Hitachi Selects Octasic's Vocallo Media Gateway

Octasic Inc., a leading innovator of media processing and wireless solutions, today announced that its Vocallo Media Gateway multi-core DSP platform has been selected by Hitachi for use in its hybrid IP-PBX (Private -Automatic- Branch Exchange) NETTOWER CX-01 targeted at large and medium-sized enterprises. Using Octasic's Vocallo MGW, Hitachi was able to build the NETTOWER CX-01 to provide enterprise clients the option to seamlessly combine both corporate data networks and TDM voice networks.

The NETTOWER CX-01 offers an IP-PBX that meets current enterprise requirements in reliability and flexible scalability. Software upgrades can add or improve features and they provide a flexible architecture to the NETTOWER CX-01, making it easily adaptable to changes in market demands. Support for Fixed Mobile Convergence features and smartphones enables the NETTOWER CX-01 to provide mobile phone users added convenience in their day-to-day work.

"Octasic's Vocallo MGW platform provides both the highest voice quality and video capabilities within a single DSP. We are happy that Hitachi has chosen Vocallo MGW for our state-of-the-art algorithms. This again proves that we offer the most flexible solutions on the market," said James Awad, Director of Marketing at Octasic. "We continue to be the vendor of choice for enterprise PBX developers."

About Octasic Octasic Inc. is a global provider of media and wireless baseband processing silicon and software solutions for the converged carrier, enterprise and end-point communication equipment markets. The company's leading quality VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), HD video and multi-standard wireless base station multi-core DSP solutions are based on Opus, a unequalled asynchronous DSP architecture. Octasic allows straightway-generation equipment manufacturers to significantly reduce system costs by offering unmatched performance in terms of density and power consumption. Founded in 1998, Octasic is a privately-held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada.