important messages. Unified Messaging is particularly suited to people whose work is non-routine and unstructured, for example, "road warriors" who need to be able to access and respond to all message types wherever they are using the most convenient communication device available to them at that particular time. About Manitoba Telecom Services Inc Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS) is Manitoba's only full-service provider of local, long distance, wireless, directory and multimedia telecommunications services. MTS operates a world-class, fiber optics-based, all digital, province-wide network. Its common shares are listed on the Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges Montreal Stock Exchange See Bourse de Montreal, Inc. (Canadian Derivatives Exchange) (trading symbol Trading symbol See: Ticker symbol : MBT MBT Minimum (Spark Advance For) Best Torque MBT Masai Barefoot Technology MBT Main Battle Tank MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment (waste treatment) MBT Mercaptobenzothiazole MBT Master of Business Taxation ). More information about MTS's products and services is available on its web site at www.mts.mb.ca. About Bellcore Bellcore, a SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. company, is a leading provider of communications software, engineering, consulting and training services based on world-class research. Bellcore creates business solutions that make information technology work for telecommunications carriers, businesses and governments worldwide. More information about Bellcore's products and services is available on Bellcore's web site at www.bellcore.com. (A) Pelorus Group: "Unified and Integrated Messaging: Business Strategies and Market Growth through 2002," August 1998. |
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