Commetrex Adds Real-Time IP Fax to Arsenal
Company Issues Fax Technology Challenge, Now Offering Most Comprehensive Line-up of Technology for Licensing in the Industry

For Immediate Release

Norcross, GA, March 3, 2000 - Commetrex Corporation announced today it has added PowerRelay™ real-time fax over IP and ATM technology to its fax-technology portfolio. A spokesperson for the company said that the software product, which is scheduled to ship to four technology licensees in first quarter 2000, will be available as part of its MSP Media Gateway™ product line by mid-year.

Cliff Schornak, Commetrex' CTO, points out that the product line-up supports two important standards that define packet-based fax protocols: T.38 fax for IP and I.366.2 for ATM. "We partitioned the protocol into a separate module to make it easy to support different relay protocols," explained Schornak.

T.38 fax defines the protocol used with UDP and TCP for real-time fax over IP networks. I.366.2, otherwise known as ATM Adaptation Layer 2 (AAL2), defines the protocol for real-time fax over ATM networks.

"We've developed three different implementations for four licensees by simply substituting one protocol module for another. Two of those clients use T.38 fax, one uses I.366.2, and one required a custom protocol for a secure private network," adds Schornak.

Commetrex is porting the technology to its very high-performance MSP Media Gateway line of DSP-resource boards based on the TI TMS320C6201 DSP. The Company said it would be in beta testing by mid-year.

Mike Coffee, Commetrex' president, boasted this latest addition to Commetrex' fax-technology portfolio will give Commetrex the most comprehensive line-up of technology for licensing in the industry. "If someone has a more comprehensive selection of fax technology being offered for licensing, I'd like to know who they are," Coffee challenged. Commetrex licenses its fax modems, T.30 protocol engine, conversion library, and now, fax-over-packet technology. Commetrex is a member of Texas Instruments’(TI) Third-Party Network, and offers its technology on the TMS320C6000 series as well as other TI DSPs in addition to hardware-neutral C-language implementations.

Commetrex Corporation
Commetrex Corporation, known for its innovations in fax technology, has recently developed the open-communications industry's first platform for system development that supports the industry's two primary standards for open-system environments: the MSP Consortium M.100 software environment for media integration and the ECTF S.100 software environment for application integration. Both products are available with the company's MSP Media Gateway product line featuring the Texas Instruments TMS320C6000 family of DSPs. The MSP Media Gateway products support voice, fax, high-speed data, VoIP and FoIP. Commetrex also extends its support of the communications system developer to the media-processing algorithm level, and is an active participant in Texas Instrument’s Third Party Developer Network.

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