Voice Technologies Group and AudioCodes Announce Co-Development Agreement for IP-Based Solution

Strategic Insights -

Voice Technologies Group and AudioCodes have signed a co-development agreement to produce and distribute an IP-based solution, called iPOD, that combines both companies' best-of-breed technologies. The iPOD enables smooth transition of enterprise voice networks to IP-based solutions, bridging legacy hardware with the latest technology, and protecting a company's investment and accelerating cost-effective growth. The iPOD will be marketed to OEMs who need a standards-based internet solution to digital PBX connectivity.

Key Takeaways:

  • The iPOD is an external solution that enables the convergence of proprietary digital PBX voice and data across IP networks into a single, integrated enterprise network, economically, reliably, and easily.
  • The iPOD will be compatible with Nortel Networks Meridian 1 and Meridian SL-1, Lucent Definity G3, MITEL SX-200 and SX-2000, and Siemens Rolm 8000, 9000, and 9751 PBXs.
  • The product will offer 8 ports of feature set emulation or driving, with higher port counts available in multiple iPOD configurations.
  • The iPOD targets an installed base of tens of millions of digital PBX lines, with more than 7 million such lines shipping annually.
  • The market for digital PBXs is estimated to grow to $8 billion by 2002.
  • The iPOD will enable applications such as messaging, call centers, telecommuting, and wireless.

Statistics:

  • The installed base of digital PBX lines is estimated to be in the tens of millions.
  • More than 7 million digital PBX lines are shipping annually.
  • The market for digital PBXs is estimated to grow to $8 billion by 2002.
  • The iPOD will offer 8 ports of feature set emulation or driving.
  • The product is scheduled for availability on an OEM basis in the second quarter of 2000.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, March 8, 2000: "Voice Technologies Group and AudioCodes Announce Co-Development Agreement for IP-Based Solution"
  • AudioCodes Limited, 2000: "AudioCodes and Voice Technologies Group Announce Co-Development Agreement for IP-Based Solution"