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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Octasic Provides Echo Cancellation for ZTE Corporation’s 3G Wireless Products
Montreal, Canada – January 5, 2009 – Octasic Inc., a leading innovator of media processing solutions, today announced that it is expanding its business with ZTE Corporation, one of the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide, to provide echo cancellation and voice quality enhancement (VQE) solutions. ZTE Corporation’s 3G Platform Division has selected Octasic’s OCT6100 devices for integration into its high-density Base Station Controllers (BSC) for GSM networks.
ZTE’s ZXG10 iBSC is based on an all IP platform and has integrated the Octasic OCT6100 solution including Tandem Free Operation (TFO). Also known as Vocoder bypass, TFO is specified by the 3GPP standards group to help improve voice quality in mobile-to-mobile calls. By allowing voice to cross the network without unnecessary decoding and re-encoding, better voice quality is possible. Octasic provides support for TFO with its echo cancellation solutions for 2G and 3G systems. Octasic’s carrier-grade echo cancellation and VQE solutions reduce system costs by offering unparalleled area density and low power consumption.
With the recent consolidation of the six largest telecommunications companies in China into three, there is accelerated pressure on deploying Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions to reduce costs. Preserving existing network equipment is a necessity to reduce capital expenditures during the transition. As a result, solutions such as ZTE’s iBSC and BSCplus architecture provide the flexibility and integration required to make this transition cost-effective. Echo cancellation becomes required at new and more varied points in the network, which is driving new demand for efficient solutions such as Octasic’s OCT6100 and associated TFO capability.
“The voice quality results and channel densities we are able to obtain with Octasic’s solution are so impressive, that we are using their solution across several product platforms,” says Xu QiaoMing, 3G Platform Hardware R&D Manager at ZTE Corporation. “We are very pleased with the outstanding support that Octasic’s engineering group provided us during our development and design phases. Their efficiency made it easy to incorporate Octasic’s echo cancellation solution onto our platforms.”
“Having another of China’s largest telecommunications companies select our technology is a clear sign that our investment in business development activities in China continues to be fruitful,” says Fabio Gambacorta, vice president of sales and business development at Octasic. “The adoption of our voice quality technology by ZTE Corporation demonstrates Octasic’s commitment to delivering high-quality, industry-leading products.”
About Octasic
Octasic Inc. provides media processing silicon and software solutions for converged carrier, enterprise and terminal communication equipment manufacturers worldwide. The company’s solutions are based on Opus, the industry’s first commercial asynchronous DSP core with unmatched power and space savings that significantly reduces total system cost. Leveraging a unique combination of application expertise and silicon technology, Octasic is able to work closely with telecom equipment manufacturers to provide complete industry leading solutions. Founded in 1998, Octasic is a privately-held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information, please visit www.octasic.com.
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