DILITHIUM NETWORKS OFFERS 3G-324M VIDEO TELEPHONY PROTOCOL.

Dilithium Networks, a provider of wireless multimedia solutions, has integrated its H.324M/3G-324M video-telephony and conferencing protocol software on the Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP platform. The implementation includes Dilithium Networks' patent-pending AnswerFast technology, which can reduce call set-up times by 4-8 seconds compared to other protocol stack implementations. The H.324M protocol is an ITU-T standard, which has been adopted by both 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards bodies, and enables real-time streaming and conversational video services over wireless networks.

"The H.324M/3G-324M protocol is the multimedia protocol of choice for leading 3G operators to deliver conversational voice and video services to its customers. There is an increasing interest among handset vendors to offer 3G-324M enabled handsets to the market to support richer applications like video-telephony, videomail and streaming. We are happy to collaborate with TI and introduce our solution for 3G multimedia phones on TI's OMAP platform," said Art Bailey, vice president of worldwide engineering for Dilithium Networks. "Our 3G-324M stack incorporates a very valuable technology called AnswerFast that significantly reduces call set-up time and thereby enhances user experience with mobile video services," he added.

"As H324M/3G-324M multimedia forms an important corner stone of future 3G operator services, we are delighted to have Dilithium Networks' high quality protocol stack ported onto our platform ready for fast implementation in customer solutions," said Paul Werp, worldwide marketing director for TI's OMAP platform.

Dilithium Networks' H.324M/3G-324M and H.323 stacks have been available to customers since 1999. The company has been an active participant of the International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium's (IMTC) H.324M interoperability group since its origin over three years ago.

About Dilithium Networks

Dilithium Networks is a provider of multimedia solutions to much of the world's mobile infrastructure industry. The company's products include multimedia transcoding gateways, 3G-324M protocol analysis test tools, and protocol stacks. Dilithium Networks is headquartered in Larkspur, California and has a global customer base including network equipment suppliers, terminal manufacturers and mobile operators.

Dilithium Networks can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.dilithiumnetworks.com.

About TI's OMAP Developer Network:

Dilithium Networks is a member of TI's OMAP Developer Network, a group of software developers porting advanced applications to TI's high performance, power-efficient OMAP processors. Handset manufacturers adopting OMAP devices enjoy the rapid deployment of compelling wireless applications - including streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging, gaming, security, speech recognition, location based services and mobile commerce - across all operating systems. Systems level integration services are also provided worldwide by independent OMAP Technology Centers. The OMAP platform has been selected by leading manufacturers, such as Nokia, NEC, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Palm, Motorola and many more, for their 2.5 and 3G wireless devices.

OMAP Developer Network can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.omap.com.

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