Barcelona, Madrid, Spain - December 28th, 2008, Verbio speech technology provider, and I6NET, provider of IVR/IVVR IP/3G telephony solutions for Asterisk, today announced a new update for their integration of Verbio - VXI* VoiceXML browser for Asterisk platforms. VXI* use an hi-optimized integration with Asterisk that provides to Verbio advanced integration for speech engines, including protocol conversion, SSML, media conversion and streaming, application logic and third party integration. It supports industry standards for and is compatible with all devices supported by Asterisk. 

“Verbio has a near collaboration with I6NET, because they are very close to Iberian and Hispanic market that needs voices and languages both for TTS and ASR components for our VXI* VoiceXML browser for Asterisk; it’s very important for our solutions to work well with Verbio local voices, where they have their expertise” says Iván Sixto, CEO and Business Development Manager of I6NET. “Verbio s always helping us to offer an hi-value added of speech engines option to our IVR / IVVR Spanish systems for Latin/Iberian/European market. We appreciate as well the flexibility and their customer oriented technical support “.

“I6NET VXI* VoiceXML solution for Asterisk allows us to complement our offer in the Asterisk market where Verbio had seen as an very interesting challenge and has done big efforts in the integration. At the same time i6NET allows us to access a kind of customer that sometimes is difficult to reach. We appreciate as well the clear and nice relationship with i6NET that motivates us to develop new business opportunities” says Francesc Massana, Business Development Manager of Verbio.

Verbio TTS is the Verbio engine for voice synthesis or conversion of text to speech. It is a synthesis system offering high voice quality, naturalness and intelligibility. Available in the different languages used within the Iberian Peninsula and in some Latin American countries. Verbio ASR is Verbio’s speech recognition engine. Aimed at telephone applications, and speaker-independent, it is also applicable in certain microphone and multimedia applications. Available in the different languages used in the Iberian peninsula and in all Latin American countries. Verbio also complements this offer with others value added speech products like wordspotting, natural language recognition engine, speaker verification, etc.

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I6NET and CELUDAN today announced a marketing and technology partnership to develop and increase the penetration of integrated video 3G services.

Spain, Madrid - November 10th, 2008 - I6NET provider of 3G/IP IVR / IVVR VoiceXML communications components for Asterisk, and CELUDAN Technologies, offering 3G RAD - Rapid Application Development Tools today announced a marketing and technology partnership aimed at increasing the penetration of integrated video 3G services.

The I6NET-CELUDAN partnership will offer a complete out-of-the-box advanced multimedia platform targeted for Service Providers and ASPs. It will be designed to help enable the rapid development and deployment of advanced interactive video services. This services platform will be based on the integration of VXI* Interactive Video VoiceXML browser for Asterisk with 3G Builder.  Interactive video portals, mobile video conferencing, mobile communities, moderated video chats, participation TV, mobile video surveillance and monitoring, and video contact centers are just some examples of converged services that can be delivered to the market.

The combined I6NET-CELUDAN solution not only shortens time-to-market over existing IMS architectures, but also provides an advanced feature set for best-of-breed fast application development. Now developers and operators can benefit from the valuable experience of both companies to deploy videocall services quickly and  cost-effectively.

“Companies are looking for advanced, high quality and affordable video services but the technical challenges and high cost were significant barriers. This expanded offering with I6NET makes it  easier for businesses to develop and deploy cost effective 3G video services” – Says Luis Catalan, VP of Engineering / CTO of CELUDAN.

“CELUDAN technology interoperability is the most important announcement since we started first VXI* Interactive 3G services over Asterisk. Now 3G application development becomes dramatically fast and easy. Market was waiting since years for a complete software suite for deploying 3G/IP video services for less and we are proud offer it today with CELUDAN” – Says Iván Sixto, CEO - Business Dev. Manager of I6NET.

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Madrid, November 7, 2008 - I6NET and InfoSpeech announced today their partnership to accelerate the adoption of VoiceXML solutions based on Asterisk and the VXI* interpreter by I6NET. This partnership will focus on VoiceXML Professional Services and web to phone services powered by InfoSpeech.
“Our most demanded and successful service, tusclientesopinan.com, based on creation, launch and follow up of automatic phone surveys from a web application, has been issued thanks to the close integration of VXI* and internet technologies. Using Asterisk PBX as a platform provides reliability at a very competitive price. I6NET becomes in this way an strategic partner for InfoSpeech to develop the business of this solution and Video IVR applications.”, said Antonio Gálvez, CEO at InfoSpeech
“InfoSpeech have a strong VoiceXML expert team that knows very well call centers business needs about IVR programming and voices self-services since years. When they start using our VXI* platforms, they immediately provide very advanced and complex inbound / outbound solutions in few time. Today InfoSpeech consulting and professional services add an important value to I6NET, helping customers to deploy better IVR and IVVR , getting more return-on-investment and faster”. Said Iván Sixto, CEO – Business Development Manager at I6NET.

