Coherent Continues to Cancel for Nokia.LEESBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 1995--A major new supply agreement for over 350,000 channels of 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. has recently been signed between Coherent Communications Systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. Corp. and Nokia Telecommunications. This represents the next stage of the two companies' strategic development program to create a state of the art, customized echo canceller See echo cancellation. for integration into the Nokia DX200 switch for mobile telephony applications. For the past 12 months, all Nokia DX200 MSCs have been shipped with the Coherent digital canceller. The new agreement reflects the success of the ongoing relationship between Coherent and Nokia. Mr. Lauri Melamies, Senior Vice President of Mobile Switching, Cellular Division at Nokia Telecommunications, commented: "When we commenced work with Coherent, it was on the basis of both their sophisticated signal processing See DSP. and technology, and their willingness to work closely with us to translate our requirements into a fully functional product. This was achieved within a remarkably short space of time, reflecting Coherent's expertise in producing echo cancellers for high performance network applications. We are continuing to progress towards achieving the next development stage, which is a fully integrated solution and we are well underway towards this goal." For Coherent, David Powell, President and COO, commented: "It continues to be a great pleasure to work with Nokia on this project, with Coherent providing one of the most advanced solutions in terms of echo cancellation performance. There continues to be a growing need for increasingly sophisticated cancellation technology across wireline and wireless networks. The combination of Coherent's expertise with Nokia's proven switch technology has proved to be extremely successful." Coherent Communications Systems Corporation is a worldwide 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 commercial telecommunications companies See telecom company. and network operators, including AT&T Wireless, Cellular One, British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , Nokia, Telia, Mercury, Cable & Wireless, Telmex, StrataCom, Deutsche Telecom and France Telecom among the extensive list. Coherent is a fully accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 company, dedicated to maintaining the highest quality standards at every level. -0- Note to Editors: Also available via internet: Webbpage:http://www.coherent.com CONTACT: Coherent Communications Systems Corporation, Leesburg Diane McClelland, 703/729-6400, ext. 311 Georgina Garrett at Garrett Axford, 44-1273-441200 |
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