BSD.L Regulatory News (BSD)

19 Oct 2005 08:56

Emblaze Ltd19 October 2005 Emblaze VCON signs strategic partnership agreements with Xenex and AVC of Finland Emblaze VCON together with, Xenex and AVC, Finland's leading telecommunications companies, to supply a co-developed video telephony IP platform to Internet service providers Ra'anana, Israel, October 19, 2005: Emblaze Ltd ("Emblaze" or "the Group")announces that its subsidiary Emblaze VCON had signed a strategic partnershipwith Xenex Telecom Ltd (Xenex), a leading Finnish videoconferencing provider forthe enterprise market and its subsidiary, Applied Visual Computing Ltd (AVC), aprovider of standard compliant rich media communications software forIP-networks, to supply a co-developed video telephony IP platform to internetservice providers (ISPs) in Finland this year and across Europe next year. According to the agreement, the new co-developed platform will offer IP videotelephony services to B2B, SOHO (small office home office) and B2C markets. Thecombination of Emblaze VCON and AVC technology together with Xenex's newemeeting.fi service platform will allow the ISP subscriber to make IP-videocalls from their desktop to any other desktop. Esa Ojala, CEO of Xenex said: "Together with Emblaze VCON we now provide thesubscribers an easy to use and standards compliant service with quality audio,video and data at a very affordable price. This is another affirmation that ourproduct is leading the technological revolution that is making it easier forpeople to communicate from wherever they are." Eli Reifman, CEO of Emblaze Group, said: "As a leading provider of IPcommunications we are in the forefront of fulfilling worldwide demand foradvanced video telephony services. We are very proud that Xenex and AVC havechosen us for this challenging project and are eager to bring our proventechnological advantages of IP solutions to the Finnish Telecommunicationcompanies." Enquiries EmblazeHagit Gal/ Doron Cohen + 972 9 7699339 / 301 Emblaze VCONLinor Shachar + 972 9 9590012 Corfin CommunicationsHarry Chathli, Neil Thapar + 44 20 7929 8989 Notes to Editor About Xenex Xenex Telecom Ltd is the market leader in Finland for videoconferencing systemsand services. Xenex has been active in visual communications and collaborativecomputing for almost twenty years and has constantly provided its customers themost advanced products and services available for videoconferencing, distancelearning and telemedicine. www.xenex.fi About AVC Applied Visual Computing Ltd provides standard compliant rich mediacommunications software for IP-networks. Its easy-to use development environmentallows embedding remote visual communication capabilities into the applicationsand services of its partners that are leading solution providers in theirrespective vertical markets. www.avc.fi About Emblaze Emblaze Ltd is a group of companies sharing a common mission to provide telecomoperators with technologies, products and solutions for next generationservices: Emblaze Mobile, a new breed in handsets design and manufacturing;Adamind (LSE: ADA), a global leader in content adaptation (transcoding) forwireless operators; Visual Defence (LSE: VDI), a provider of wireless and IPvideo solutions for military and homeland security markets; Emblaze VCON,recently created from the merger of Emblaze Systems and VCON , is a leadingprovider of wireless video communications technologies and conferencingsolutions for operators and enterprise markets over IP networks and OrcaInteractive (LSE: ORCA), provider of Interactive Television IPTV middleware forVideo On Demand (VOD) and broadcast services, aimed at Telecom, cable and xDSLoperators. Emblaze Group is traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BLZ) since 1996 andhas offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Korea andIsrael. www.emblaze.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange