Alliance to Further Adoption of Best Practices and Advancement of High
Quality Implementations for IP-based Voice and Video Products and Services
VON Fall - BOSTON, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ditech Networks
(Nasdaq: DITC), Empirix, Global IP Sound, JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU), Polycom
(Nasdaq: PLCM) and Telchemy jointly announced today that they will take a
leading role in establishing the V2oIP Quality Alliance
(http://www.v2oipqualityalliance.org), an alliance of communication industry
innovators that will help shape and support the direction of voice and
video- over-IP (V2oIP) quality issues. The new alliance will combine the
expertise of key technology providers, service providers and industry
experts to define industry best practices as well as help educate the
market about relevant technologies, standards, and deployment methods.
"I am pleased to see vendors, service providers, and industry experts
collaborating under the Alliance umbrella and furthering the IP
Communications space," stated Jeff Pulver, chairman of pulver.com.
"One of the most important areas of voice and video over IP is
quality," said Paul Waadevig, Industry Manager for Frost & Sullivan's
Conferencing & Collaboration practice. "We believe that a proactive,
cooperative industry effort focused on understanding, measuring and
improving quality will accelerate development and deployment of
high-quality IP voice and video solutions and services, while helping avoid
some of the pitfalls that are commonly encountered with wide adoption of
emerging technologies."
About V2OIP Quality Alliance
The V2OIP Quality Alliance is a new industry group comprised of
vendors, service providers and industry experts that wish to increase the
adoption of voice and video over IP collaborating by providing information
leading to the advancement of voice and video quality technologies and
implementations.
The V2oIP Quality Alliance will include a diverse range of V2oIP
solution vendors, service providers, system integrators, and
forward-looking enterprises-each of whom offers a unique perspective on
V2oIP issues. Vendors will be able to contribute information and expert
content on V2oIP quality. Other Alliance members will gain a single source
of qualified information and expertise, as well as the ability to
collaborate on new solutions and provide feedback on V2oIP development
efforts.
The V2oIP Quality Alliance is currently being organized. Prospective
members may contact Joel Fisher, director of strategic marketing for Ditech
Networks at jfisher@ditechnetworks.com or 650-623-1356.
About Ditech Networks
Ditech Networks supplies voice processing equipment for
telecommunication networks around the world. Ditech Networks' solutions
incorporate advanced voice processing, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP),
and security technologies delivered on carrier-grade scalable platforms to
enhance the delivery of communications services over mobile, Voice over IP,
and wireline networks. Ditech Networks' customers are premier network
operators including Verizon Wireless, Sprint/Nextel, Orascom Telecom, and
others that collectively serve more than 150 million subscribers. Ditech
Networks is headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more
information, visit http://www.ditechnetworks.com.
About Empirix
Empirix helps organizations adopt complex communications solutions with
confidence. We combine the industry's deepest knowledge of
telecommunications and self-service applications with award-winning testing
and monitoring solutions to ensure our customers realize the promise of
their technology investments. Empirix is the only company with expertise
that spans the evolution of these advanced technologies across multiple
markets - from testing in R&D labs through monitoring the end-user
experience. For over a decade, thousands of quality-conscious network
equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprises worldwide have
trusted Empirix to reduce the time and cost of integrating new technologies
into existing environments. Visit http://www.empirix.com.
About Global IP Sound
Founded in 1999, Global IP Sound develops embedded voice processing
technologies for real-time communications over packet networks. GIPS
SoundWare(TM) provides better than PSTN voice quality and fidelity in
end-to- end IP communications with robustness against packet loss. Global
IP Sound's world-renowned speech processing and IP telephony experts
deliver these solutions to applications developers, gateway and chip
manufacturers. Companies using GIPS SoundWare(TM) products include Nortel
Networks, Skype, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL, EarthLink and other key players in the
VoIP market. Global IP Sound is a member of the Intel(R) PCA Developer
Network, the Motorola Design Alliance, Symbian Platinum Partners and Texas
Instruments' third party developer network. Global IP Sound has
headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Stockholm, Hong Kong and
Boston. More information is available at http://www.globalipsound.com.
About JDSU
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) is committed to enabling broadband &
optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets.
JDSU is the leading provider of communications test and measurement
solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers,
cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers. Furthermore, JDSU is
a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for
medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display,
brand authentication, aerospace and defense, and decorative applications.
More information is available at http://www.jdsu.com.
About Polycom
Polycom, Inc. is the worldwide leader in unified collaborative
communications (UCC) that maximize the efficiency and productivity of
people and organizations by integrating the broadest array of video, voice,
data and Web solutions to deliver the ultimate communications experience.
Polycom's high quality, standards-based conferencing and collaboration
solutions are easy to deploy and manage, as well as intuitive to use.
Supported by an open architecture, they integrate seamlessly with leading
telephony and presence- based networks. With its market-driving
technologies, best-in-class products, alliance partnerships, and
world-class service, Polycom is the smart choice for organizations seeking
proven solutions and a competitive advantage in real-time communications
and collaboration. For additional information call 1-800-POLYCOM (765-9266)
or +1-408-526-9000, or visit the Polycom Web site at http://www.polycom.com.
About Telchemy
Telchemy,(R) Incorporated is the global leader in Voice and Video over
IP Performance Management Technology with its VQmon(R) and SQmon(TM)
families of service quality monitoring and analysis software products.
Telchemy is the world's first company to provide Voice and Video IP
performance management technology that considers the effects of
time-varying network impairments and has led the development of VoIP
performance management protocols within the industry. Founded in 1999, the
company has products deployed worldwide and markets its technology through
leading networking, test and management product companies. Visit:
http://www.telchemy.com.
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