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Audiocodes Ltd. — Regulatory Filings 2006
Nov 1, 2006
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AudioCodes
PRESS RELEASE
Contacts Shirley Nakar AudioCodes Tel: +972-3-976-4000 [email protected]
Chuck Tanowitz Schwartz Communications 781-684-0770 [email protected]
AudioCodes Teams Up With BroadSoft To Help Service Providers Streamline VoIP Service Delivery
AudioCodes Joins BroadSoft Premier Access Solution Program to Provide Pre-integrated Media Gateway Solutions for Speedier Service Deployment and Revenue Generation
Lod, Israel – November 1, 2006 – AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC), a leading provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies and Voice Network products, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with BroadSoft, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP application software, to provide pre-integrated access solutions for hosted VoIP applications. AudioCodes will join BroadSoft and a consortium of other customer premises equipment (CPE) and access equipment vendors to build solutions that integrate equipment with hosted applications to simplify the integration challenges service providers face when deploying new services.
As part of the program, BroadSoft’s Premier Access Solution and AudioCodes engage in joint product development, marketing, sales and support of the BroadWorks® VoIP application platform and AudioCodes media gateway platforms, collaborating with each other to validate components with each new product release. AudioCodes provides the ability to connect the BroadSoft application to existing enterprise PBX and/or analog phones and faxes, offering a high level of voice quality gateways.
“Deploying and managing today’s complex services pose ongoing challenges to carriers, especially at the point of access,” said Lior Moyal, Vice President of Marketing for the CPE Business Line, North America at AudioCodes. “BroadSoft’s Premier Access Solution program is a high-value proposition for service providers looking for quicker and smarter ways to meet customer needs and build revenue.”
“Premier Access Solutions enables us to work with technology innovators to provide readily available pre-integrated access solutions to carriers and service providers,” said Scott Hoffpauir, chief technology officer
AudioCodes Teams Up With BroadSoft
for BroadSoft. "AudioCodes" leadership in media gateways makes the company an ideal partner to help service providers streamline service deployment and speed time to market."
About the BroadWorks Platform
BroadSoft's IMS-compliant BroadWorks® platform provides a comprehensive range of VoIP applications, including hosted PBX, IP Centrex, mobile PBX, business trunking and residential broadband services fully integrated into a single VoIP application platform. BroadWorks is uniquely capable of providing these applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability and regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service.
About BroadSoft
BroadSoft's VoIP application software is revolutionizing the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its flagship BroadWorks® technology empowers wireless, wireline and cable carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and elevate customer satisfaction. BroadSoft's family of carrier-class software products delivers the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers. BroadSoft provides VoIP applications to 6 of the top 10 and 12 of the top 25 largest carriers worldwide, including Korea Telecom, Singtel, Sprint, Telefonica de Espana, Telstra, T-Systems, and Verizon. For additional information, go to www.BroadSoft.com.
About AudioCodes
AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ: AUDC), Your Gateway to VoIP, provides innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over Packet (VOP) technology and Voice Network products to OEMs, Network Equipment Providers, Service Providers and System Integrators worldwide. AudioCodes provides a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive media gateway and media processing technologies (based on VoIPerfect™ – AudioCodes' underlying, best-of-breed, core media gateway architecture) and Session Border Controllers (SBCs). The company is a market leader in product development, focused on VoIP Media Gateway, Media Server and SBC technologies and network products.
AudioCodes has deployed tens of millions of media gateway and media server channels globally over the past few years and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard for the emerging Voice over IP market. The Company is a VoIP technology leader focused on quality, having recently received a number one ranking from ETSI for outstanding voice quality in its media gateways and media servers. AudioCodes voice network products feature media gateway and media server platforms for packet-based applications in the converged, wireline, wireless, broadband access, enhanced voice services and video markets. AudioCodes enabling technology products include VoIP and CTI communication
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blades, VoIP media gateway processors and modules, and CPE devices. AudioCodes’ headquarters and R&D facilities are located in Israel with an R&D extension in the U.S. Other AudioCodes’ offices are located in Europe, the Far East, and Latin America
Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and continuing products' demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.
BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks of BroadSoft, Inc.
All other names are trademarks of their respective companies.
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