TOLLBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND VODTEL ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS STRONG DEMAND FOR BROADBAND VOICE SERVICES IN ASIA
Concludes Original Design Manufacture (ODM) Agreement for Integrated Access DevicesTAIPEI, October 3rd, 2000 - TollBridge Technologies, the leading market share of integrated carrier class voice solutions for broadband networks and VodTel, a leading designer and manufacturer of broadband communications devices, announced today that they have established a partnership to address the burgeoning demand for voice services on broadband infrastructure. Under this agreement, VodTel will design and manufacture Integrated Access Devices (IADs) exclusively for TollBridge that will operate with their V5.2 TB200 voice gateway, enabling multiple lines of voice and high-speed data services over a single Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). Additionally, VodTel has the capacity to provide mulitmedia terminal adapters (MTAs) to enable multiple services over Cable TV neworks. Cable TV is projected to pass 60% of all households in the major markets of Asia Pacific by 2001. "Our partnership with VodTel enables us to provide the most complete Voice over DSL (VoDSL) solution in Taiwan and the entire Asia Pacific region, notes Jim Grady, Vice President, International for TollBridge Technologies. "Leveraging the advanced IAD design and manufacturing expertise of VodTel, with our leadership in VoDSL gateway market place, we are positioned in Asia as the leading vendor of integrated solutions for incumbent and competitive carriers alike", notes Grady. TollBridge Technologies is delivering the first carrier-class V5.2 voice gateway to Asia that addresses the explosive demand for voice and high-speed data services over broadband infrastructure such as DSL, Cable TV and wireless. TollBridge is the market share leader in North America with over 40,000 lines in active commercial service. "Our relationship with TollBridge Technologies gives us access to the fastest growing market segment in the Asia Pacific region" said Mr. Ken Lu, Chairman of Vodtel. "TollBridge has the first viable solution to address the needs of next generation carriers who will bring a new wave of services to the businesses and consumers of Asia" About TollBridge Founded in March 1998 and located in Santa Clara, Calif., TollBridge Technologies-selected as one of UPSIDE's Top 100 Private Companies (May 2000)-is the leading provider of high-quality voice-over-broadband solutions to the new generation of carriers. TollBridge's solutions change the economics of delivering voice services to small-business and consumers by allowing carriers that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access technologies, such as DSL, cable, and wireless, to use alternative technologies in the local loop and deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services. About VodTel Hotels DeutschlandVodTel was founded in December of 1999 by veteran R&D engineers from leading equipment vendors in Taiwan with an average of 14 years of experience in the design and manufacture of voice and data Customer Premise Equipment (CPE). VodTel's market focus is to be the leading provider of original design and manufacture services for the leading vendors of integrated communications solutions, focusing on CPE for the VoDSL and Voice over Cable TV markets. VodTel is partially owned by Accton Technology Corporation, a well-established, worldwide supplier and manufacturer of LAN hardware and software for corporations both large and small. Accton's position of leadership in the global technology market place will provide additional support and expertise bringing their tradition of high values and superior quality to the VodTel's cable modem, ADSL and enterprise networking products. TollBridge and TollVoiceTM are trademarks of TollBridge Technologies, Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. | 
