Solution Will Help Ensure Superior Voice Quality in New Voice over IP
Conferencing Service
BOSTON, VON Fall, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ditech Networks
(Nasdaq: DITC), a leader in the development of voice processing solutions
for communications networks, today announced that InterCall, the largest
dedicated conferencing service provider in the world and a subsidiary of
West Corporation, has chosen Ditech Network's Packet Voice Processor (PVP)
for use in its new voice over IP (VoIP) conferencing service. Ditech's PVP
will give InterCall a higher degree of control over the quality of the
IP-based voice conferencing traffic transported across the public Internet.
Ditech equipment will be instrumental in assuring voice quality for
thousands of InterCall conferencing customers across the country.
"West is the leader in traditional conferencing services, and we will
match -- or exceed -- that conferencing quality for customers using our new
VoIP service," said Mike Brown, vice president of network operations for
West Corporation. "We view the Ditech PVP solution as integral to assuring
VoIP conferencing quality."
The Ditech Packet Voice Processor platform builds upon Ditech's
expertise in voice processing to provide carriers with a solution for
ensuring high voice quality in packet-based networks while simultaneously
maximizing call capacity. Features based on Ditech's hallmark Voice Quality
Assurance(TM) (VQA(TM)) software suite such as acoustic and hybrid echo
cancellation, Adaptive noise reduction and Packet Quality Assurance(TM)
(PQA(TM)) offer advanced voice quality processing capabilities for
InterCall to deliver a high quality conference calling experience to their
business customers. The PVP's wide range of codec transcoding capabilities
offer lower-cost voice transmission and enable InterCall to serve a broad
range of VoIP callers. Advanced voice quality monitoring capabilities
enable carriers to quickly pinpoint network trouble points, receive
automatic alerts, and gain advanced features for reporting customer service
level agreements.
"The PVP gives us a high degree of control over the customer
experience," said Mike Mateer, director of systems development for West.
"We gain control of which codecs we offer customers, control over echo and
background noise that seeps into VoIP conversations, and the ability to
restore packets that are inevitably lost with IP transmissions. The net
effect is we can deliver a higher quality VoIP conference to our
customers."
"We are delighted to become part of InterCall's innovative VoIP
service," said Tim Montgomery, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Ditech Networks. "Packet-based voice services are a rapidly growing market
segment for our carrier and service provider customers, and the Packet
Voice Processor will play an integral role in enabling leading service
providers to deliver compelling communications services over VoIP. We look
forward to working with InterCall and participating in its successful new
offering."
About West Corporation and Intercall
West Corporation is a leading provider of outsourced communication
solutions to many of the world's largest companies, organizations and
government agencies. West helps its clients communicate effectively,
maximize the value of their customer relationships and drive greater
profitability from every interaction. The company's integrated suite of
customized solutions includes customer acquisition, customer care,
automated voice services, emergency communications, conferencing and
accounts receivable management services.
Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, West has a team
of 28,000 employees based in North America, Europe and Asia. For more
information, please visit http://www.west.com .
InterCall is the largest service provider in the world specializing in
conference communications. The company serves more than 400,000 individual
conference leaders in more than 70,000 organizations around the world with
audio, event, web, and video conferencing solutions. A subsidiary of West
Corporation, the company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For more
information, please visit http://www.intercall.com .
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.
Forward Looking Statement
The statements in this news release regarding the benefits that West
Corporation and carriers will receive from deploying the Packet Voice
Processor, and that the Packet Voice Processor will play an integral role
in enabling leading service providers to deliver compelling communications
services over VoIP, are forward-looking statements subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties, including the risk that alternative and cheaper
voice processing technologies may become available to West Corporation and
to other leading service providers.. Other risks relating to Ditech are
detailed in the section entitled "Future Growth and Operating Results
Subject to Risk" in Part I, Item 2 of Ditech's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2006 (filed September 11, 2006
with the Securities and Exchange Commission).
SOURCE Ditech Networks
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Related links:
http://www.intercall.com/
http://www.west.com/ http://www.ditechnetworks.com/
CONTACT:
press, Janine Fogal, +1-650-623-1469, or
investors, Bill Tamblyn, +1-650-623-1309, both of Ditech Networks
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