Check out VOCLF which will probably supply telephone for AT&T through Lucent.
VocalTec to Demonstrate Voice Calls Over
IP Backbone to Comcast Headend At
Western Cable Show
Business Wire - December 02, 1998 09:05
HERZLIYA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1998--
In addition, VocalTec Gatekeeper to Play Key Role in Largest
Vendor Interoperability Demonstration at Show
Announced at Western Cable Show in Anaheim, California, Now
Through December 3, 1998
VocalTec Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: VOCLF), the IP
communications company, today announced that the VocalTec
Ensemble Architecture' (VEA) will be used to demonstrate realtime
voice traffic over an IP backbone to a Comcast headend during the
CableNet 98 Demo at the Western Cable Show.
The demonstration will feature the VocalTec Gatekeeper(TM), the
VocalTec Telephony Gateway(TM) and a new beta version of the
VocalTec Internet Phone(R) Lite(TM) to enable show attendees to call
from a PC or regular phone over a high capacity IP network to another
PC or regular phone connected to Comcast's cable network. The
Western Cable Show is being held through December 3 at the Anaheim
Convention Center in California.
"Comcast is looking aggressively at VoIP as a commercial enterprise,"
said Steve Craddock, vice president - New Media Development at
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. "We were very impressed by the
robustness of VEA as a platform for the delivery of IP telephony
services. By working with VocalTec for CableNet98, Comcast is
showing that cable, through its PacketCable efforts, is preparing to be a
major force in the VoIP industry."
In a separate demonstration at the CableNet 98 Demo, VocalTec will
showcase the VocalTec Gatekeeper interoperating with other VoIP
vendors' gateways and intelligent end unit devices over an IP cable
network. Spearheaded by CableLabs' PacketCable interoperability
initiative, this demonstration is part of the largest vendor
interoperability demonstration for Voice over IP (VoIP) products.
CableLabs is a research and development consortium of cable
television system operators. The VocalTec Gatekeeper enables
scalability, manageability and enhanced IP telephony services by acting
as the chief control point for queries from other IP telephony network
components regarding the direction, tracking and billing of traffic.
"VocalTec is committed to developing interoperability between our
end-to-end IP telephony solutions and other vendor products allowing
for the advancement of the burgeoning VoIP cable market," said Dr.
Elon Ganor, chairman at VocalTec Communications. "Such VoIP
vendor and cable operator demonstrations emphasize VEA's flexibility
as a platform for delivering multimedia rich IP telephony services over
multiple network types."
About the VocalTec Ensemble Architecture and New Beta Internet
Phone Lite
The VocalTec Ensemble Architecture (VEA) represents the first open
IP telephony platform in the industry to support the most advanced
industry standards for widescale, secure and reliable IP telephony
services. With support for third party accounting, billing and security
solutions, the VocalTec Ensemble Architecture provides the framework
for quality intelligent IP telephony services and centralized
management systems including PC clients, standard telephones and
other communications devices.
Internet Phone Lite is a software application (less than 2MB) that
works in conjunction with the VocalTec Telephony Gateway to enable
carriers to roll out PC-to-phone calling services. Carriers can brand
Internet Phone Lite to reflect their own corporate identity and offer the
product for free to their customers. The beta version of Internet Phone
Lite demonstrated at CableNet 98 offers both phone-to-phone and
PC-to-phone calls.
About Comcast Cable
Comcast Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Comcast Corp.,
Comcast Corporation is principally engaged in the development,
management and operation of broadband cable networks, wired and
wireless telecommunications systems and the provision of content.
Comcast, the fourth largest domestic cable company, also holds
ownership interests in Primestar, a satellite video provider, and in
cable and telephony businesses in the United Kingdom. Comcast's
wireless operations serve markets with a population of more than 8.4
million and also include the Company's investment in Sprint PCS.
Comcast provides content through its majority-owned subsidiaries,
QVC, the world's premier electronic retailer, E! Entertainment
Television, Comcast-Spectacor and Comcast SportsNet and through
other investments, including The Golf Channel, Speedvision and
Outdoor Life.
About VocalTec Communications
VocalTec Communications is a manufacturer of systems that enable
audio, video, data, text and collaborative communications over IP
networks such as phone data networks, corporate intranets and the
Internet. VocalTec is a leader in developing innovative, open standards
products that bridge the Internet and the traditional public switched
telephone network (PSTN) and drive the convergence of computing and
telephone technologies. VocalTec was voted by PC Magazine one of
the 100 most influential companies in the world. For the latest company
information, visit VocalTec on the World Wide Web at
vocaltec.com. |
