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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2510)	2/23/1999 6:06:00 AM
From: Gary R. Owens	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

NEC Unveils New IP Telephony Initiative Offering Excellent PBX Investment Protection DALLAS, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- NEC America, Inc., Corporate Networks Group (NEC) announces the introduction of a new initiative and IP product line for implementing IP telephony convergence solutions. These dynamic IP products provide both current and future NEAX® customers the ability to adopt VoIP telephony now or at anytime in the future. NEC's IP products allow users the peace of mind in knowing that today's investment can be upgraded without compromising the user experience. This key initiative is designed as part of a broader strategy, Fusion Networks, offering customers networking choices regardless of the chosen transport medium. Through NEC's Fusion Networks Strategy, a business or enterprise may choose the networking environment most advantageous for its business thus gaining a more reliable, less complex and more manageable network infrastructure via a converged voice/data network. NEC offers a full spectrum of Fusion Networking solutions encompassing the LAN and WAN environments, TDM, Frame Relay and ATM. IP Telephony, the most recent initiative within Fusion Networks, focuses on the convergence of corporate networks through Voice-Over-IP. ''NEC's Voice Over IP initiative represents a direct response to the growing demand for network convergence solutions that fully satisfy customer expectations,'' said Eric Wortmann, director product marketing, NEC America, Inc., Corporate Networks Group. ''Customers selecting NEC for the first time do so knowing convergence doesn't have to mean compromise, but promise. ''Users are accustomed to taking advantage of the many features of our NEAX family of PBXs, such as number transparency and portability, call transfer, caller ID and conferencing, to name just a few,'' Wortmann continued. ''Traditionally, NEC has provided transparent networking of these features for branch offices and we are bringing that tradition forward with a broad array of IP telephony products that preserve the end user experience.'' IP Convergent product solutions anticipated for 1999 include: NEW NEAX family member -- The newest member to the NEAX family of products is based on NEC's express server. The new NEAX targets the small office and branch office market space, offering voice/data IP convergence. IP Gateway -- IP Gateways supporting the advanced NEC Fusion Call Control Signaling and networked features such as QSig. IP Trunk Card -- Will provide PBX to PBX trunking over an IP network through a plug-in circuit board for the NEAX2000, NEAX2400 and newest member of NEAX family. The IP Trunk Card will support advanced networking features and H.323 standards. Voice calls will be ''switched'' in the network. IP Line Card -- Will support IP phones on the corporate LAN and remote/home offices through the standard H.323 protocol. The IP Line Card will also support the NEAX Dterm® IP phone. Will be available as a plug-in module for the NEAX2000, NEAX2400, and the newest member of the NEAX family. H.323 IP Telephone -- Desk phone form factor utilizing only standards based H.323 protocol for VoIP provides basic telephony functionality supporting G.711 and G.723.1 compression. The telephone is equipped with a two-port hub to allow single-office connection for computer and phone. DTerm IP - A fully featured NEC DTerm station designed to work on an IP network providing all the features and functions of the traditional DTerm including programmable soft keys and function keys. The Dterm -IP will also be equipped with an integral 10/100 2 port hub. Current users of the Dterm Series E will be able to upgrade to the DTerm IP with a simple module easily installed in the bottom of the unit. *Will be demonstrated at CT Expo '99 at the Los Angeles Convention Center March 2-4, 1999. NEC America, Inc., an affiliate of NEC Corporation (Nasdaq: NIPNY - news), develops, manufactures and markets a complete line of advanced communications products and software for public and private networks, including digital key telephone and PBX systems; ATM switching systems; cellular telephones; pagers; facsimile equipment; videoconferencing equipment; fiber optic transmission systems; data communications products; digital microwave radio, satellite communications and network management system. NEC Corporation and its affiliates worldwide are a $37 billion global leader whose 152,000 employees are dedicated to providing leading-edge computer, communications and semiconductor products and services. NEAX and Dterm are registered trademarks of NEC Corporation