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AudioCodes Intros ATA VoIP Chip
BY JOHANNE TORRES
TMCnet VoIP Minute Watch Columnist
AudioCodes of Israel announced on Wednesday it teamed up with Jungo Ltd., a gateway software developer, and Legerity, in order to introduce the Tulip AC494 ATA, a VoIP chip with fully integrated software and hardware reference design.
The developer trio plans to market the product to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs), and designers of Analog Telephony Adapters (ATAs) and Broadband Access devices (xDSL, cable, wireless, FTTH) seeking to add VoIP capabilities to their products.
"With the rapid deployment of Voice over IP in the world, more and more companies are looking to add voice capabilities to their products, while maintaining and improving their data capabilities," said Shaul Weissman, vice president, VoIP processors and modules business line manager at AudioCodes. "Combining our VoIP chip and proven voice quality with Jungo's excellent data solutions and Legerity's high performance VE880 VoicePort Series, gives us a winning combination for the market."
The Tulip AC494 ATA integrates two 10/100 baseT Ethernet ports and one to four VoIP ports, with two FXS analog interfaces. The product can support various configurations of FXS and FXO ports, using pin and software-compatible devices from Legerity's VE880 VoicePort Series.
"Integrating Jungo's market leading OpenRG software platform with the award winning VoIP solutions from AudioCodes creates a compelling offering for OEMs," said Yaal Eshel, Jungo's director of sales and business development, Europe and the Middle East. "The highly integrated design will help OEMs bring to market high quality ATAs and voice gateways in the shortest time possible."
"Legerity's VE880 VoicePort devices are revolutionizing the VoIP industry. They allow designers to create reference designs with groundbreaking performance at the industry's lowest total system BOMs," said Mike Stibila, vice president of marketing and applications at Legerity. "The Tulip AC494 ATA design maximizes the features of the VE880 Series and is propelling the VoIP market forward with the high performance/low cost design necessary for residential and SOHO VoIP market saturation."
The Tulip AC494 ATA is currently available for under $25.
Today's news follows AudioCodes' recently announced deal with Vail Systems, a provider of SIP-based IP telephony platforms, speech apps and hosting services. The companies teamed up back in February to launch a set of SIP-based product bundles to enable development and deployments for Microsoft’s Speech Server 2004.
The new product bundles integrate the Vail SIP Telephony Interface Manager (TIM)-certified version for Microsoft Speech Server 2004 and either an AudioCodes TP-260/SIP, or an AudioCodes Mediant 2000 VoIP Media Gateway. These bundles offer Microsoft Speech Server developers and integrators a combination of software and hardware products that are ready to deploy.
AudioCodes Ltd.
Legerity
Jungo Software Technologies
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