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| AG Communication Systems' iMerge Centrex Feature Gateway Connects With IP Access Partners for State-of-the-Art Applications Over IP |
PHOENIX, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- AG Communication Systems, a subsidiary of
Lucent Technologies, today announced a partnership program for leading
suppliers of end-user IP access equipment that interface with its iMerge
Centrex Feature Gateway. Charter members of the program include 8x8 Inc.,
Cirillion, e-tel Corporation, Netrix Corporation and Quicknet Technologies,
Inc.
AG Communication Systems will showcase its iMerge Centrex Feature Gateway
and partner products at IT Expo in San Diego, October 6-8, 1999.
"This joint-interoperability, marketing and reference selling program
makes it easier for end-users to connect to the iMerge Centrex Feature
Gateway," said Ken Arndt, director of marketing, Switching for AG
Communication Systems. "All our partners are familiar with the iMerge Centrex
Feature Gateway and have built complementary products that enhance its value
with access to a wide variety of Voice-over-IP applications like multilocation
Centrex services, virtual call centers and virtual private networks for road
warriors and telecommuters."
Member companies in the partnership program provide high-quality,
standards-based IP customer premises equipment and professional services
needed to deliver all the features of the public networks to IP.
iMerge enables a smooth migration from circuit-based to packet networks,
leveraging all the inherent Class 5 switch infrastructure, powerful features
and adjunct services (SS7, billing, OAMAP, CALEA, trunking, etc.). AG
Communication Systems and its partners have combined to offer both service
providers and enterprises an exceptional selection of end-user applications.
Participants in the partnership program ensure that all products have been
tested for interoperability, allowing customers to deploy end-to-end solutions
quickly and easily.
About the Partner Companies
8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT), is a leading manufacturer of digital
telecommunications technology including IP telephony gateways, software and
semiconductors. Its Symphony Media Hub connects four standard analog
telephones to an IP. It supports the industry standard G.711, G.723.1 and
G.728 audio codecs, and it supports full-duplex acoustic echo cancellation on
each line. The Hub supports the MGCP call control protocols. Fully automated
provisioning is supported, making installation easy and networking details
transparent to the user. For more information, visit 8x8's web site at
http://www.8x8.com.
Cirillion
Cirillion is a newly formed joint venture of Hypercom Corporation and
Inter-Tel Inc. Providing complete provisioning solutions for CLECs, ISPs and
alternative carriers, Cirillion offers carrier class gateways, billing
solutions, payment solutions, and e-commerce based marketing, customer service
and channel development. The IP.tel gateway features an integrated
Interactive Voice Response (IVR), an intensive reliability strategy based on a
fault-tolerant parallel processing architecture, and second-generation
scalability. To find out more about IP.tel visit Hypercom's Web site at
http://www.hypercom.com/netsys.
e-tel Corporation
e-tel (e-telcorp.com) offers a family of Voice-over-IP phones that are
fully standards-compliant. They allow the OEM to implement their own
applications for enhanced features, product differentiation, customer
retention and phone-top advertising. They are designed for the large OEM or
carrier who wants to offer complete VoIP solutions with IP endpoints.
Netrix Corporation
Netrix Corporation is a leading worldwide provider of voice and data
networking products. NETRIX products are designed to deliver multiservice
networks for the transport of voice and data to enable its customers to
provide a wide variety of voice and data services. Combining patented,
switched, compressed voice technology and advanced networking capabilities,
NETRIX delivers networking solutions that improve network performance and
deliver an array of tariffable network services. NETRIX's customers include
multinational corporations, emerging service providers and government agencies
in over 60 countries worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 13595
Dulles Technology Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20171. Phone: 800/949-2737;
Fax: 703/742-4048; Internet: http://www.netrix.com.
Quicknet Technologies, Inc.
Quicknet Technologies, Inc., has been the leading innovator in Internet
telephony since 1995. Quicknet Technologies, Inc. is a privately held company
based in San Francisco specializing in the design and manufacture of
low-density Internet telephony products for small businesses. Sold in over
165 countries around the world, Quicknet's products enable users to
effectively boost their Internet telephone call quality and ease of use.
Quicknet's products are available to resellers directly through Quicknet and
are available to end customers through dealers, distributors and catalog
superstores. For more information, please call Quicknet at 415/864-5225, send
e-mail to sales@quicknet.net, or visit Quicknet on the web at
http://www.quicknet.net.
About AG Communication Systems
AG Communication Systems (http://www.agcs.com), a subsidiary of Lucent
Technologies, is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced
communication products and services, including switching, access and wireless
products. AG Communication Systems' GTD-5(R) digital switching systems serve
more than 17 million business, government and residential subscribers.
All products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies. GTD-5 is a registered trademark used under
license from GTE Corporation.
SOURCE AG Communication Systems
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