Linkon is getting set to become a major carrier. Here's today's news:
( BW)(CA-MOCKINGBIRD-NETWORKS) Mockingbird
and Linkon Enter Into Joint Development Agreement
Business Editors, High-Tech Writers
CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--
Two Pioneers in Hybrid Telephony/Voice-over-IP
Technology Join Forces to Develop Next Generation
of Voice/Data Integration
Mockingbird Networks announced today that it has signed a joint
agreement with Linkon Corporation to develop and share next-generation
hybrid IP/telephony platform technology.
The two companies are the industry leaders in developing voice/data
technology for the competitive carrier market, and the agreement enables
them to now leverage complementary technology developed independently
by each company. Working together, Mockingbird Networks and Linkon
will concentrate on advancing hybrid IP/telephony technology in numerous
areas, from improving enhanced messaging services and increasing port
densities, to expanding system scalability and lowering costs.
"Sharing technology and working with Mockingbird Networks is a great
opportunity for Linkon that will certainly increase the momentum of
voice/data convergence and voice-over-IP," said Lee Hill, Chairman and
Chief Technology Officer of Linkon. "Their experience in building complex,
scalable, high capacity platforms dovetails nicely with our open
systems-based software architecture. With both companies committed to
highly adaptable and flexible open-source systems, our customers in the
carrier-class market are assured of avoiding the proprietary software
development trap."
"Working with Linkon allows us to substantially improve our time to
market, and more aggressively develop products based on the solid,
proven technology that Linkon has deployed around the world," said Craig
Forney, Chief Executive Officer of Mockingbird Networks. "We share the
same architectural philosophy based on open systems design for cost
efficiency and flexibility, which is why this joint development effort is so
straightforward and makes so much sense. We look forward to working
closely with Linkon on advancing hybrid IP/telephony technologies to new
heights."
"It is great to see the two hybrid IP telephony technology leaders joining
forces to develop leading-edge solutions based on the SPARC/Solaris and
Java platforms," said Ed Grainger, IP Network Service Partner Manager at
Sun Microsystems. "Sun recognizes the importance of supporting strategic
developers who can provide carrier class software and hardware platforms
for the converged network, and it's gratifying to see this level of
cooperation in the burgeoning voice/data industry."
A pioneer in deploying first generation IP telephony platforms, Linkon
Corporation's software and hardware products feature a "Universal Port"
architecture that provides for efficient, multimedia communications in large
networked environments. The company's LinkOS Operating System
manages digital signal processing resources, memory, and software objects
for telephony, fax, modem, speech compression, recognition, verification
and synthesis. Linkon hardware includes the Maestro System, a modular
and scalable DSP-based platform for processing voice, fax, voice
compression, modem, speech recognition and synthesis. The Maestro
System also provides public switched telephone network connectivity,
echo cancellation for IP Telephony applications, and computer bus and
computer telephony bus connectivity. Linkon technology-based systems
include the LinkNet IP Telephony Gateway -- a new offering for the
rapidly growing Internet telephone market -- and the ESCAPE Enhanced
Services Platform for the dynamic call center automation market.
Mockingbird Networks is the manufacturer of the hybrid Nuvo 500
telephony switch which is designed to seamlessly interface public switched
telephone network (PSTN) voice circuits with Internet Protocol (IP)
networks or backbones. The open systems-based Nuvo product family
allows carriers and Internet Service Providers (ISP) to interface to local
exchanges and offer Telco-quality telephone service to their customers,
while bypassing the traditional long distance networks. Mockingbird
Networks' embedded systems design technology, drivers and applications
for hybrid networking have significantly advanced the burgeoning
Voice-over-IP marketplace.
About Linkon Corporation
Linkon develops and markets Internet Protocol Telephony enhanced
services equipment and services for the telecom, data, cable, utility and
Internet industries. Linkon was recently named as one of Deloitte &
Touche's "Fast 50," a group of the fastest growing companies in
Connecticut. The magazine Internet Telephony named the Corporation's
LinkNet IP Telephony Switch as a "Product of the Year" for 1998. Linkon
products are sold to end-users and through system integrators, application
developers, value-added resellers and original equipment manufacturers.
About Mockingbird Networks
Founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of Opus Systems, Mockingbird
Networks (MBN) develops IP telephony equipment for the competitive
carrier market. The company's Nuvo IP telephony switches enable carriers
in emerging and deregulated markets to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy
a network infrastructure that supports both traditional voice
communications and new IP-based next-generation applications. The
company leverages its hardware design and telephony expertise to deliver
this new class of SS7-enabled, open systems switches with the fault
resilience, network management, density, serviceability, and performance
required for carrier-class equipment. The company is based in Cupertino,
and is privately held. For more information, please call 408/342-1067 or
visit them on the Web at www.mockingbirdnet.com.
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CONTACT: Dave & Bairey Communications
Fiona Hughes, 925/672-9547
fiona@dbcomm.com
or
Mockingbird Networks, Cupertino
John Chun, 408/342-1067
jchun@mockingbirdnet.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA CONNECTICUT
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET
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