Coherent Communications to supply Echo Canceller to Nokia.LEESBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 1997--Nokia Telecommunications has signed a three year, multi-million dollar extension to its echo canceller See echo cancellation. supply and product development agreement with Coherent Communications Systems Corporation, extending the long-term relationship between the two companies. Coherent's CEO, Dan McGinnis, commented: "Nokia is a valued partner. Although Coherent continues its leading position in echo cancellation The elimination of an echo in a two-way voice transmission. Echo is created in the telephone company's central office switch when two-wire lines from the customer are converted to four-wire lines for backbone trunks. The echo is exacerbated over longer distances and by certain kinds of network equipment. A delay of 30ms or more is noticeable, and 50ms is annoying. technology, technology alone does not make a successful partnership. The true value of our partnership with Nokia comes from the extensive effort put into the relationship by the people from both of our companies." Coherent has provided more channels of echo cancellation for GSM cellular operators than any other echo canceller manufacturer worldwide. Coherent's Echo Cancellers are designed to exceed current ITU-T standards (G.168). Coherent's focus is to give telcos, PTTs and network operators the tools to maximize network performance and voice quality, on wireline and wireless networks, across the full range of applications. In its standalone business, the Company specializes in providing a complete turnkey service, encompassing all aspects of design, supply, installation, management and maintenance of the cancellers and associated network equipment. Coherent also offers the industry's most advanced network management system for echo cancellers in its c/mor(TM) product. Coherent Communications Systems Corporation is the world leader in state of the art voice enhancement technology, spanning echo cancellation platforms and associated network software. The company's products are used globally by major wireless and wireline telecommunications companies and network operators, including AT&T Wireless, British Telecom, Cable & Wireless, Cellular One, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, KDD KDD - Key Decision Document (project management) KDD - Key Distribution Device KDD - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (International Conference) KDD - Knowledge Discovery in Databases KDD - Kokusai Denshin Denwa (Japan), Mercury, Nokia, NORTEL, Telia, and Telmex, among the extensive list. Coherent is a fully accredited ISO 9001 company, dedicated to maintaining the highest quality standards at every level. The company's US headquarters is located in Leesburg, Virginia, with European activity conducted by Coherent Communications Systems Ltd, based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire Oxfordshire or Oxon, county (1991 pop. 553,800), 749 sq mi (1,940 sq km), S central England. The county seat is Oxford. The terrain is generally flat except for a branch of the Chiltern Hills in the southeast. The county is drained by the Thames River (or Isis as it is sometimes locally called) and its affluents, the Windrush, the Evenlode, the Cherwell, and the Thame., UK. Also available via Coherent's Web Page: http://www.coherent.com -0- This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements of the Company's sales and marketing expectations, that involve risks and uncertainties associated with intense competition, variations in market growth, lack of customer acceptance, product changes by Nokia, timely availability of raw and produced materials, and competitive pricing of products as well as other risks detailed in the Company's SEC reports. CONTACT: Coherent Communications Heidi Valbusa, 703/724-7314 Garrett Axford Georgina Garrett, +44 (0) 1273-441200 E-mail: hvalbusa@coherent.com KEYWROD: VIRGINIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPEATS: New York 212-752-9600 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or |
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