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News Release from: Oki Electric
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 January 2003

Oki and NEC collaborate on IP telephony

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NEC and Oki Electric are to work together to develop their IP telephony system business in the Japanese market.

NEC and Oki Electric are to work together to develop their IP telephony system business in the Japanese market Based on both companies' abundant technological knowhow and customer support capabilities in voice communications, the companies will collaborate on IP telephony systems, starting from the construction of an IP telephony system targeting the enterprise market

"Through this alliance NEC will be able to extend its IP telephony product lineup to customers throughout Japan.

We want this partnership with Oki to send a strong message to the Japanese market that we are challenging to establish a new and fast growing IP telephony business and industry", said Kazunori Kiuchi, Associate Senior Vice President at NEC.

"Our alliance with NEC is a direct response to the market needs for the IP telephony solutions, which is rapidly growing along with the expansion of broadband access such as ADSL, CATV, and fibre to the home", stated Yutaka Asai, President of IP Solutions Company at Oki Electric.

"Together, our companies will combine highly complementary sets of core technologies, skills and expertise to provide our customers with superior solutions, and we will contribute to the popularization of IP telephony services.

Our target is to make Japanese communications the most advanced through the use of IP telephony".

Both NEC and Oki are leading vendors in the enterprise voice communications market, with a combined market share of approximately 50%.

NEC has strengths in system integration for large-scale voice networks and voice/data integrated networks, and broadband wireless solutions including mobile and wireless LAN.

Oki excels in providing VoIP (voice over IP) and CTI (computer telephony integration) solutions for middle and small networks along with system integration of these solutions including call centre construction, which require delicate supports matching customer needs.

By combining both companies' technologies and system construction know-how, the two companies intend to provide fully interoperable VoIP systems and establish a collaborative organization that flexibly corresponds to network construction requirements.

Through the partnership, the companies aim to expand and activate the IP telephony market.

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