Woodwind Communications and TollBridge Technologies Partner to Provide IP-Based Voice-Over-DSL IAD Devices to Customers.FREDERICK, Md., and SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999-- Woodwind Communications Systems, Inc., the manufacturer of the ClariNet(TM) series of Integrated Network Systems, and TollBridge Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of IP-based voice-over-broadband solutions for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), today announced that Woodwind has licensed TollBridge's voice-over-broadband technology. Woodwind will integrate TollBridge's TollVoice technology into its ClariNet family of products for small offices/branch offices in order to develop access devices that deliver maximum voice capabilities. "This new relationship with TollBridge expands the market opportunities for both companies and reflects the explosive growth in converged voice and data networks. The addition of an IP-based, toll quality voice partner adds another dimension to our existing suite of DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and ATM voice and data services for the small business office. The full set of services offered by Woodwind in the convergence of data and voice communications is yet another capability that a partner like Tollbridge can now take advantage of and provide to customers, " stated Dick Berger, Executive VP of Marketing and Sales at Woodwind Communications. Jim Grady, Vice President of Marketing for TollBridge, comments "The DSX1 digital interface on the ClariNet system enables connection to digital PBXs and thus opens up new market opportunities, expanding the market for Voice over DSL." The ClariNet(TM) Service Intellgent(TM) Integrated Network System is a customer-premise, network edge device that blends unprecedented service migration and deployment ease with a single point of connectivity for the delivery of highly integrated network services. These services include high-speed, continuous Internet access, public (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. ) voice/facsimile services and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. interconnect using ATM, Frame Relay over xDSL or T1 delivery technologies. The ClariNet will provide local data flexibility by supplying standard 10BaseT Ethernet and optional Frame Relay (over a local T1 or EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance, Arlington, VA, www.eia.org) A membership organization founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturing Association. It sets standards for consumer products and electronic components. 530 interface) for legacy Frame Relay access device (communications) Frame Relay Access Device - (FRAD) Hardware and software that turns packets from TCP, SNA, IPX, etc into frames that can be sent over a Frame Relay wide area network. (FRAD (Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler Disassembler) A communications device that formats outgoing data into the format required by a frame relay network. It strips the data back out at the other end. ) data equipment. Advanced LAN features available on the ClariNet include IP routing (DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Software that automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to client stations logging into an IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent "static" IP addresses. DHCP software runs in servers and routers. , RIP and NAT) and firewall security. The stackable product offers local voice service delivery of 4, 8 or 12 FXS lines or up to 24 PBX voice channels over a local T1 interface. About Woodwind Communications Based in Maryland's Technology Corridor, Woodwind Communications Systems is a venture funded communications equipment supplier solving the challenges faced by providers of advanced, integrated communications services for the small office marketplace. Woodwind's Service Intelligent multiservice access systems offer unprecedented deployment ease and flexibility in delivery technology protecting the provider of these services from technology obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. while maximizing their access to the broadest possible market. Additional information on Woodwind Communications is available on the world wide web at http://www.wcsinc.com. About TollBridge Technologies Founded in March 1998 and located in Santa Clara, Calif., TollBridge Technologies is the leading developer of IP-based multiline voice solutions targeted at Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). The company's solutions change the economics of delivering voice services to small business customers by allowing voice CLECs that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access technologies, such as DSL, to bypass the incumbent local exchange carrier ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". (ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. ) and deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services. For more information about TollBridge Technologies, visit the company's Web site at http://www.tollbridgetech.com or contact Kendyl Kellogg at 408/585-2145. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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