Legerity and Texas Instruments Team Up to Give Service Providers and IT Managers Increased Ability to Remotely Detect and Monitor VoIP Services

Legerity and Texas Instruments Team Up to Give Service Providers and IT Managers Increased Ability to Remotely Detect and Monitor VoIP Services

September 22, 2006

    BOSTON, Sept. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Legerity, Inc.,
the "V" in VoIP!(TM), and Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) are collaborating to deliver
service providers and enterprise IT managers  reliable
solutions to manage and monitor real-time Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. As part of their
agreement, Legerity's VeriVoice(TM) Test Suite, a
subscriber line test software package for VoIP equipment,
has been integrated into TI's PIQUA(TM) IP quality
management system. 

    TI's PIQUA software provides an extensive framework for
a real-time distributed system of complete quality
management elements designed to monitor and improve the
quality of IP-based services. The framework will facilitate
quicker and easier troubleshooting of IP-based services
including voice, data, video, and Internet-based music
services.  The Legerity VeriVoice Test Suite is available
as part of TI's PIQUA system, and is designed to provide
automated troubleshooting of the telephone wiring and
equipment attached to VoIP gateways in the home and office.
The solution is utilized by leading VoIP providers,
including Vonage Network Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage
Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG).

    "The enterprise market and service provider
community continue to implement new IP services for their
customers creating the need for a complete and robust
quality management platform that improves customer service
while lowering costs," said Fred Zimmerman, executive
director, VoIP customer premises solutions, Texas
Instruments.  "Our work with Legerity further extends
the capabilities of our PIQUA system and enables both
service providers like Vonage and other users of TI and
Legerity VoIP products to identify and address specific
problems that can occur within home and office telephone
systems and networks."

    TI's PIQUA software incorporates quality management
tools that enable the discovery, monitoring and repair of
services, devices and networks, allowing operators to
proactively manage factors like echo, dropped-packets and
line-delay.  These real-time diagnostic tools and
historical reporting capabilities will make it possible for
operators and enterprise network managers to identify trends
and avert problems before customers are even impacted.  

    "Accurate line test diagnostics are a vital
component to ensure the quality of VoIP services,"
said Rick Bye, senior segment marketing manager with
Legerity.  "The integration of Legerity VeriVoice Test
Suite with TI's PIQUA platform gives service providers and
enterprise IT managers an increased ability to remotely
diagnose line problems present in telephone wiring and
handsets connected to VoIP equipment.  Previously this type
of diagnosis could only be achieved by sending a technician
to the customer premises at a significant cost." 

    Legerity's VeriVoice Test Suite software is a
subscriber line software package for VoIP equipment,
providing the market's most cost-effective and reliable
solution for VoIP line test and self-test while at the same
time minimizing the cost of ownership for service providers.
VeriVoice Test Suite software enhances the line test
capabilities of the Legerity VE880 VoicePort series. 
VeriVoice Test Suite is available in C code allowing easy
integration by the developer, significantly reducing the
effort needed to implement line tests and self tests in
VoIP equipment.  The automated, remote testing capability
of the Legerity VeriVoice Test Suite eliminates the need
for costly truck rolls, which minimizes maintenance costs,
improves reliability of service and decreases the mean time
to repairs.  The Suite incorporates two test packages that
monitor the customer telephone equipment and copper pair
leading to it and self-tests to check the VoIP equipment
itself.  The VeriVoice Test Suite features the same robust
line test capabilities (GR-909 specification) that are
implemented in traditional central office line cards.  

    "As a leading provider of broadband phone service
in North America, Vonage strives to offer our subscribers
the highest level of voice quality and support," said
Daniel Smires, senior vice president of Engineering of
Vonage Network, Inc.  "The integration of the Legerity
VeriVoice Test Suite into the TI PIQUA Quality Management
System enables us to quickly diagnose customer problems and
reduce customer support costs while improving the overall
experience and ease of use for our customers."    

    Legerity will be exhibiting at Fall VON 2006 in Boston,
September 11-14, in booth number 1063 and will be
demonstrating its VeriVoice Test Suite.  TI is hosting a
hospitality suite in room 158.

    About Legerity, Inc. 

    Legerity is the world's most trusted name in voice
integrated circuits (ICs) for high-voltage, analog/mixed
signal semiconductor and software technologies.  Legerity
has years of demonstrated expertise in multiple voice
technologies, world-class factory and field engineering
support with a "high touch" customer philosophy,
and consistent, reliable, high volume supply of premium
quality IC components.  Headquartered in Austin, Texas,
Legerity supports the needs of a global customer base
through proprietary semiconductor technologies, superior
manufacturing processes, and more than 650 U.S. and
international patents.  Visit Legerity on the Web at
http://www.legerity.com .

    About Texas Instruments

    Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP
and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements.  In addition to
Semiconductor, the company includes the Educational &
Productivity Solutions business.  TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales
operations in more than 25 countries.

    Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol TXN.  More information is located
on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

    Trademarks

    Legerity, the Legerity logo and combinations thereof
are registered trademarks, and VeriVoice and  "the `V'
in VoIP!" are trademarks of Legerity, Inc.  PIQUA is a
trademark of Texas Instruments.  All other trademarks and
registered trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Deborah Shemony	
     Texas Instruments	
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     Erin Arnold		
     GolinHarris		
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     Email: [e-mail]

     Nate Long		
     Legerity		
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     Email: [e-mail]

     Gregory Wise		
     Weber Shandwick	
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SOURCE  Texas Instruments Incorporated