Pactolus Integrates Advanced Speech Technologies For IMS and SIP Enhanced Services Applications; Pactolus Lets Service Providers Add New Subscriber-Friendly Interfaces and Access Features for IP-based Enhanced Services.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. & NEW YORK -- Pactolus Communications Software Corporation, makers of the telecom industry's most broadly deployed and comprehensive VoIP applications portfolio, today announced its integration of Nuance Communications' speech technology into its SIPware Services, RapidFLEX Service Creation Environment, and RapidFLEX Service Delivery Platform. The integration enables Carriers and Service Providers to easily introduce new revenue-generating subscriber features into existing applications for their consumer and enterprise customers. The integration provides the foundation for advanced multi-modal and unified services that leverage the cross-network, cross-service access enabled via IMS. The announcement was made at SpeechTEK in New York City.

As carriers migrate to IMS, their service portfolios will expand sharply to exploit the any customer, any service reach enabled by IMS infrastructure. Speech interfaces will be core requirements for innovative services such as multi-modal content oriented applications. To fulfill this requirement, the speech technology and underlying multi-service architecture must be fully integrated.

"Speech technology from Nuance will enable Pactolus to deliver sophisticated voice user interfaces for IP-based voice services in highly mobile, multi-media settings," says Peter Mahoney, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Nuance Communications. "The integration of our technologies will enable Pactolus to further drive the evolution of IP voice services on its service delivery platform to carriers and service providers."

Pactolus' RapidFLEX Service Delivery Platform supports VXML v2 and MRCP v2, enabling service providers to easily, reliably and profitably leverage speech-driven service features. Pactolus' product integration includes:

--A market-proven recognition engine serving thousands of successful deployments worldwide, and

--Text-to-speech software, which converts text into high quality speech to drive content applications such as location based services, directory assistance applications, etc.

Pactolus CTO David Horton concludes: "Carriers are planning for new generations of enhanced services applications that unite wireline, wireless and broadband networks, and leverage high-value rich media content. Nuance's exceptional speech technologies give our carrier customers the reliability and features they need to quickly easily integrate new convenience features into today's services, and develop rich new services to turn today's subscribers into lifelong customers."

About Pactolus

Pactolus Communications Software Corporation is the leading developer of SIP-based IP voice services, installed in 50+ carrier networks such as WebEx, Primus Canada, VCG Telecom, USA DataNet, LatiNode and XO Communications, supporting in excess of 2 billion minutes of use per month. Its core innovations such as advanced call control capabilities for SIP-based networks are also deployed in leading carriers through the market's dominant VoIP platform OEMs, and are unmatched in the industry. Pactolus' customizable SIPware(TM) services suite includes broadband IP telephony, prepaid and post paid calling card, reservationless and event audio conferencing, voice messaging and service-integrated operator assistance. Pactolus' RapidFLEX Service Delivery Platform and Service Creation Environment (SCE) combine to create a comprehensive, open, and flexible software framework (www.pactolus.com).