Paraxip Technologies and Kallastra Enter Partnership to Deliver Innovative VoIP Solutions

Paraxip Technologies and Kallastra have agreed to join forces in addressing the growing demand for flexible, scalable and cost-effective solutions for transitioning from traditional telephony to Internet Protocol (IP) telephony.

Montréal, Canada (PRWEB) March 5, 2004 -- Paraxip Technologies and Kallastra today announced that they have agreed to join forces in addressing the growing need by their respective customers for flexible, scalable and cost-effective solutions for transitioning from traditional telephony to Internet Protocol (IP) telephony. Under the agreement, Paraxip will develop innovative Voice-over-IP (VoIP) gateway solutions based on Kallastras KeyTrunk 500 board series. The solutions, which will initially target the call center and the general Interactive Voice Response (IVR) market, will be optimized for use with speech technologies.

We see increasing demand from our customers to address the need for flexibility and transparency in the transition to IP telephony" said Serge Forest, Paraxips President and CEO. The legacy equipment and applications are rarely replaced with IP-telephony gear in a single, fork-lift upgrade. Our customers are introducing IP-telephony in a steady and progressive manner. They are seeking gateway solutions that will enable transparent operations in the hybrid network, mixing and matching IP and regular telephony equipment. This is what Paraxip will bring them".

The solutions will have the added benefits of leveraging the unique characteristics of the KeyTrunk 500 hardware from Kallastra. We are pleased to join Paraxip in offering unparalleled media processing scalability and cost-effectiveness in VoIP gateway solutions designed for the hybrid network" said Frédéric Dickey, Director of Sales and Marketing at Kallastra. We are also proud to work with a partner who fully recognizes the value and who will take full advantage of the unique voice processing features of the KeyTrunk 500 such as our high-quality echo-cancellation, our speech-optimized Voice Activity Detector and the ability to stream VoIP traffic directly from the card. Such voice processing features are invaluable for the quality and efficiency of speech-based applications as well as other Host-Based Media Processing applications."

Initial products from Paraxip are expected to be generally available in the second quarter of this year.

About Paraxip Technologies

Paraxip Technologies offers software products enabling a seamless transition from traditional telephony to IP telephony. Paraxips products are designed from the ground up to offer Voice-over-IP (VoIP) applications with un-paralleled transparency to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), enabling seamless operations even in hybrid environments, where traditional and IP telephony equipment and applications are mixed.

Working with world-class industry partners, Paraxip brings to market innovative connectivity solutions in a flexible, building block approach. Paraxips products are optimized for the following markets: Call centers, Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and speech applications, as well as Telco enhanced services.

For more information about Paraxip and its products, please visit www.paraxip.com, or email info@paraxip.com.

About Kallastra

Kallastra designs, develops and markets Voice over Packet processing boards for the computer telephony market, telecommunication infrastructure, as well as, enterprise applications. Kallastra has a strong background in Voice over Packet designs; and this expertise is harnessed to create scalable TDM to Packet solutions.

Kallastra's products are used in several applications such as RTP multi-chassis interconnection, host media processing systems, and IP trunking. Kallastra also provides ancillary media processing capabilities with its Voice over Packet boards.

For more information about Kallastra and its products, please visit www.kallastra.com, or email info@kallastra.com