Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Voice-on-the-net (VON), VoIP, Internet (IP) Telephony -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (296)	3/18/1998 8:32:00 PM
From: Darren DeNunzio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

Lucent Technologies to license voice compression patents FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1997 MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- Lucent Technologies today announced the availability of licenses for its patents related to voice compression standards for video conferencing, simultaneous voice/data and voice-over-packet networks, such as the Internet. Based on work conducted at Bell Laboratories, the patents cover algorithms selected by the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) Study Group 15 for four key standards: The G.723.1 Recommendation, the recommended voice compression algorithm for H.324-compatible video telephony/video conferencing over public telephone networks and for voice-over-IP networks such as the Internet. The G.728 Recommendation, the recommended voice compression algorithm for H.320 video telephony/video conferencing over digital facilities such as ISDN. G.728 is also useful for other applications, such as combining multiple voice channels on a single digital line. The G.729 and G.729A Recommendations, the recommended voice compression algorithm for V.70 Digital Simultaneous Voice Data (DSVD) modems. G.729A is also being considered by the Frame Relay Forum as the recommended algorithm for voice over frame relay applications. These standards were selected by the ITU, an international organization responsible for establishing standards for voice compression, based on controlled testing of technologies designed to meet specific needs. In keeping with its commitment to the standards bodies in which it participates, Lucent Technologies is licensing these patents essential to the standards in a way that is fair, reasonable and without discrimination. A patent license agreement with Lucent is essential for any company implementing any of these recommendations. "Lucent Technologies supports the use of its patented algorithms to bolster the video and audio conferencing and Internet markets," said Nikil Jayant, director of the multimedia communications research laboratory at Bell Labs. "We continue to invest in basic technologies that will advance the quality of person-to-person and multi-person communications over digital networks." A detailed listing of the uniform fee and royalty schedules for these patents is available on the Lucent Technologies World Wide Web site at lucent.com ================= I guess you can say that Lucent will be in on every Internet call made. Any comments.