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Edinburgh, UK and Madrid, Spain, November 5, 2008 — Alivox Ltd, a leading provider of automated language and accent identification software, and I6NET, a company specialising in Interactive Voice and Video Response (IVVR) technologies, announce a working partnership that will benefit next generation IP/3G telephony applications.

I6NET’s IVVR solutions combine the simplicity of traditional voice response with the advanced video capabilities offered by 3G handsets and SIP telephones, adding a new personalised dimension to voice-only calls and dramatically enhancing user experience.

Alivox’s ALiS (Automatic Language Identification System) brings a new dimension to I6NET’s IVVR capabilities, enabling rapid multilingual response, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction and greatly reducing costs. ALiS can identify the language of an inbound caller in just three seconds - the call can then be immediately routed to I6NET’s platform.

David Chisholm, Director of Business Development at Alivox Ltd said: “ALiS provides a very rapid, high percentage result in real time of the language or accent spoken, which makes it ideal for IVVR applications. The integration of our technology with the I6NET platform is a win-win for next generation IP/3G telephony.”

Iván Sixto, CEO - Business Dev. Manager of I6NET said: “We encountered Alivox’s leading edge solution recently while working as part of a consortium on a large global project. It is totally complimentary to our IVVR offering and we believe the combination of our technologies has enormous potential globally.”

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Madrid, Paris  October 21th, 2008, In a effort to accelerate growth and innovation for business, I6NET and DAVI Interactive today announced their partnership aimed at enhancing implementation of best-in-class solutions, especialy around the 3G communications and RICH media services fields. As part of their agreement, I6NET and DAVI work together to create various bundled offering for the 3G networks.

“We think it is a great opportunity for us to partner with DAVI and offer together smartest 2D or 3D video contents mixed with our technology. I6NET is today the new way to deploy IP/3G VoiceXML interactive applications for Asterisk. We look forward to a long term relationship and are confident of success in this endeavor” said Iván Sixto CEO and Business Development Manager, I6NET.

“We were thinking for a long time to push our technology on a global cell media plateform. I6net IP/3G VoiceXML interactive solutions now provide the expected maturity to welcome it on a 3G application. Beyond technology, our complementary commercial networks and marketing approach provide solid grounds for a long term win-win partnership” explain Pascal Arbault, CEO and Business Development Manager, DAVI.

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Spain, Israel - October 21th, 2008.  In an effort to accelerate growth for business, I6NET and Greenfield Technologies Ltd (GreenfieldTech) today announced their partnership aimed at enhancing development and implementation of best-in-class solutions, especially around the 3G communications and services fields. As part of their agreement, I6NET and Greenfieldtech work together to create various bundled offering for the 3G networks.

“While the IVR market in Israel is enjoying a prolific growth over the past 3 years, thanks to the adaptation of Asterisk – IVVR services hadn’t yet enjoyed such growth. We had identified the cause to be a low ROI and high TCO issue, as traditional IVVR for 3G media transmission are highly expensive to install and maintain. The combination of Asterisk and I6NET’s IVVR/VXML solution enables a high ROI and lower TCO than traditional platforms – making these more accessible to upcoming service providers.” – Says Nir Simionovich, CEO of Greenfield Technologies.

“We think it is a great opportunity for us to partner with Greenfieldtech that know very well the local market and Asterisk’s technology for years. We are very proud to start with them this strong collaboration to open new ways for 3G services. We are confident that IVVR market is underdeveloped and need to redefined with new solutions approach; Greenfieldtech understood that inmediatly choosing I6NET” Says Iván Sixto, CEO - Business Dev. Manager of I6NET.

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Press release: Astricon 2008, October 23th - PRWEB

Madrid, Spain and San Diego, California (PRWEB) September 23, 2008 — I6NET, a company specializing in Interactive Voice & Video Response technologies, and LumenVox, a speech recognition software company, announced today the release of VXI* 3.1. VXI* enables thousands of existing VXML applications to run on the Asterisk PBX platform, and new speech recognition solutions to be built affordably.

“The release of VXI*, powered by the LumenVox Speech Engine, allows the large pool of VXML developers to run existing speech applications on the Asterisk platform or to develop new ones that are standards-based,” commented Bill Meisel, president of TMA Associates and Publisher & Editor of Speech Strategy News. “The widespread use of the Asterisk platform presents an opportunity for VoiceXML developers to increase adoption of speech solutions in cost-sensitive markets. And who isn’t sensitive to cost?”

We are very pleased with ease of development with VXML and integration between i6NET and LumenVox technologies, and will have a very robust platform to support the strong growth and global roll-out of the MyVocal service.

MyVocal, a mobile audio service that provides audio content, such as podcasts, travel guides, audio-books, etc., is now adding speech recognition, allowing subscribers of MyVocal to use the service without a single key press. “It was a natural choice for us to select I6NET’s VXI* VoiceXML browser and the LumenVox Speech Engine on the open source Asterisk platform,” said Alexey Patsko, CEO and founder of MyVocal. “We are very pleased with ease of development with VXML and integration between i6NET and LumenVox technologies, and will have a very robust platform to support the strong growth and global roll-out of the MyVocal service.”

