Octave Communications Announces Collaborative Agreement With British
Telecommunications
December 1, 1998
SALEM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Octave
Communications, Inc. the leader in
collaborative telephony applications
worldwide, today announced a collaborative
agreement with British Telecommunications
plc (NYSE:BTY).
"British Telecommunications and Octave
have entered into a collaborative agreement
whereby Octave will trial an integration of
its OCI 1000 audio conferencing bridge
interfaces (APIs) with BT's data
conferencing service - Conference Call
Presence," stated Martin Russ, audiographic
conferencing group leader of BT. "BT will
trial a beta model of the Octave audio
bridge in its laboratories at Martlesham
Heath in the UK."
"We are looking forward to working with BT
as it extends its Conference Call Presence
service," stated Robert Scott, president and
CEO of Octave Communications. "Based
upon very positive feedback from a number
of service providers, we are extremely
encouraged by the market response to our
platform and look forward to capitalizing on
the increasing introduction and deployment
of conferencing services by worldwide
service providers."
About British Telecommunications
BT is one of the worlds leading providers of
telecommunications services. With a market
capitalisation in excess of 50 billion pounds
sterling, it is one of the largest private
sector companies in Europe. Its principal
activity is the supply of local, long distance
and international telecommunications
services and equipment in the UK, serving
27 million exchange lines. International
direct-dialled telephone service is available
to more than 200 countries and other
overseas territories - covering 99 per cent
of the world's 800 million telephones. BT is
expanding its presence overseas rapidly and
has operations in more than 30 countries
worldwide, with joint ventures in Spain,
Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden,
France, Switzerland and the Republic of
Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, Japan
and India.
About Octave Communications, Inc.
Octave Communications is setting a new
benchmark in the telecommunications
industry by providing a telephony platform
that will enable the next generation of
collaborative applications. The company
develops and sells a telephony platform that
extends the reach of corporate
communications throughout the world.
Octave Communications provides the
transparent execution of mixed media
telecommunications utilizing the Internet
and public switched networks. The
telephony platform, which initially supports
audioconferencing, is designed to grow with
the network and support emerging
applications in the future such as data
conferencing and voice over the Internet.
CONTACT: Octave Communications, Inc.
The Weber Group | Ed Thomas Erica Askew
| 603-894-6110 617-441-4000 ext. 254 |
ethomas@octavecomm.com
easkew@webergroup.com |
octavecomm.com
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