Results also provide insight into versions of Linux and Asterisk being used

BOSTON, MA and OTTAWA, Canada – October 30, 2007 – PIKA Technologies Inc., a developer of media-processing hardware and software, today announced the results of an analysis of the usage habits of over 300 Asterisk developers across the globe. The announcement coincides with the start of Digium Asterisk World at this year’s Fall VON conference. From the results, it is clear that the Asterisk platform is becoming much more prevalent in the enterprise.

"Some of the most compelling data that we collected was simply around the wide variety of applications that Asterisk is now being used to address," said Terry Atwood, vice president of sales, marketing and customer care at PIKA. "Of course, the early adopters are still there, but from a purpose and density standpoint there is now a much broader range of applications being built on Asterisk, ranging from individual companies seeking to provide their own telecoms services, to application development firms that are using Asterisk as a platform to develop systems for sale to the business and government markets throughout the world."

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In an industry dominated by expensive proprietary tools, open-source software offers some enticing benefits. The SpeakRight Framework is a new open-source Java framework for writing VoiceXML applications. It offers a high-level API and re-usable classes. And since you have the source code, it's totally extensible.

SpeakRight is code-based. You write your application in Java using SpeakRight classes, with all the power and convenience of Java debugging, refactoring, and unit tests. And unlike other web frameworks, SpeakRight is built specifically for VoiceXML and speech recognition applications. It understands prompt escalation, grammars, and confirmation. When asked to write a speech application, many developers are tempted to output the raw VoiceXML tags themselves. This works in simple cases, but once you add all the elements of a voice dialog, even a simple question involves many tags. Speech applications must deal with the inherent inaccuracy of speech recognition: retrying if recognition fails and confirming when recognition's confidence score is low.

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Commetrex Corporation announced the availability of BladeWareVXML Interpreter, the initial product release in the BladeWareVXML product suite, and the latest addition to the BladeWare product family. The product is scheduled for availability on sourceforge.net as a free download in late April 2007. A commercial version, with additional enhancements and support options, will be available from the Commetrex website in early summer. The interpreter is a updated version of OpenVXi from Carnegie Mellon University, originally developed by Speechworks (Scansoft), with a number of enhancements made to the code, including a DTMF recognizer and re-defining the ASR/TTS layers to facilitate MRCP implementations.

"This is the first component of a full open-source VoiceXML browser product offering, scheduled for later this year," stated Tom Ray, EVP, sales and marketing for Commetrex.
"The addition of a VoiceXML capability to BladeWare is part of our overall development plan for BladeWare to add the IMS-specified Media Resource Function Controller (MRFC) capability to our existing BladeWare MRFP to form a comprehensive implementation of the Media Resource Function (MRF). Our VoiceXML offerings will be available both as stand-alone open-source components and as a fully integrated solution. Furthermore, given the current market dynamics in the VoiceXML space, we thought the time was right to introduce a new open-source alternative geared toward exciting new applications, such as mobile search and other high-demand, natural language applications," Ray added.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.- Micromethod Technologies, the leading technology provider of IP communication solutions, today announced the deployment of its SIP Application Server (SIPMethod Application Server) by Tellme Networks, Inc., Micromethod's SIPMethod Application Server has been integrated with Tellme's VoIP platform, adding flexible SIP-based call control for developers building on Tellme's VoiceXML platform.

"The Micromethod SIP Application Server provides powerful standards-based programmable call control functionality that enables new and complex telephony signaling applications to run on our network," said Don Jackson, Vice President of Advanced Telephony at Tellme. "Now Tellme developers can quickly and easily program SIP-specific call flows that interact with our VoiceXML platform. Micromethod's robust and scalable application server technology helps Tellme develop, deploy and manage SIP-based services."

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Anny Way Fixed Line SMS Center Integrated with OmmniVox3D(R) Application Server

3GSM WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, SPAIN, February 12, 2007 - APEX Voice Communications, a worldwide supplier of (SIP) Application Servers and Multi-Service Platforms, today announced that it has expanded its product cooperation agreement with MATERNA Information & Communications, a leading provider of mobile solutions and services based in Germany. The expanded product cooperation now includes the integration of MATERNAs Anny Way Fixed Line SMS Center (F-SMSC) with APEX's OmniVox3D Application Server. The agreement is a natural progression in the relationship between APEX and MATERNA, who already have joint installations in Europe and are delivering the first joint Latin American installation in the first Quarter of 2007.

The worldwide agreement increases OmniVox3D's existing wireless functionalities, specifically in the area of Fixed Line SMS Center (F- SMSC). The Anny Way FSMSC integration with OmniVox3D includes the Anny Way FSMSC browser interface in OmniView(R), OmniVox3D's OAM&P interface. With this integration, customers can now manage both OmniVox3D enhanced services and Anny Way SMS services from a single point. Additionally, the APEX Prepaid System can now offer Prepaid SMS and SMS integration for revenue-generating enhanced services and value-added IP multimedia services.

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PIKA Connect for Asterisk adds support for PrimeNet T1/E1 Gateway Board

Ottawa, Canada - January 25, 2007 - PIKA Technologies Inc., a designer and manufacturer of plug-in media processing hardware and software building blocks that provide network connectivity and superior echo cancellation, announced today the release of a new version of its PIKA Connect for Asterisk software package.

Among the improvements and new features it contains, this release allows Asterisk users to take advantage of the DSP-quality software-based echo cancellation offered by PIKA's PrimeNet T1/E1 Gateway board and PIKA Connect for Asterisk software. With 20 years experience in the board market, PIKA has evolved many of its TDM interface cards to fully integrate into the Asterisk open source PBX platform to provide the most reliable choice for Asterisk applications.

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