“SMB and Fortune 500 companies that service millions of users on Asterisk platforms can now run VXML-based speech solutions,” said Jim Webster, Director of Technology Partnerships at Digium. “This allows both developers and Asterisk users to take advantage of low-cost and robust speech solutions, with the economies of scale Asterisk provides.”

The LumenVox Speech Engine is the only speech recognition software natively integrated with Asterisk and distributed and supported by Digium. VXI* 3.1 is available from I6NET at http://www.i6net.com.

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Malaga – Madrid (Spain), 2008 April 9 - I6NET is pleased to announce the agreement with Avanzada7 for the distribution of VXI* VoiceXML browser for Asterisk PBX in the Spanish and Portuguese market. Now advanced Interactive Voice and Video Response ( IVR / IVVR ) solutions base on VXI* software technology are going to create new value added services for all Asterisk’s products provided by Avanzada7.

Avanzada7 is a private Spanish company founded in 2002, March 1st. With a team of professionals highly enabled in the world of fixed, VoIP and mobile telephony. They happened to become the main Digium’s Distributor and Open Source Asterisk’s project promoter in Spain, working solely with its strong resellers’ channel and offering technical support for presale or postsale projects.

More information is available at: www.avanzada7.com | www.avanzada7.com/es/i6net

I6NET Solutions and Technologies is proud to announce today partnership with Digium Inc. the Asterisk® Company. We post here the press release published:

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., and Madrid (Spain), 2008 March 12 — Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, and I6NET Solutions and Technologies, Limited a pan European company specialized in the development of new applications and advanced communication solutions, announce today their partnership. I6NET’s VoiceXML browser and software technology enables the creation of interactive voice and video applications. This product is the first complete VoiceXML browser add-on for Asterisk. More information is available at www.i6net.com.

VXI* VoiceXML browser for Asterisk gives developers, operators, and service providers the ability to rapidly develop and deploy innovative VoiceXML-controlled voice and video applications in VoIP, PSTN, and 3G-324M networks. VXI* is fully compliant with W3C VoiceXML 2.0 and some 2.1 specifications, and can easily integrate automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) systems to enable advanced IVVR applications, voice and video communications, and real-time video calling applications. VXI* interpreter is pluggable into standard Digium Asterisk PBX releases including Asterisk Business Edition. The solution provides the important benefits of scalability and a low cost solution profile. Most users of Asterisk can run VoiceXML in the same server.

Digium is the creator and driving force behind Asterisk®, the open source voice communications software deployed by more than 3.5 million servers worldwide to manage VoIP calls for businesses and individuals. More resellers, telecom professionals and software developers choose Digium’s products than those of any other open source telephony company because only Digium delivers the technical superiority, security and flexibility associated with Asterisk. Asterisk powers Digium’s family of software and hardware appliances including AsteriskNOW™, Asterisk Business Edition™ and Switchvox™.

“Choosing the Asterisk telephony platform is the most important decision we have taken for deploying our VoiceXML browser”, said Ivan Sixto, CEO at I6NET. “Asterisk is a strong system on which developer’s ecosystem can easily build advanced multimedia services with VXI*. Running web-enabled Interactive Voice and Video Response (IVVR) applications is now possible on the Asterisk platform.”

“Asterisk is designed from the ground up to provide a flexible platform for developing value-added applications,” said Jim Webster, director of technology partnerships at Digium. “The work I6NET has done provides a new option with powerful potential for speech solution providers. VXI* is a good example of business-focused innovation from the worldwide Asterisk ecosystem.”

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I6NET, a Spanish company specialising in Interactive Voice & Video Response Technologies which combine voice, video and web-enabled VoiceXML applications, has today announced a partnership agreement with Cepstral LLC, a speech technology company based in the USA.

Under the terms of the agreement I6NET will embed a connector for Cepstral’s Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine and voices within their VoiceXML browser (VXI*), an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) software application for the Asterisk Open Source PBX platform.

“The addition of Cepstral’s speech technology to our products allows maximiser customers to utilise high-quality Text-To-Speech for building advanced voice services that require dynamic content. The voices sound great and provide our customers with the flexibility to easily deliver a wide range of information over the phone, or across the network. Cepstral’s Text-to-Speech (TTS) engines are a perfect fit for VXI* VoiceXML browser for Asterisk offering, delivering extraordinary vocal quality at an extremely competitive complete solution price. This will allow the widespread benefits of VoiceXML with Text-To-Speech to be experienced by a far wider range of businesses.” said Ivan Sixto, Cofounder and Business Dev. Manager of I6NET.

I6NET’s VXI* VoiceXML browser product for the maximiser business telephone system, featuring the Cepstral TTS voices, can be enabled and connected on a channel-by-channel basis and is available immediately.

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