Lod, Israel and Fremont, CA - October
18, 2004 - AudioCodes (NASDAQ:
AUDC), a leading provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies
and Voice Network products, and BayPackets, a provider
of enhanced voice and data solutions for wireless, wireline
and broadband operators, today announced that the two
companies have joined forces to deliver comprehensive
Voice over IP routing and messaging solutions to the Cable
MSO and DSL market. These solutions, which include Single
Number Service (find-me follow-me), integrated Visual
Voicemail, Personal Communications Manager, and Advanced
Toll-Free, enable broadband operators to deploy advanced
telephony services across IP, TDM or hybrid networks.
AudioCodes IPmedia™ Media Server
product line offers service providers a robust and scalable
media processing solution that supports a rich variety
of VoIP voice vocoders, media processing capabilities
and standards-compliant signaling and call control.
The IPmedia™ 2000 and 3000 are deployed at leading
ILEC, Cable MSO and PTT operators globally. BayPackets
offers the Agility SIP Application Server for carriers
that already have deployed packet voice infrastructure.
For service providers that are migrating from TDM to
IP, BayPackets offers the Agility Network Services Platform
(NSP). AudioCodes and BayPackets have completed integration
of the IPmedia™ Media Server and the BayPackets
Agility SIP Application Server. The joint solution is
now available to cable MSOs, DSL providers and Mobile
Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) who want to create,
manage and deploy converged services on a single, common
platform.
According to Leichtman Research Group,
only 17% of the cumulative footprint of the top ten
cable providers in America currently have cable telephony
services available and only 14.6% of subscribers who
have cable telephony available are currently signed
up for cable telephony services. AudioCodes and BayPackets'
combined offering in this market is designed to enable
broadband operators to rapidly and profitably deploy
advanced telephony services and achieve significantly
higher levels of service penetration.
"Consumers are increasingly aware
of the benefits of Voice over IP, and demanding the
flexibility and cost-savings of using their existing
broadband connection for phone service. Incumbent and
new entrant broadband operators alike are looking for
differentiated services to help them compete for these
customers," said BayPackets CEO Ken Epps. "The
AudioCodes/BayPackets solution gives cable MSOs and
DSL providers a cost-effective, scalable solution for
quickly deploying IP-powered bundled voice services,
such as integrated wireless-wireline voicemail, to complement
their existing high speed internet offering. These services
are a natural up-sell for broadband operators."
"By collaborating with one of the
leading application vendors in the industry, we are
able to deliver highly scalable solutions that address
the market's need for rich voice features and quick
deployment," said Ben Rabinowitz, AudioCodes VP
of Marketing and Sales for North America. "Customers
will reap the benefits of AudioCodes' robust media processing
engines, BayPackets' specialized applications, and operational
simplicity via intuitive configuration and management
tools. This pre-tested and bundled solution enables
customers to focus on the most important aspects of
growing their business - increasing revenue and reducing
expenditures."
AudioCodes will be displaying its media
gateways and media servers at VON FALL conference and
expo in Boston, MA. from October 18 through 21st in
Booth #312. BayPackets will be exhibiting its solutions
in Booth #829.
AudioCodes Media Server:
AudioCodes IPmedia™ Media Server product line provides
scalable media processing platform solutions for enabling
application developers and Network Equipment Vendors
to offer value add services to wireline, wireless and
converged networks. The IPmedia™ can be used to
provide centralized announcements, conferencing, Interactive
Voice Response (IVR), media transcoding, IP multicasting
/ IP forking, record & playback, Web-based playback
and other media server functions.
BayPackets SIP Application Server:
BayPackets' Agility SIP Application Server provides
a carrier-grade, SIP Servlet platform with a full suite
of ready-to-deploy consumer and business applications.
In addition to applications such as Unified Messaging,
Conferencing, Prepaid, Voice VPN, Advanced Toll Free,
and others, BayPackets provides a complete Software
Development Kit (SDK) with tools and resources to quickly
develop and deploy new services. The Agility SIP Application
Server conforms to the 3GPP IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)
standard and includes a complete Element Management
System (EMS) and Service Management System (SMS).
About BayPackets
BayPackets' Agility SIP Application Server, Agility
Network Services Platform and applications enable wireless,
wireline and cable operators to rapidly bundle and deliver
enhanced voice and data services tailored to the needs
of their business and consumer customers. Local, long-distance
and broadband carriers rely on BayPackets' solutions
to profitably expand their business by efficiently operating
new and existing network infrastructure via a flexible
and open standards-based platform. Founded in February
2000, BayPackets is a privately held company that has
received funding from industry-leading venture capital
firms. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA,
with a subsidiary in Noida UP, India. For more information,
visit BayPackets at www.baypackets.com.
About AudioCodes
AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ: AUDC) enables the new voice
infrastructure by providing innovative, reliable and
cost-effective Voice over Packet technology and Voice
Network products to OEMs, network equipment providers
and system integrators. AudioCodes provides its customers
and partners with a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive
media gateway and media processing technologies, based
on VoIPerfect™ - AudioCodes' underlying, best-of-breed,
core media gateway architecture. The company is a market
leader in voice compression technology and is a key
originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard for the emerging
Voice over IP market. AudioCodes voice network products
feature media gateway and media server platforms for
packet-based applications in the wireline, wireless,
broadband access, and enhanced voice services markets.
