Ditech Networks Participates in IMS Plugfest II
Ditech’s Packet Voice Processor set to perform Transcoding for enhanced SIP interoperability
Mountain View, California, June 7, 2007 – Ditech Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: DITC), a leader in the development of voice processing systems for communications networks, announced today that it will be promoting IMS interoperability through its participation in IMS Forum’s “IMS Plugfest™ II.” interoperability test event to be held June 4-8 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab in Durham, NH. Ditech’s Packet Voice Processor (PVP) will help to showcase the latest advancements in IMS applications and services by performing transcoding and media enhancement functions as a Media Resource Function in the IMS architecture and enhancing interoperability for SIP-based signaling.
Ditech’s PVP product is a voice processing platform that enables carriers to deploy scalable, carrier-grade VoIP services, while providing flexible voice codec transcoding. Through the PVP product, participants will be able to perform voice codec transcoding over a large variety of codec formats while interoperating with a diverse set of other IMS devices.
“We are very happy to have Ditech Networks back once again as a participant in our Plugfest II,” said Michael Khalilian chairman and president of the IMS Forum and CTO of Pervasip Corp. “Ditech performed well in our first Plugfest. Its continued participation adds to the strength of this event. They bring with them an extensive track record of improving the overall voice quality of experience in the IMS architecture.”
“This Plugfest provides an excellent environment for Ditech to demonstrate how IMS products and services are evolving and better approaches to develop these applications for the future,” said Todd Simpson, vice president of marketing for Ditech Networks. “We are eager to collaborate with participants at this event and to help ensure that interoperability amongst IMS elements is enhanced through the process.”
The IMS Plugfest II is the second in a series of open testing events that are designed to foster interoperability by establishing an industry-recognized Interoperability certification for IMS services and applications. The Plugfest testing events are creating industry-recognized interoperability test plans for IMS applications and services, allowing service providers to expedite IMS service rollout. The first Plugfest focused on interoperability of the IMS transport layer. Building on Plugfest I, the second Plugfest event, or Plugfest II tests interoperability for VoIP, IP Centrex, SMS and Fixed-Mobile Convergence functionality.
Results of IMS Plugfest II will be announced at NXTComm 2007. Ditech Networks also will be exhibiting at NXTComm at Booth 4819.
About the IMS Forum:
The IMS Forum® is a global, non-profit industry association devoted to interoperable IP Multimedia Subsystems services and solutions. IMS Forum’s mission is to accelerate the interoperability of IMS applications and services, enabling enterprise and residential consumers to quickly benefit from the delivery of quadruple play voice, video, internet and mobile services over broadband via cable, wireless and fixed networks. The IMS Forum is the creator and organizer of the IMS Plugfest™, the industry’s only event focused on IMS services interoperability verification and certification.
Through its organized Plugfests, working group interaction, and other activities, forum members are able to develop cost-effective technical frameworks for converged IP services over wireline, cable, 3G, WiFi and WiMAX networks. Plugfest II will be held June 4-8, 2007 at the IMS Forum UNH Interoperability Lab. Plugfest II results will be released at NXTcomm, June 18-21, 2007 at the IMS Forum’s booth #3669. For additional information or to join the IMS Forum and the IMS Plugfests, please visit www.IMSForum.org.
About Ditech Networks, Inc
Ditech Networks supplies voice processing equipment for telecommunication networks around the world. Ditech Networks’ solutions incorporate advanced voice processing, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), and security technologies delivered on carrier-grade scalable platforms to enhance the delivery of communications services over mobile, Voice over IP, and wireline networks. Ditech Networks’ customers are premier network operators including Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Orascom Telecom, and others that collectively serve more than 150 million subscribers. Ditech Networks is headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information, visit www.ditechnetworks.com.