LocusDialog Partners with Data-Com Telecommunications

MONTREAL, CANADA - LocusDialog, a Nortel Developer Partner and provider of design and deployment of speech-enabled auto attendant and call routing platforms, announces an agreement with Data-Com Telecommunications to market and nationally distribute its LocusDialog STST suite of speech telephony applications. Data-Com Telecommunications, a Nortel Networks Premier Partner, provides voice, data, convergence and customized solutions of virtually any size and complexity. LocusDialogSTS enables callers to get connected- without assistance from a live operator-to the person or department they wish to reach by simply asking. Data-Com Telecommunications' customer base can now benefit from the numerous advantages of LocusDialogSTS, notably the quick resolution of mission-critical business communications problems, direct cost savings and rapid ROI. As a Nortel compatible product, LocusDialogSTS offers comprehens ive digital integration with the Nortel Meridian 1 line of PBXs, allowing for unparalleled flexibility in the deployment of customer premise speech applications. Alain Desjardins, Vice-President, Business Development for LocusDialog notes, "Data-Com Telecommunications' expertise in Nortel products, its extensive coverage in the North Eastern United States and its commitment to providing outstanding service to its clients make it an excellent addition to our roster of distributors. This partnership is completely in line with our commitment to improve mass market acceptance of speech recognition technology and to continue expanding our stake in that market." "We are pleased to be a distributor of the LocusDialogSTS product suite," says James McKenna, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Data-Com Telecommun ications. "With its impressive installed base of over 700 customers, we have every confidence that our clients will greatly benefit from adding LocusDialogSTS to their existing telecommunications systems. Furthermore, choosing a Nortel Developer Partner such as LocusDialog allows us to maintain our high standards for service by offering a speech recognition solution that will help our customers leverage their existing Nortel infrastructures."