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GlobalTouch Telecom Enters Into Agreement with Grandstream Networks to Purchase GXV IP Video Phones and HandyTone Series Analog Telephone Adaptors.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  & FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Grandstream Networks, Inc. a leading designer and manufacturer of IP Voice and Video endpoints for broadband networks This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.
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, and GlobalTouch Telecom, the award winning provider of proprietary, vertically-integrated hosted VoIP platforms, today announced an agreement for the resale and supply of the Grandstream GXV-3000 IP Video Phone and the HandyTone 386 and HandyTone 488 Analog Telephone Adaptors to GlobalTouch Telecom's resellers and end users.

"As evidenced earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show, the future of today's hyper-competitive telecom sector hinges on the delivery of converged applications and services to consumers over IP Networks," said Gregory O. Welch, 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 GlobalTouch Telecom. "After extensive testing in our laboratories, we are confident that both the performance and styling of the Grandstream GXV3000 IP Video Phone and the HandyTone ATAs will enable us to compliment our integrated platform and the services we provide to our end-users, partners and various distribution channels, and to grow our worldwide customer base. The GXV3000 is an exciting addition to our application services See ASP and Web services.  and further differentiates us in the market. In addition, the HandyTone series enables us to provide a very exiting, cost-effective, solution to our end-users."

The Grandstream GXV-3000 is an advanced IP video phone based on SIP and H.264 standard, competitively priced and easy to use. The GXV combines sleek design and technology features with excellent picture quality, ease of deployment and broad interoperability with 3rd party SIP products. The GXV-3000 is the first IP video phone that is competitively priced and the first H.264 based IP video phone that supports real-time (up to 30fps) high-quality video at very modest bandwidth level (as low as 32kbps, up to 1Mbps). The phone allows nearly all viewing angles via a large 5.6 inch TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) A lightweight version of the FTP protocol that has no directory browsing or password capability. Employing UDP rather than TCP for transport, TFTP is typically used to transfer firmware upgrades to network equipment such as  adjustable LCD screen and a VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions.  camera, giving the end-user the ability to have high-quality videoconferences at home or at the office.

The HandyTone Analog Telephone Adaptor series is a comprehensive portfolio of 1 or 2 FXS (Foreign eXchange Station) The interface provided by the telephone company to its customers, which includes dial tone, power and ring voltage. The telephone jack on the wall is an FXS interface.  or FXO FXO Foreign Exchange Office  port combinations based on SIP standard. These ATAs are lightweight and compact and work with any phone or fax, support a broad range of codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs
Non-compression formats
  • Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF, container format)
  • Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF, container format)
 including G.711, G.729 A/B A/B Airborne
A/B Afterburner (jet engines)
A/B Air Blast
A/B Answerback
A/B Auto-brake
A/B Air Bus
A/B Afterburning
, iLBC, G.723.1, G.726 and T.38 fax T.38 Fax Relay
The T.38 fax relay standard was devised in 1998 as a way to permit faxes to be transported across IP networks between existing Group 3 (G3) fax terminals. In 1980, when the T.
, and offer integrated router, programmable FXO port or dual network ports options. The HandyTone ATAs are ideal for residential users.

GlobalTouch Telecom's award winning ASP VoIP Solution, provides organizations the means with which to enter and operate in any size VoIP market; scalable from a few thousand residential or enterprise seats to millions of customers around the world. This affordable, fully-integrated, ASP platform delivers a comprehensive suite of services including hosted IP-PBX with ACD (Automatic Call Distributor) A computerized phone system that responds to the caller with a voice menu and connects the call to the appropriate agent. It can also distribute calls equally to agents. , Auto Attendant, SIP Fax, softphone, and all network services (DIDs, LNP (Local Number Portability) The capability of keeping the same local telephone number when switching carriers. See NP and WLNP. , 911) and termination to any telephone in the world. It enables Carriers, Resellers, PTTs, MSOs and ISPs to launch a private-labeled VoIP business in less than 60 days.

"GlobalTouch is a forward thinking service provider and we are very excited to partner with them to offer advanced IP voice and video telephony services to the residential market," said David Li, CEO of Grandstream Networks. "GlobalTouch's adoption of Grandstream's award-winning products validates the compelling values our innovative products bring to the service provider market. This partnership reflects the strong and growing market demand for high quality and affordable IP video telephony services over public Internet. We look forward to a long lasting relationship with GlobalTouch to bring rich video communication experiences to the mass consumer market."

About Grandstream Networks

Grandstream Networks, Inc. is an award-winning designer and manufacturer of next generation IP voice & video products for broadband networks. Grandstream's products deliver superb sound and picture quality, rich telephony features, full compliance with industry standards, and broad interoperability with most service providers and 3rd party SIP based VoIP products. Grandstream is consistently recognized in the VoIP industry for their innovation, affordability and superior value in their products. Grandstream Networks is a private company headquartered in Brookline, MA with offices in Los Angeles, Dallas and China. For more information, please visit www.grandstream.com.

About GlobalTouch Telecom

GlobalTouch Telecom, Inc. offers proprietary, vertically-integrated VoIP platforms. The company designs and develops every aspect of its technology from the group up, creating a one-stop single vendor VoIP solution. The product comprises an all-inclusive, private label (white label) offering for carriers, MSOs, Resellers, PTTs, ILECs, ISPs, CLECs and marketing companies. The platform can be completely customized and rolled out in 60 days or less. The SAP product enables low CAPEX/OPEX offerings for both enterprise and residential deployments. Since GlobalTouch Telecom developed, owns and operates all aspects of its VoIP technology, it gives the company the flexibility to create, leverage and market its own innovations and applications versus having to resell 3rd party technology. For more information, please visit www.globaltouchtelecom.com.
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