Swisscom Systems licenses Voxpilots Telecom Solution

Dublin and Bern; 10 December 2003 Swisscom Systems Ltd is licensing Voxpilots new Telecom Solution product to deliver outsourced VoiceXML services to the Swiss market.

Swisscom Systems will be able to offer innovative telephone-based applications such as auto-attendant, personal dialler, information management and call centre automation to its existing base of 90,000 business customers from January 2004. It will also benefit from the revenue generated by third-party applications deployed by Voxpilot partners in Switzerland. Swisscom Systems is the first outsourcing specialist in Switzerland to offer these services on a hosted basis. Customers simply pay a monthly fee based on usage without having to make up-front investments or pay for deployment and maintenance.

Swisscom Systems and Voxpilot are also joining forces to offer additional VoiceXML products and services such as Voxpilots SpeechSuite enterprise platform and consultancy services for the Swiss market.

Voxpilots Telecom Solution enables any carrier or hosting company to become a VoiceXML outsourcer by linking them to voxBuilder, Voxpilots online development environment. The package includes Voxpilots SpeechSuite platform featuring the companys leading-edge VoiceXML browser and Nuances speech recognition technology, management tools and VSP management services.

Christian Müller, Head of Outsourcing Services at Swisscom Systems: "The hosting of voice applications ideally complements our service portfolio. With Voxpilot as supplier and Swisscom as carrier and operator of the platform we are able to offer an all-round solution that is unique in Switzerland. Our customers benefit from Voxpilot's technical competence, the know-how of the development partners and our many years' experience as the largest operator of telephone systems in Switzerland."

Dr. Jon Alcantara, CEO of Voxpilot Ltd, adds: "Voxpilot is pleased that Swisscom Systems has chosen our VoiceXML solution to address its customers needs. For Voxpilot, this is an initial step towards the roll-out of a pan-European network of hosting centres all linked together via our online development environment (ODE). We believe that Swisscom Systems will benefit from applications and traffic generated for the Swiss market by our network of partners."

About Swisscom Systems Ltd

Swisscom Systems is a specialist in the area of private branch exchanges (PBX) for business customers. As market leader Swisscom Systems is able to offer a broad portfolio of services, ranging from planning, consulting, implementation and maintenance to different financing options such as purchasing, leasing and outsourcing. Through its close co-operation with leading suppliers, Swisscom Systems is always at the leading edge of technology, and is thus able to secure long-term benefits for customer investments.

About Voxpilot

Voxpilot is the leading pan-European VoiceXML company, offering a range of products and services for telcos, businesses, platform companies and developers, including an online development environment, a range of VoiceXML Gateway products, and outsourced services for the development and deployment of voice-enabled applications in all major European markets. The voxBuilder Developer Programme is provided for development, testing and demonstration purposes. Online tools include a file manager, a VXML and grammar validator, number management tools, and a real-time log viewer. Voxpilot's flexible pricing and hosting models enable innovative telephone-based applications to be deployed rapidly and cost-effectively. Voxpilots customers and partners include Ericsson, Monaco Telecom, Sigma, Vodafone, VoiceObjects, Siemens, Nuance, Scansoft, Kirusa, Oracle and Assurland.

For further information, please contact
Dr. Michaela Heigl
Marketing Manager,
Telephone: +33 6 62 67 01 69
E-mail: Michaela.Heigl@voxpilot.com