Ingram Micro to Distribute Linkon Corporation's LinkNet(TM) Internet
Telephony Gateway
PR Newswire - July 21, 1998 11:30
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FAIRFIELD, Conn., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Linkon Corporation (OTC
Bulletin Board: LKON) and Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) have entered into a
distributorship agreement for Linkon Corporation's LinkNet(TM) IP Telephony
Gateway.
"Linkon is delighted to have been selected by Ingram Micro for
distribution. We are excited about providing Ingram Micro's global VAR
customer base with exposure and access to our LinkNet Internet telephony
products," said Marc Robins, Director of Marketing for Linkon. "Our
LinkNet Gateway allows Ingram's VARs to offer scalable, cutting-edge voice
and fax over IP solutions to their entire customer base."
"Internet Telephony is one of the hottest telecommunications technologies
on the market today, and is experiencing a period of rapid adoption and
growth. This agreement will provide our telecom and datacom resellers with
the means to provide their existing customers with solutions that generate
a proven return on investment, as well as allow them to enter new markets,"
said Laura Skinner, vice president of Ingram Micro's Telecom Integration
Division. "Linkon is an industry-leading innovator in Unix-based
Linkon Corporation's LinkNet IP Gateway can support from four analog
channels to multiple E1/T1 digital circuits. Current LinkNet customers
have deployed systems for phone-to-phone communications over satellite
networks; for prepaid calling card services; for SS7 network protocol-based
applications; in "Thin Client" Call Center applications using Java(TM)
technology; and in Intranet and Internet-based configurations both
domestically and internationally.
Linkon's LinkNet IP Telephony Gateway is the winner of the "Best of CTI
Expo" award from the recent CTI Spring '98 Expo, and the company's
Maestro(TM) System DSP-based communications board and companion API
software toolkit products are winners of CTI Magazine's 1997 Platinum
Editor's Choice award. The LinkNet IP Gateway and the Maestro System
technology it employs have been designed to address IP telephony's most
difficult technical issues, including full-duplex communications,
scalability, echo cancella
About Linkon Corporation
Linkon Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LKON) is a technology supplier to
the telecommunications, Internet, cable and data networking industries.
The Company's software and hardware products feature a "Universal Port"
architecture that provides for efficient, multimedia communications in
large networked environments. Solutions incorporating Linkon products have
been created for applications such as Internet telephony, interactive voice
response (IVR), voice-activated dialing, and call center automation.
About Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the
world's leading wholesale distributor of technology products and services,
with 1997 sales of more than $16.5 billion. The company and its affiliates
operate in 31 countries and distribute more than 145,000 products to more
than 100,000 resellers in 120 countries. Ingram Micro is a trademark used
under license by Ingram Micro Inc.
SOURCE Linkon Corporation
/CONTACT: Marc Robins, Director of Marketing of Linkon Corporation,
203-319-3123, fax, 203-319-3150, or marcr@linkon.com/
/Web site: linkon.com
(LKON IM)
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