Berkeley Mineral Resources Regulatory News (BMR)

3 Oct 2005 07:00

Tecteon PLC03 October 2005 For Immediate Release 3rd October 2005 TECTEON PLC ("Tecteon" or the "Company") Product Delivery to Clement Clarke Communications Limited Tecteon PLC (http://www.tecteon.com), a leading provider of voice quality,comfort listening and hearing protection technologies and solutions, announcesthat product design and development for the 2nd contract announced on 27 June2005 has been completed and delivered to Clement Clarke Communications (C3)Limited.(http://www.c3headsets.com). Under the terms of the agreement, asignificant portion of advanced royalty fees are payable by the Licencee ondelivering the reference design platform. The product TC-2000 will interface to a range of headsets manufactured by majorheadset manufacturers and can be retrofitted to existing headsets in the field.TC-2000 is an acoustic shock attenuator and daily average exposure limiter withvoice enhancement to protect operators of call centres and centralised operationservices. It is designed to deliver high quality voice with minimum listeningeffort, while protecting the user from acoustic shocks and high levels of noiseexposure through the headset. It is expected that the product will be offered tothe call centre market later on this year. Mark Lyon, Managing Director at C3, stated: "Our TC-1000 product has been received incredibly well in the marketplace. OurTC-2000 product allows us to offer the same technology and user protection tocustomers who prefer to use headsets from other manufacturers, or wish tocontinue using their existing headsets. Once again, I'm very pleased withdelivery of technology by the Tecteon team on such a quick turn around. TheTC-2000 was shown for the first time at NEC - Call Center Expo on 28th & 29thSept 2005 and it has already generated a significant amount of interest in thismarket". Amir Nooral, CEO of Tecteon PLC, commented: "While the voice quality features of TC-2000 are the same as TC-1000, theproduct specification of TC-2000 presented us with a significant challenge ofinteroperability. TC-2000 is capable of interfacing to a range of consols andheadsets from different manufacturers, while maintaining high standard of voicequality and user protection. I am very pleased with the performance of theengineering teams to meet these major challenges in such a short period of time.I would also like to thank the team at Clement Clarke for their engineering andmarketing input to ensure a successful outcome. We will continue supportingTC-1000 and TC-2000 products through production, and we look forward to workingwith Clement Clarke Communications on future opportunities". For further information please contact: Tecteon PLC Tel: 020 8446 5005Amir Nooral, CEO (a.nooral@tecteon.com) Bankside Consultants Tel: 020 7367 8888Michael Padley/Susan Scott Editors' Note About Tecteon PLC Established in mid 2001, with its head office in London, UK, Tecteon PLCdevelops and markets voice enhancement software technologies and algorithmsrunning on a range of DSP platforms. Tecteon technologies provide voice quality,comfort listening and hearing protection in wired and wireless voicecommunication systems, ranging from peripheral devices to telecom infrastructureequipment, examples include: Headsets (call centre, personal, police, pilots,military, fire-fighters), telephony (business, SMEs, residential), switches(PSTN, soft-switches, gateways), digital mobile radios, mobilephones, hands-free kits and AV conferencing units. About Clement Clarke Communications Clement Clarke Communications has been designing, developing and manufacturingheadsets for over sixty years. The MOD, NATO, airlines, air traffic control andemergency services around the world rely on the quality, reliability andtechnological advancement that Clement Clarke Communications represents. In recent years, this unique heritage has enabled us to create a range of callcentre headset solutions that combine the latest communications technologieswith the reliability and durability that has always been our hallmark. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange