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`To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2219)
`From: Frank A. Coluccio
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`The iNOW! [VoIP Interoperability Now!] Joint Press Release
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`[note: the exclamation mark is part of the title... I would not be putting it there myself at this point, seen a lot of joint announcements
`like this one in the past six months... maybe this one has some meat on it? Let's wait and see...]
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`Ascend, Cisco, Clarent, Dialogic, Natural MicroSystems and Siemens Join ITXC, Lucent and VocalTec in Support of iNOW!
`Interoperability Initiative
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`Business Wire December 17, 1998 06:16
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`PRINCETON and MURRAY HILL, N.J. and HERZLIYA, Israel(BUSINESS WIRE)Dec. 17, 1998ITXC Corp, Lucent Technologies
`and VocalTec Communications (Nasdaq: VOCLF) today announced that six additional companies will support the upcoming iNOW!
`(TM) ("interoperability NOW!") Profile scheduled to be published in January. iNOW! is a standardsbased, multivendor initiative
`established to quickly provide interoperability among IP telephony platforms. Ascend, Cisco, Clarent, Dialogic, Natural MicroSystems
`and Siemens will be working with the iNOW! Profile to make their gateways and gatekeepers interoperable with each other's products
`and with those from Lucent and VocalTec.
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`The industry has come a long way in a year with interoperability now at the top of the agenda for customers and vendors. At this fall's
`Voice on the Net Conference, ITXC, Lucent and VocalTec demonstrated interoperability among their IP telephony platforms marking
`the first such accomplishment in the industry. Interoperable Lucent and VocalTec gateways are now deployed on ITXC's commercial
`network. And most importantly, gateway to gateway interoperability is now commercially available with the release of the VocalTec
`Ensemble Architecture(TM) and Lucent's PacketStar(TM) Internet Telephony System (ITS) version 2.2.
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`Understanding that customers need interoperability, Ascend, Cisco, Clarent, Dialogic, Natural MicroSystems and Siemens also
`announced today that they will be supporting iNOW! interoperability in their future products. (See Addendum for quotes) The iNOW!
`Interoperability Profile will detail how to achieve interoperability between gateways from different vendors and interoperability between
`gatekeepers from different vendors. Up until recently, carriers and callers were limited in the destinations they could reach since calls
`had to be terminated on the exact same platform from which they originated. Internet telephony service providers had to choose
`between dependence on a single vendor or operating multiple parallel networks of incompatible gateways.
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`Tom Caldwell, VP of Carrier Services Marketing and Product Management at Bell Atlantic stated that "Bell Atlantic applauds the
`companies that have agreed to support the Lucent and VocalTec interoperability. In order to see significant growth of IP telephony in
`1999, the industry must commit to certification and demonstration of interoperability early in the year. We believe that interoperability is
`a key component of a full fledged 'Carrier Class' IP telephony system, therefore a key requirement of Bell Atlantic's suppliers."
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`ITXC Comunicacoes Ltda. was established in July 1998 and deployed its first site one month later, in Sao Paulo Brazil. Its managing
`officer, Claudio Collado Riechelmann, added today, "The net of this key industry move taken by IP telephony vendors is to allow the
`homogeneous and solid growth of the ITXC Ltda. footprint in South America. This gives our customers the opportunity to choose
`whichever platform they feel satisfies their telephony needs for much more affordable prices and future enhanced services."
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`"Many companies have announced interoperability, but Lucent and VocalTec are the first to actually do it. They are to be applauded,"
`said Jeff Pulver, President of pulver.com. "ITXC's leadership in promoting this idea to other major industry vendors is a coup to all
`involved."
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`Lucent and VocalTec are responsible for the development of the programming and engineering for the iNow! Interoperability Profile.
`ITXC wrote the marketing requirements, provided project management, and has provided lab and field testing as part of the
`interoperability effort. VocalTec, ITXC and Lucent together wrote the interoperability guidelines based on the International
`Telecommunications Union (ITU) H.323 standard, and the upcoming H.225.0 Annex G standard.
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`Tom Evslin, Chairman and CEO of ITXC Corp commented, "It is gratifying to see that each of these companies has chosen industry
`growth and interoperability over the short term advantage of proprietary implementations. This is a great holiday gift to the IP
`telephony industry and its customers."
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`"By joining this initiative, these six leading companies are affirming the strength of the iNow! Interoperability Profile being developed by
`VocalTec, Lucent and ITXC," said Dr. Elon Ganor, Chairman at VocalTec Communications. "VocalTec has been at the forefront of the
`industry standards effort since the beginning of the IP telephony industry. We are bringing to market interoperable endtoend IP
`telephony solutions that support the broad range of services that carrier and corporate customers need."
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`"We are delighted to see the commitment to IP telephony interoperability from other leading vendors," said Chris Schoettle, Vice
`President of IP Communications, Lucent Technologies. "The leadership Lucent, VocalTec and ITXC have shown in developing the
`industry's first interoperable IP telephony products and industry's first IP telephony guidelines is proof that customers need
`interoperability now."
