VocalTec Announces Additional Order for Packet Voice Equipment from Data Access to Expand International Long Distance Network in India.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2002 VocalTec's Packet Tandem Switching Solution Delivers International Call Quality and Quick Return-on-Investment VocalTec Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: VOCL VOCL Vault Online Career Library ) (VocalTec), a leading telecom equipment provider offering packet voice solutions for carriers and service providers, announced today that it received in September an additional $1 million order for its packet tandem switching solution from Data Access, one of the first private operators to launch international long distance (ILD (Inter Layer Dielectric) The insulation used between layers of aluminum or copper wire that interconnect the transistors in a chip. There are three to four layers in a memory chip and five to seven in a logic chip with hundreds of meters of wiring. ) services in India. Additional equipment will provide Data Access with expanded capacity in its existing network operation centers located in four Indian metropolitan areas as well as new points of presence in three cities. Nirvan Group, a provider of professional services for the Indian telecom market, facilitated the deal for VocalTec. Rapid Deployment with Quick Return on Investment The purchase comes less than six months after the original deployment of VocalTec equipment and validates VocalTec's ability to quickly deploy solutions for high quality voice services. VocalTec solutions assist carriers in achieving a fast return on their investment, reducing capital and operational costs while maintaining the service quality and features of the 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. . "Data Access is the first service provider in India to deploy an IP-based network, which allowed us to quickly capture revenue through the offering of high quality voice services. The network is of an international quality comparable to that of Deutsche Telekom, Telstra, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform and Teleglobe. VocalTec is a valued partner in our success, and its solution is an imperative part of our network architecture. Our additional purchase of VocalTec equipment allows us to continue to rapidly build-out our network and offer new services," said Siddhartha Ray, 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. at Data Access. "The highly successful initial implementation with Data Access is a further example of VocalTec's long-term commitment and activity in India and other deregulating de·reg·u·late tr.v. de·reg·u·lat·ed, de·reg·u·lat·ing, de·reg·u·lates To free from regulation, especially to remove government regulations from: deregulate the airline industry. communications markets," said Elon Ganor, CEO and chairman of VocalTec. "Data Access was the first provider in India to deploy VoIP. This bold move has helped them quickly generate traffic and revenues as one of the first operators of international long distance services. Their additional order for our equipment is proof of their success and growth." Superior Voice Quality The Data Access network has achieved excellent results on call quality control tests, including mean opinion scores (MOS (1) (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) See MOSFET. (2) (Mean Opinion Score) The quality of a digitized voice line. It is a subjective measurement that is derived entirely by people listening to the calls and scoring the results from ), post dial delay The time between punching in the last digit of a telephone number and receiving a ring or busy signal. (PDD) and call completion rates (CCR 1. CCR - condition code register. 2. CCR - (Database) concurrency control and recovery. ). For the MOS test, which measures the quality of inbound and outbound voice traffic, the Indian telecommunications requirements stipulate a minimum score of four. Data Access outperformed TDM networks with a score of 4.6. Minimal PDD Means High Call Quality The implementation of extended overlap support enables VocalTec's packet telephony equipment to achieve the overlap functionality currently supported by PSTN switches. This minimizes PDD, enabling carriers running packet-based voice services to provide the highest level of call quality to their customers. PDD measures the time taken for a phone to ring after a number has been dialed. Data Access has a maximum PDD of three seconds for calls re-routed to avoid network congestion. High Call Completion Rate Leads to Customer Satisfaction The last test, call completion rate, defines the ratio of calls completed to the number of call attempts notwithstanding complications such as network congestion, no dial tone, busy signal, or if a subscriber hangs-up after dialing a wrong number. Data Access has a success rate of 62 percent, a score that outperforms the results of other Indian telecommunications providers. Congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. occurs when there are inadequate hardware and software resources within the network. About Data Access Incorporated in 1999, Data Access is one of the first ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. licensees in India to set up its own private internet gateways, thereby ending the monopoly of VSNL VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (India) in international carrier business in the year 2000. Promoted by SPA enterprises Ltd., India, and partnered with PCCW PCCW Pacific Century CyberWorks PCCW Palmer College of Chiropractic West (San Jose, California) Ltd., Hong Kong, Data Access is maintaining its monopoly-breaking track record in the Indian telecom market by being the first Indian private voice carrier to deliver large scale voice traffic on its own network. The company operates several telecommunications licenses in India, the United Kingdom and the United States for voice, data and broadcasting services. Data Access is the only Indian carrier network, with its own footprint reaching all parts of the world and operating its own network centers in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific and servicing not only the Indian consumer but the global telecom consumer through its global clearing house operations in London and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Please visit www.dataaccessindia.com for more details. About VocalTec VocalTec Communications Ltd. (VocalTec) is a leading telecom equipment provider offering packet voice solutions for carriers and service providers. As an innovator and provider of Internet telephony solutions since 1995, VocalTec offers a highly evolved revenue-generating product line to the market. With a customer base including the China Telecom PTAs, Deutsche Telekom, ITXC (Internet Telephony Exchange Carrier Corporation, Princeton, NJ, www.itxc.com) The largest IP exchange carrier in the world. ITXC was acquired by wholesale telco provider Teleglobe Bermuda Ltd. in 2004 and then by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. and NTT Communications, our multi-service solutions are commercially deployed in more than 100 countries, powering 20 percent of the global VoIP market. VocalTec's field-proven solutions support carrier services including international/long distance calling, packet tandem switching and exchange carrier services, as well as hosted global business services including voice VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , conferencing, global call center and calling card services. The VocalTec Softswitch Architecture is a modular, carrier-grade, standards-based multi-protocol platform that integrates the benefits of SIP, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol and H.323 technologies. Learn more about our products and solutions at www.vocaltec.com. NOTE: VocalTec is a registered trademark of VocalTec Communications Ltd. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Certain statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or the future performance of VocalTec Communications or any of its subsidiaries or businesses or any of its customers, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, product and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, competitive products, implementation of cost reduction plans, fluctuations in market demand, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties, and other risks detailed in the Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. VocalTec Communications is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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