VocalTec has introduced a system that will enable the transfer of real-time voice
conversations between normal telephone users, through the Internet. This network
gateway feature will be able to link long-distance or international telephone users
over the network, at the cost of local calls or basic line use. VocalTec's Internet
Phone software users will also be able to call ordinary telephones over the Internet or
corporate Intranets.
"The Internet Phone Telephony Gateway is a true innovation, giving people with PCs
a way to talk over the Internet with people who don't use a computer. It can be a
fundamental tool for conducting business or just conversing over the Internet," said
Dr. Elon Ganor, chairman and CEO of VocalTec. "We're working closely with
Dialogic as a strategic development partner to bring the Telephony Gateway to the
market."
"The availability of the Internet as an open, global information network has
generated considerable interest from our customers," said Bob Heymann, vice
president of business development at Dialogic. "The Internet Telephony Gateway will
enable VARS and systems integrators to offer innovative applications such as
international 'hop off' and Internet-based customer service."
Internet Phone Telephony Gateway is expected to be available as a complete system
solution in the second quarter of 1996. A software component which supports the
audio engine and can be integrated in third party solutions will be available after
that. The products will be sold through value-added resellers, system integrators and
direct channels. Pricing of the system has not been established.
The Internet Phone Telephony Gateway will enable a variety of new applications
that use the Internet as a low-cost network for computer-to- telephone and
telephone-to-telephone calls. For example, a caller running Internet Phone on a
desktop computer can place a call over the Internet to a Telephony Gateway server
which is connected to regular telephone lines, which then extends the call to the
local telephone network. Calls also may be initiated from a telephone, carried over
the Internet or corporate Intranet and connected to another telephone where such
servers are installed on both ends.
Dialogic Integrates VocalTec Internet Phone
Technology In Telephone Gateway
Dialogic has recently announced a joint development agreement with VocalTec, to
integrate VocalTec's Internet-Phone systems in its telephony IVR and gateway
products. Dialogic supplies 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.