AudioCodes enabling technology products include VoIP
and CTI communication boards, VoIP media gateway processors
and modules, and CPE devices. Its customers include
the leading telecom and data network equipment providers
globally. AudioCodes' international headquarters and
R&D facilities are located in Israel, with U.S.
headquarters in San Jose, California. Additional offices
are in Boston (MA), Chicago (IL), Research Triangle
Park (NC), Somerset (NJ), Beijing, London, Paris and
Tokyo. For more information on AudioCodes, visit www.audiocodes.com
or call +1 (408) 577-0488.
Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or
future economic performance; product introductions and
plans and objectives related thereto; and statements
concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any
future events, conditions, performance or other matters,
are "forward-looking statements'' as that term
is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking
statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties
and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those stated in such statements.
These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but
are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions
in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and
target markets in particular;
shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new
products and continuing products' demand; the impact
of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and
its customers' products and markets; timely product
and technology development/upgrades and the ability
to manage changes in market conditions as needed; and
other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes
no obligation to update the information in this release.
AudioCodes, AC, Ardito, AudioCoded,
NetCoder, TrunkPack, VoicePacketizer, MediaPack, Stretto,
Mediant, VoIPerfect and IPmedia are trademarks or registered
trademarks of AudioCodes Limited. All other products
or trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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Fremont, Calif. - October 14, 2004 - BayPackets,
Inc., a provider of enhanced voice and data solutions
for wireless, wireline and broadband operators, today
announced it has been named to the Pulver 100 for the
third consecutive year. The Pulver 100 highlights private
companies in the communications sector that represent
the future of the communications ecosystem. For a first-hand
demonstration of BayPackets' communications software,
including the Agility SIP Application Server, Agility
Network Services Platform and advanced routing and messaging
applications, visit booth # 829 at Fall VON, taking place
October 18-21 in Boston, MA.
The Pulver 100 features companies that
have substantial real-world deployments of their products
and services, as well as enjoy significant growth rates.
Firms on the list focus more on a networking-industry
model espousing open interfaces, connectivity decoupled
from services, and software decoupled from hardware.
A committee based in Melville, New York selects wining
companies based upon the weighting of several factors,
including "how cool their products/services are."
"2004 is bearing up to be the year
that VoIP burst into the mainstream, and it is companies
like BayPackets who are helping to make this happen,"said
Jeff Pulver, CEO of pulver.com. "BayPackets is
aiding the spread of IP communications worldwide by
delivering flexible solutions that enable established
carriers and new entrants to deploy advanced, integrated
telephony services to their business and residential
customers. And they are doing so with little or no dependence
on traditional telephone network, equipment, or service
providers."
"We are delighted to be honored
once again as a key player in the IP communications
industry," said Ken Epps, CEO of BayPackets. "Consumers
want affordable and integrated services to simplify
their communications. BayPackets' solutions are helping
service providers to quickly and cost-effectively deploy
advanced services including mobile VPN, pre-paid, conferencing,
find-me, follow-me, real-time call routing, and visual
voicemail. We are thrilled to see so many of these services
now come to market through our customers."
BayPackets' Agility SIP Application
Server provides a carrier-grade, SIP Servlet platform
with a full suite of ready-to-deploy consumer and business
applications. In addition to applications such as Unified
Messaging, Conferencing, Prepaid, Voice VPN, Advanced
Toll Free, and others, BayPackets provides a complete
Software Development Kit (SDK) with tools and resources
to quickly develop and deploy new services. The Agility
SIP Application Server conforms to the 3GPP IMS (IP
Multimedia Subsystem) standard and includes a complete
Element Management System (EMS) and Service Management
System (SMS).
About BayPackets, Inc.
BayPackets' Agility SIP Application Server, Agility
Network Services Platform and applications enable wireless,
wireline and cable operators to rapidly bundle and deliver
enhanced voice and data services tailored to the needs
of their business and consumer customers. Local, long-distance
and broadband carriers rely on BayPackets' solutions
to profitably expand their business by efficiently operating
new and existing network infrastructure via a flexible
and open standards-based platform. Founded in February
2000, BayPackets is a privately held company that has
received funding from industry-leading venture capital
firms. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA,
with a subsidiary in Noida UP, India. For more information,
visit BayPackets at www.baypackets.com.
About Pulver.com
Founded in 1994 by Jeff Pulver, pulver.com produces
the highly successful VON conferences, and is engaged
in many activities that promote the growth of communication
technology. Jeff Pulver is also the founder of VON Magazine,
The VON Coalition, Free World Dialup (FWD), LibreTel,
pulverinnovations, Digisip, pulverRadio, RevUp Records,
and is co-founder of Vonage and WHP Wireless.
The pulver.com website is a key source
of information for those in the IP Communications industry
and The Pulver Report (http://pulver.com/reports) has
more than 50,000 subscribers - for whom it is a primary
source of news and information on the latest developments
in emerging net technologies. For more information,
please visit www.pulver.com
For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Deitsch
BayPackets PR
925-831-2092
Jennifer.deitsch@baypackets.com
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