CTL Acquires the As-sets of Connected Systems

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CTL Acquires the As-sets of Connected Systems, including the PBXLink Product Line


Shelton, CT – October 28, 2002: CTL, a world leading provider of unified messaging systems, announced today that it has acquired the as-sets of Connected Systems, a privately held provider of proprietary digital telephone system interface technology. The as-sets include the inventory of the PBXLink product line, including PBXLink24, PBXLink48 and DMI-4. It also includes the Intellectual Property Rights to manufacture the line of PBXLink products in the future. This technology seamlessly integrates any SMDI voice mail system with the major PBX/KSUs available today.

Connected Systems will enable CTL to connect their line of wireless unified messaging systems to legacy phone systems. This will allow the system to integrate to support fax server capabilities, Desktop Call Control, Wireless Call Control, Wireless Unified Inbox, speech recognition and text-to-speech applications. In addition, CTL will sell the PBXLink products through a global channel of Value-Added-Resellers, system integrators, and distributors for premise-based applications.

“This acquisition will further CTL’s mission to provide wireless unified messaging systems to any business, regardless of what phone system they have installed,” said Scott Marks, President of CTL. “In addition, the PBXLink sales will be another revenue stream for CTL.”

The PBXLink is the industry’s most advanced digital telephone system (PBX) integration technology and products for adapting analog voice processing systems to digital switches. PBXLink products support major leading PBX manufacturers proprietary, digital telephone interfaces for maximum functional integration to external voice mail, voice processing and IVR systems, including: full station-side emulation of advanced digital telephone handset interfaces for popular Nortel, Mitel, Lucent and Siemens PBX Systems.
CTL’s unified messaging system, VoiceSupport Win2k, is capable of many features besides unified messaging. Fax Server allows users to receive and send private fax documents from their local workstation. Automated Attendant Speech Recognition allows callers to be transferred to any person, just by speaking their name. Wireless Email Extender software allows wireless users to interact with their exact same email INBOX that resides in their office. They can reply, forward, save and delete each email message from their mobile phone. All of this is done in real-time; there is no need to synchronize data on the device. It also allows users access to their contact list, calendar and tasks. Wireless Unified Inbox connects corporate email clients and their voice messaging system with their wireless device so users can access their corporate voice, fax and email messages when out of the office. Text-to-speech is available to play emails over the telephone and allow a .wav file voice reply. Desktop Call Control allows PBX extension users to supervise their incoming extension calls from their desktop PC. Wireless Call Control provides the same functionality as Desktop Call Control, except the users control their incoming extension calls from their mobile phone and can opt to intercept the call.

About Connected Systems
Founded in 1997, Connected Systems was the first to market an inexpensive, solid-state voice-processing platform. In 2000, Connected Systems introduced the PBXLink product line to deliver high quality digital PBX integration solutions for enhanced enterprise, OEM and Service Provider voice processing applications. Connected Systems is based in Santa Barbara, California. Additional information about Connected Systems can be found at www.connectedsystems.com.

About CTL
CTL supplies high quality unified messaging, fax server, interactive voice systems and wireless applications through OEM’s and authorized dealers. Interested Resellers should contact Tony Poccia, Director of Channel Sales 203-925-4266 x350, or at Tpoccia@ctlinc.com. CTL has over 50,000 systems installed worldwide. For more information on CTL, visit www.ctlinc.com.