Dialogic and VocalTec forge strategic alliance to develop products for Internet telephony servers; Strategic relationship will enable systems based on SCSA and Open Standards

Business Wire, Feb 14, 1996

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1996--Dialogic Corporation (NASDAQ:DLGC) today executed a framework for a joint development agreement under which Dialogic will collaborate with VocalTec(TM), Inc., (NASDAQ:VOCLF) to build, market and distribute hardware and software components for Internet and intranet telephony servers.

These products will enable transmission of real-time voice over data networks, such as the Internet.

Thousands of consumers with multimedia PCs already talk for free over the Internet using innovative software such as VocalTec's Internet Phone(TM), Internet telephony servers and similar products promise to extend this capability into a whole new arena. For instance, with Internet telephony servers, systems integrators will be able to create a variety of innovative applications that use the Internet as a low-cost switching and transmission network for computer-to-telephone and telephone-to-telephone calls. One class of possible applications is the "hop-off" server, where a subscriber with a sound-enabled PC places a call over the Internet to a server equipped with analog or digital telephone trunks, which then extends the call to the local telephone network. A second class of applications uses back-to-back servers, so that calls can be initiated from a telephone, carried over the Internet, and terminated at another telephone.

Howard Bubb, president and CEO of Dialogic Corp., announced today at Networks Expo in Boston, "We are excited about partnering with VocalTec, the technical pioneer and market leader in Internet telephony. Internet telephony is a natural extension of Dialogic's core business of providing hardware and software for open computer telephony servers based on industry standards and we consider this a great opportunity to forge ahead in this area."

Dialogic supplies the industry-leading portfolio of globally approved telephone interfaces and programmable signal processing products, compatible with Signal Computing System Architecture (SCSA).

Dialogic's open platform components enable worldwide analog, T1/E1 and ISDN connectivity, and offer the leading features for call processing applications, and provide scaleable DSP horsepower to support evolving voice compression standards.

International Data Corporation, a high technology market research firm based in Framingham, Mass. called VovalTec the Internet voice market leader in a recent report on Internet voice products.

"The growing acceptance of the Internet as an open global information infrastructure has generated considerable interest from our customers," commented Bob Heymann, Dialogic's VP of Business Development. "Upon completion of product development, systems integrators will be able to take advantage of telephony and Internet components from the respective market leaders and focus their attention on building solutions for applications like international call "hop-off" and Internet information retrieval. Dialogic and VocalTec will work together to provide leading edge technology and adopt emerging standards."

VovalTec Ltd is a leading provider of software that enables voice and audio communications over the Internet. Internet Phone, the company's core product, first released in February 1995, enables two users connected to the Internet to conduct real-time, two-way, full-duplex voice conversations using their personal computers. With Internet Phone, users can conduct unlimited long distance and international conversation for the cost of an Internet connection.

Based in Herzliya, Israel, VocalTec's North American headquarters is located at 157 Veterans Drive, Northvale, NJ 07647. For more information on the VocalTec product line, call VocalTec's headquarters in New Jersey at 201/768-9400, fax 201/768-8893, http://www.vocaltec.com on the World Wide Web, or email to info@vocaltec.com.

Dialogic Corporation is the leading manufacturer of high-performance, standards-based computer telephony (CT) components. Computer telephony systems built with Dialogic products manage more than one third of all telephone, facsimile, and multi-media calls answered by computers over wireless and wired networks worldwide. Dialogic products are used in a multitude of CT applications, including voice, fax, data, voice recognition, speech synthesis and call center management. More than two million ports have been deployed by Dialogic's thousands of development and integration partners worldwide, with approximately 25% installed in public network service provider sites and the balance on business premises. The company broadened its lead in computer telephony by integrating key technology from the industry leaders in multi line network grade fax, CT connectivity servers, and development environments for digital signal processors (DSP). Dialogic is a major player in promoting industry standards through the formation of the Signal Computing System Architecture (SCSA) initiative, and is a founding member of the Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum (ECTF). The company is headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., and has sales offices worldwide. EDITOR'S NOTE VovalTec and Internet Phone are trademarks of VocalTec, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.