BTS Logic Offers Next Generation Automated Directory Assistance, Consolidated Operator Services First to Resell New Solution

Announces the founding of BTS Logic Corporation (BTS Logic), a jointly owned company with the mission to deploy automated directory assistance and enhanced service solutions to the US marketplace. Consolidated Operator Services is first to resell new solution

College Park, Maryland. March 5, 2003. LogicTree Corporation (PRWEB) March 20, 2003 -modal voice and data access systems, and BTS Solutions A/S (BTS), Denmark, a global top-5 developer of Directory Assistance solutions, today have announced the founding of BTS Logic Corporation (BTS Logic), a jointly owned company with the mission to deploy automated directory assistance and enhanced service solutions to the US marketplace.

BTS Logic offers a next generation automated directory assistance solution, VoxDA, that fully integrates the market proven BTS directory search engine and carrier network integration technology and LogicTrees VoxLinx multi-modal voice gateway. VoxDA is the most advanced end-to-end solution available on the market today," said Niels-Arne Baden, CEO, BTS, and Fred Korangy, CEO, LogicTree, in a joint statement.

The BTS Logic VoxDA system, which is available immediately for hosted and in-network deployment, offers callers a fast and convenient Directory Assistance service with call completion and seamless operator integration, employing both standard store-and-forward" functionality as well as cutting edge Collaborative Multi-Modal operator workstation integration.
To ensure maximum data accuracy, BTS Logic is working with LSSi Corp., widely recognized as providing the highest quality, carrier-sourced listing data. LSSi is the first

non-telco provider to exceed 99% service-order-level accuracy across the full nation-wide directory database of U.S. telephone listings.

BTS Logic is currently in trial with Mattoon, Illinois based Consolidated Operator Services, a member of the Consolidated Communications family of companies, with more than 100 years of telecommunications experience. Rick Hall, director, Consolidated Operator Services, said initial testing looks very promising. Based on our early testing of the product at Consolidated Operator Services, it appears to meet our high quality standards for a user-friendly service," he said. We believe many of our customers will prefer this speech automation product".

In closing, Olav Underdal, Executive Vice President, BTS Logic, said The BTS Logic hosted solution represents a tremendous opportunity for competitive carriers to achieve immediate bottom line improvements and gain market share. Carriers can realize significant operational savings from day one, and at the same time obtain the enabling infrastructure to gradually expand with enhanced services such as voice dialing, driving directions, multimedia messaging, as well as converged services integrating Web, wireline and wireless delivery channels."

About BTS
BTS has for more than two decades delivered complete turnkey systems to the telecom industry world wide, with primary focus on Directory Assistance and information retrieval. BTS is represented in more than 80 countries through global alliance programs. Their customers include The Department of Defense, USA; Telenor, Norway; Telia, Sweden; DeTeMedien (formerly a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary), Germany; Batelco, Bahrain & Etisalat, UAE. Visit www.btsdk.com for additional information.

About LogicTree
LogicTree is focused to change the way organizations interact with their customers using multi-channel, multimodal, information access technology. LogicTree offers Hosted and Customer Premises based solutions to carriers, corporations, and government agencies to voice-enable and enhance the applications experience on present and next generation networks. Founded in 1997, LogicTree is a privately held telecom and Internet convergence company headquartered in College Park, Maryland, with European offices in Copenhagen, Denmark. The companys website is www.logictree.com.

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