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News Release from: Octasic | Subject: OCT6100 Series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 August 2004
Processors power voice quality
enhancement system
Calyptech has selected Octasic's OCT6100 Series of echo cancellation and voice quality enhancement solutions to power the Calyptech VQEST 300 voice quality enhancement system.
Calyptech has selected Octasic's OCT6100 Series of echo cancellation and voice quality enhancement solutions to power the Calyptech VQEST 300 voice quality enhancement system The VQEST 300 is Calyptech's latest innovative telecommunications solution, delivering voice quality enhancements in even the most challenging carrier network environments, including wireless local loop, circuit switched PSTN and GSM/CDMA
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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New from Octasic is the OCT6100 Series of echo cancellation and voice quality enhancement (VQE) products.
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Octasic's echo canceller chip has completed a comprehensive test programme at BT Exact, BT's research, technology and IT operations business.
Fully ITU-T G.168 (2002) compliant, the product is capable of industry-leading, bi-directional voice quality enhancements on up to 320 voice channels.
Some specific features of the VQEST include: superior cancellation of hybrid and acoustic echo in numerous deployment configurations, consistent performance independent of speaker and background noise characteristics, and exceptional double talk performance.
Selecting a superior echo cancellation algorithm was of particular importance to Calyptech.
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The OCT6100 Series carrier-grade echo cancellation solution is now available in 32 and 64 channels with pricing as low as US $1.20 per channel.
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Tekelec has selected Octasic as its echo cancellation provider for the SanteraOne platform.
Its customers, including a prominent Asian Pacific telecommunications service provider, stressed the significance of voice quality features when selecting amongst telecom vendor equipment.
Consequently, prior to deciding on Octasic, Calyptech worked closely with its customers to qualify the Octasic echo cancellation algorithm before deployment in customer networks.
Exceptional voice clarity and outstanding handling of double-talk were key reasons that led Calyptech to select Octasic over other leading semiconductor vendors.
"Immediately, we were impressed with the quality of Octasic's echo cancellation/voice quality enhancement algorithm", said John Maher, CEO of Calyptech.
"The difference in quality, compared to the incumbent echo cancellation solution, was immediately obvious and significant".
"The high quality of the Octasic solution and the level of development support we received were second to none".
Michel Laurence, CEO of Octasic added: "We are pleased to be working with Calyptech, an emerging vendor of voice-quality enhancement equipment".
"The quality of the monitoring and measurement tools integrated in the VQEST 300 contributes to making it an extremely impressive voice-quality hardware platform".
"Calyptech and Octasic have demonstrated significant expertise in equipment deployment and the resolution of VQE issues in wireless networks".
Each chip in the OCT6100 Series is a complete, easily integrated voice quality enhancement solution with extremely low power and space requirements, in densities ranging from 32 to 672 channels.
Features of the OCT6100 Series include carrier-grade echo cancellation, high-quality noise matching, manual gain control, adaptive noise reduction, acoustic echo control, G.168 tone detection, advanced tone detection and full capacity conferencing to name a few.
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