Cisco Systems and Vocaltec IP Telephony Solutions to Interoperate.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. and HERZLIYA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998--Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) and VocalTec Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: VOCLF) today announced that the two companies are developing interoperability between their IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. solutions based on the International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ) H.323 Version 2 international standard. The first phase of the interoperability development, currently underway, will interoperate the intelligence of the carrier-grade VocalTec Gatekeeper(TM) with Cisco gateways including the Cisco AccessPath-VS3, AS5300, 3600 series and 2600 series. The second phase of this project will focus on interoperability between the two companies' complete product sets including gateways, gatekeepers, conferencing servers and clients. Field trials are expected to start in the fourth quarter of 1998 with shipping product available in the first half of 1999. "Cisco considers interoperability to be crucial to the success of packet telephony Synonymous with IP telephony and voice over IP (VoIP), in which a digital voice stream is broken up into small chunks (packets) and transmitted over a packet-switched network. See IP telephony and packet switching. ," said Alistair Woodman, product line manager for packet telephony applications at Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. . "We have recently stepped up our interoperability testing efforts and are pleased to be working with other market leaders like VocalTec." "VocalTec continues to fulfill our goal to bring to market comprehensive standards-based IP telephony solutions that manage networks, route traffic and support enhanced multimedia services in multi-vendor environments," said Dr. Elon Ganor, chairman at VocalTec Communications. "By pursuing interoperability with market leaders such as Cisco Systems, and providing VocalTec IP telephony solutions on multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. , VocalTec is meeting carrier and corporate customer needs for flexible high performance solutions." "Multi-vendor solutions are crucial for the success of this industry," said Hans Albert Hans Albert (born in Cologne February 8, 1921, now living in Heidelberg) is a German philosopher. His fields of research are Social Sciences and General Studies of Methods. He is a critical rationalist, giving special attention to rational heuristics. Aukes, senior executive director at Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. . "We believe that IP telephony will be a dominant platform for the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. and that H.323 provides a strong standard for the development of interoperable solutions for this industry." "This announcement between Cisco and VocalTec demonstrates a commitment by both companies to offer their customers standards based solutions," said Bob Goodwin, senior vice president, Killen & Associates. "The marketplace must applaud any efforts between major vendors to ensure interoperability of their products. This positions both companies well for continued leadership in offering IP telephony solutions." Cisco Voice Gateways Cisco's portfolio of voice-over-IP (VoIP) enabled gateway products includes the Cisco 2600, Cisco 3600, Cisco AS5300 and the Cisco AccessPath(TM) VS3 access system. The Cisco 2600 and Cisco 3600 are scaleable multiservice routers providing solutions for the integration of data, voice and video in branch offices and are often deployed as managed service customer premise equipment. The Cisco AS5300 VoIP gateway is a high-performance H.323-compliant gateway optimized for VoIP applications. About the VocalTec Ensemble Architecture The VocalTec Ensemble Architecture(TM) is the first open IP telephony platform to support the most advanced industry standards for widescale, secure and reliable IP telephony services. With support for third-party accounting, billing and security solutions, it provides the framework for quality, intelligent IP telephony services and centralized management solutions for the routing of traffic between thousands of gateways and gatekeepers, network management agents and millions of end-user devices, including PC clients, standard telephones and other communications devices. About VocalTec Communications VocalTec Communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems enables audio, video, data, text and collaborative communications between personal computers and other devices over IP networks. VocalTec is a leader in developing innovative, open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced products that bridge IP networks and the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. ) and drive the convergence of computing and telephone technologies. For the latest company information, visit VocalTec on the World Wide Web at http://www.vocaltec.com. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. NOTE: VocalTec(R), Internet Phone(R), Internet Phone Company(TM), Community Browser(TM), Atrium(TM), VocalTec Ensemble Architecture(TM), VocalTec Telephony Gateway(TM), Surf&Call(TM), VocalTec Gatekeeper(TM), Internet Phone Lite(TM), and VocalTec Network Manager(TM) are trademarks or registered trademarks of VocalTec Communications Ltd. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Certain statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or the future performance of VocalTec Communications, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, product and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, competitive products, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties and other risks detailed in the Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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