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Nokia and Ubiquity to deliver high value applications for next generation IP telephony based centrex
June 23, 1999
Agreement enables movement of CTI applications to broad horizontal markets
Nokia, a leading provider of end-to-end IP Telephony solutions, has entered into a formal agreement with Ubiquity Software Corporation to combine efforts in delivering high value applications for next generation IP Telephony based networks. The agreement is based on software licensing and cooperative development.
The combination of Ubiquity's suite of applications and enabling technologies together with Nokia's feature-rich IP Telephony call control platform will allow services such as IP-enabled voice messaging and advanced call control solutions. Most computer telephony integration (CTI) applications have failed to move from niche into the broader horizontal markets, primarily because of the complexity of integration and non-intuitive user interfaces. Ubiquity's unique approach to computer telephony allows those killer applications which are utilized daily by millions of users including browsers, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation programs and corporate databases, to be IP telephony enabled without cumbersome, new user interfaces.
T. Kent Elliott, vice president and general manager, Nokia IP Telephony, said "Combining Nokia's unique distributed architecture and extensive call control feature functionality with
third party applications and open standards such as Microsoft TAPI will enable next
generation operators to rapidly deploy new solutions to all types of customers." "This is a great example of the IP Telephony industry moving beyond toll bypass into higher value sustainable markets," Elliott said.
Simon Gibson, president and CEO, Ubiquity Software Corporation, said "Ubiquity's three years of delivering high-value software has enabled the company to find optimum ways to use IP telephony to enable business applications." "Working with Nokia, a global communications leader, will enable Ubiquity to advance the CTI industry to the next level," Gibson said.
About Ubiquity
Ubiquity develops Application Powered Networks TM, providing direct interaction between business processes, the global telephone network and the internet, for Corporate and Carrier customers to create premium differentiated computer telephony services. The Helmsman product suite unites a complex array of telecom and IP resources with custom and industry standard software applications. Ubiquity is the recipient of four consecutive UK National Research and development awards since 1994 and was the overall winner of the National Multimedia and Innovation Award in 1995. The Company has offices located in Newport, South Wales and Kanata, Ontario, Canada. News and Information are available at www.ubiquity.net
About Nokia
Nokia's unique combination of server applications, gateways and end-user devices deliver intelligent voice and fax services over IP networks enabling telephone and Internet service providers, cable companies and corporations to quickly and easily provision new services to connect residential and business people around the world. Nokia offers carrier-class solutions to residential gateways, call-processing servers, telephones and PC software that lead the industry in scalability, reliability and voice quality. Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile and fixed telecommunication networks including related customer services. Nokia also supplies solutions and products for fixed and wireless data communication, as well as multimedia terminals and computer displays. In 1998, net sales totaled EUR 13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges, has sales in over 130 countries and employs more than 48,000 people worldwide.
Contact information:
Laurie Armstrong
+1 613 271 6756
Nokia Wireless Business Communications
laurie.armstrong@nokia.com
Todd Tornga
GCI Group
+1 415 974 7288
ttornga@gcigroup.com
Ubiquity Contact Information:
Claire Bessant
Ubiquity Software Corporation
+44 1633 765 600
cbessant@ubiquity.net
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