Netergy Networks Announces Immediate Availability of Standards Compliant SIP, MGCP and H.323 Call Signaling Protocols for IP Telephony Platforms.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000 Netergy Integrates SIP, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol and H.323 Into Audacity-T2 Voice Over IP (VoIP) Chip and Veracity veracity (v  ras´itē),n Software Stacks, Allowing OEMs to Create and Deploy Customizable Products Netergy Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTRG NTRG Networks and Telecommunications Research Group (Ireland) NTRG National Tactical Response Group (UK) NTRG Network and Telecommunications Research Group ) today announced the immediate availability of the industry's first protocol-independent IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. reference design. The reference design, based on Netergy's second generation Audacity-T2(TM) processor, employs an innovative modular software See modular programming. architecture that allows telecom OEMs to rapidly develop a family of IP phones with support for either Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP), Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), or H.323 call signaling protocols. Netergy's Veracity Software, incorporating SIP, MGCP and H.323, also provides the flexibility to integrate any of these stacks into other VoIP devices including high-density gateways and enhanced services platforms. The ability to support any of the most popular VoIP protocols with a single common architecture reduces an OEM's overall cost and product time to market by ensuring a quick response time to the development of new market segments and standards. Netergy will demonstrate the Audacity-T2 IP phone reference design interoperating with industry standard SIP, MGCP, and H.323 equipment at the Voice On the Net (VON) tradeshow in Atlanta, GA from September 12-14, 2000. "Netergy is pleased to be first to market with a low-cost, protocol-independent VoIP telephony platform. The Audacity-T2 with Veracity software enables OEMs to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. a single unique architecture while meeting the requirements of a broad range of networks," said Dr. Paul Voois, president and chief executive officer of Netergy Networks. "This offering is an important milestone for our IP networks services strategy to reduce communication service provider cost of deployment for our Hosted iPBX and value-added services." SIP, MGCP and H.323 protocols are used to extend the first generation of IP telephony networks into the merged voice and data networks of tomorrow. These standards address call control, multimedia management, bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. and interfaces between local-area networks (LANs) and other networks, and allow interoperability with gateways to the public switched telephone network (PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. ), telephones and softswitches that support these standards. Interoperability between equipment from multiple vendors is necessary to allow IP telephony networks to be rapidly and cost effectively deployed. Netergy is committed to providing communications service providers with open, scalable and flexible solutions for the rapid creation and delivery of innovative communication network services. Netergy's Audacity-T2 Processor and Veracity software enable telecom equipment providers to create and deploy portable devices that complement and are interoperable with Netergy's IP Network Services such as Hosted iPBX and Unified Messaging as well as standards-compliant equipment provided by 3rd parties. Netergy has tested and proven the interoperability of its products at numerous industry conferences, including Pulver's SIP "Bake-Off," SuperOp! and the PacketCable interoperability events sponsored by CableLabs. Visit Netergy Networks booths No. 414 & No. 515 at VON in Atlanta, GA for a demo of the Audacity-T2 based IP phone supporting SIP, MGCP and H.323 and interoperability through the Netergy Hosted IPBX. About Audacity-T2 -- The Second Generation VoIP Chip Netergy Networks' Audacity-T2 Processor integrates all of the major components of an Internet Protocol (IP) phone on a chip and is the most integrated solution for IP phones on the market today. The Audacity-T2 chip makes it easy to build cost-effective, high-quality IP telephones and media hubs for Voice over IP (VoIP) networks. Based on a unique architecture, the Audacity-T2 chip combines a single RISC processor including DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive instructions with a very high-speed 32-channel memory controller and on-chip SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory so no external SRAM or DRAM is required. About Veracity Voice-over-Packet Software Stacks The Veracity software includes all the call control protocol stacks, network transport software, and audio modules necessary to build a complete voice-over-packet terminal or gateway. Protocols supported include H.323v2, MGCP and SIP. The audio module includes a complete range of ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. vocoders, including G.711, G.723.1, G.726, G.728, G.729A/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 and G.729E, as well as acoustic and line echo cancellation (G.165 and G.168), automatic gain control, comfort noise generation, voice activity detection, silence suppression, FAX/modem tone detection and dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF (Dual-Tone MultiFrequency) The type of audio signals that are generated when you press the buttons on a touch-tone telephone. See also DMTF. DTMF - Dual Tone Multi Frequency ) generation and detection. About Netergy Hosted iPBX Netergy's hosted iPBX is a full-function private branch exchange (PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). ) service that provides all of the PBX functionalities that a service needs for its end-users including call hold, call transfer, three-way conferencing and multi-line phones, interactive voice response, automatic call distribution and more. About Netergy Networks Netergy Networks develops and markets prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. IP Networks Services, open Service Creation Environment and Network Appliances Technology for converged voice and data networks to help communications service providers and telecommunication equipment manufacturers succeed in the New Telecom Landscape. The company is based in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , and has offices in Canada, France and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit the Netergy Networks Web site at www.netergynet.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the planned role our Audacity-T2 and Veracity products will play in assisting telecom OEMs to design and deploy IP Phone and other VoIP products quickly and cost-effectively; and the level of technology integration of our Audacity-T2 Processor relative to competitive products. These statements are based on management's current expectations and may ultimately prove to be incorrect or false. Factors which could cause future results to differ materially from the results discussed, implied or forecasted in the forward-looking statements include delays in scheduled product availability dates (which could result from various occurrences including development or testing difficulties, software errors, shortages in appropriately skilled software engineers and project management problems); the risks inherent in the commercialization and manufacturing of the Company's Audacity-T2 Processor; other unanticipated technical or developmental difficulties; the need for compliance with industry standards; delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in the IP telephony market, dependency on the growth of the market for IP telephony products, and the limits of existing IP telephony technology. Further information on these and other factors that could affect the actual results are included in the Company's Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2000, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Note to Editors: Netergy and Audacity-T2 are trademarks of Netergy Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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