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`About Lucent Technologies:
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`Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software,
`data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Labs is the research and development
`arm for the company. More information about Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ, is available on its Web site at
`lucent.com . Additional information about Lucent's PacketStar ITS is available at lucent.com .
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`About VocalTec Communications:
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`VocalTec Communications' software enables audio, video, data, text and collaborative communications between personal computers
`and other devices over IP networks. VocalTec is a leader in developing innovative, open standards products that bridge IP networks
`and the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) and drive the convergence of computing and telephone technologies.
`VocalTec owns a minority equity interest in ITXC. More information about VocalTec Communications, headquartered in Herzliya,
`Israel, is available on its Web site at vocaltec.com . For more information on the VocalTec Ensemble Architecture(tm), please visit
`vocaltec.com .
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`About ITXC Corp:
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`ITXC is a wholesale provider of services to companies originating and terminating IP calls. Its WWeXchange Service provides
`wholesale call completion and settlement to anywhere using both Internet telephony and traditional PSTN. Its customers are prepaid
`calling card and call back companies, traditional carriers, ISPs and new Internet telephony service providers (ITSPs) all of whom use
`Internet telephony to reduce the cost of international calling. The company operates the most extensive wholesale network of affiliated
`Internet telephony gateways in the world. www.itxc.com.
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`ITXC(tm) and WWeXchange(SM) are trademarks and service marks of ITXC Corp PacketStar(tm) is a trademark of Lucent
`Technologies. VocalTec(R) and VocalTec Ensemble Architecture(tm) are trademarks or registered trademarks of VocalTec
`Communications Ltd. Other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective companies.
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`Certain statements contained in this release may contain forwardlooking information with respect to plans, projections or future
`performance of VocalTec Communications, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited
`to, product and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, competitive products, product development,
`commercialization and technological difficulties and other risks detailed in the Company's reports filed from time to time with the
`Securities and Exchange Commission.
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`Addendum
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`Comments from supporting vendors
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`Ascend
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`"Interoperability between gateway vendors is a must to create truly global IP voice networks," said Roger Boyce, Vice President and
`General Manager, Enterprise Networking Division, Ascend Communications, Inc. "By participating in iNOW! Ascend is helping shape
`innovative solutions, like voice over IP, that run on our next generation networks."
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`Cisco
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`"Open Standards and vendor interoperability are critical to the success of packet telephony," said Alistair Woodman, Product Line
`Manager for packet telephony applications at Cisco Systems. "We are pleased to be working with other industry leaders to ensure
`wide acceptance of standards which will accelerate the rapid transition to New World networks and services."
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`Clarent
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`"Clarent's carrier customers are currently carrying millions of minutes of IP telephony traffic per month and are expecting
`interoperability so that they can expand the reaches of their networks," said Jerry Chang, President and CoFounder of Clarent
`Corporation. "We endorse interoperability efforts like the iNOW! initiative because such efforts will grow the deployment of IP
`telephony across the globe."
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`Dialogic
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`"Dialogic has been driving IP telephony standards from the industry's inception and is pleased to support this standardsbased
`interoperability initiative," said Larry Fromm, Vice President of New Business Development, Dialogic Corporation. "This move enables
`our IP telephony customer base to take advantage of opportunities emerging from the global ITXC network."
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`Natural MicroSystems
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`"Natural MicroSystems' products are at the heart of many of today's leading IP telephony systems, including those from Lucent and
`Clarent," said Joel Hughes, Director of IP Telephony for Natural MicroSystems. "Our support of the iNOW! interoperability initiative will
`enable our customers to create and sell platforms that can seamlessly operate in any iNOW! compliant network worldwide, such as
`the ITXC network."
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`Siemens
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`"Siemens applauds ITXC's interoperability initiatives," said Chuck Harris, Vice President and General Manager of Internet Solutions
`for Siemens Information and Communication Networks. "We look forward to continuing these efforts with ITXC, as we work together to
`develop industry standards for IP telephony, while leveraging Siemens' global presence and carrier grade VoIP platform, the
`InterXpress."
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`CONTACT: Stephen Loudermilk
`Lucent Technologies
`1.908.953.7514 (office)
`1.800.759.8888, pin 1277163 (pager)
`sloudermilk@lucent.com
`www.lucent.com
`or
`Mary Evslin
`ITXC Corp
`1.609.419.1500, ext. 102
`mevslin@itxc.com
`www.itxc.com
`or
`Jo Lee
`VocalTec Communications
`1.201.768.9400, ext. 211
`jo_lee@vocaltec.com
`www.vocaltec.com
`or
`Marty Querzoli/Theresa Edo
`LNS Communications (for VocalTec)
`1.617.577.9777
`tedo@lnscom.com
`mquerzoli@lnscom.com
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