Common Voices and Convedia Collaborate To Deliver Unified Messaging and Advanced Automated Attendant Solutions For Telecommunication Service Providers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003-- Companies Leverage SIP And VoiceXML To Enable Rapid Deployment Of Enhanced Voice Solutions in Next Generation Networks Common Voices LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , an emerging leader of 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 based enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; solutions, and Convedia Corporation, a leading provider of carrier class media processing See media control. platforms, today announced the signing of a partnership that will enable wireline, wireless, and cable telecommunication service providers to deploy new applications cost effectively. The Common Voices and Convedia solutions will allow carriers to offer new services using existing equipment. In addition, they will aid carriers in migrating seamlessly to next generation equipment. "It is important to Common Voices to form partnerships with companies that understand the reliability requirements of telecom carriers," said Don Picard, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Common Voices. "Convedia's products were designed to meet these very rigid requirements and the company is a leader in the development of carrier class IP Media Servers. We are pleased to be working with such a highly qualified partner." Common Voices offers a range of products and services that include NowMessage(TM), a full-featured 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, giving subscribers access to voicemail, e-mail and fax messages over the phone or the Web; NowConnect(TM), an automated attendant In telephony, an automated attendant (also auto attendant or auto-attendant, or sometimes autoattendant or AA) system allows callers to be automatically transferred to a user's extension without the intervention of a receptionist. with sophisticated features such as dial-by-name and Web-based system administration; and NowThere(TM), patent pending software that enables Carriers to seamlessly migrate a subscriber's existing mailbox to a new system - even an existing mailbox from another Carrier's system. NowMessage and NowConnect can be deployed in conjunction with Convedia's CMS-1000 and CMS-6000 Media Servers to provide highly scalable, and cost effective solutions for unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. and automated attendant services. "Common Voices and Convedia share a common vision and commitment to standards such as SIP and VoiceXML which help service providers accelerate the introduction of high margin, network based services." said Grant Henderson, Convedia's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategy. "The Common Voices management team has extensive experience in the industry and its technical team includes some of the industry's voice mail and unified messaging pioneers. We are pleased to have been chosen by Common Voices as an integral component of their solutions." About Common Voices Common Voices (www.commonvoices.com) is a privately held, Cambridge, MA-based software products and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. company focused on the future of enhanced telecommunications. Founded in 2001, the company develops Carrier-class applications and services, leveraging its unique and extensive experience with advanced and proven technologies and its 70-plus combined years developing applications for wireline and wireless Carrier networks. About Convedia Convedia Corporation is a leading supplier of next-generation, softswitch-compliant media servers that enable telecommunication service providers to reduce service delivery costs and increase revenues through new approaches to enhanced services. Convedia's award winning family of products includes the CMS-6000 Media Server, a carrier class media server capable of scaling to 18,000 ports per shelf, and the CMS-1000 Media Server, a low-cost, entry-level media server. Convedia is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , Canada, and financed by leading venture capitalists. For additional information about Convedia, its products or the role of media servers in Softswitch, Packet Cable or 3G wireless architectures, visit www.convedia.com. |
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