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Accton Wins Japan's Good Design Award 2005; Stationary IP Broadband Videophone Wins Media and Communications Devices

Posted on: Monday, 10 October 2005, 09:00 CDT

Accton Technology Corp. of Taiwan (TAIEX: 2345, www.accton.com), global outsourcing partner for networking and communications solutions, today announced that it received the G-Mark award for its V2fone Stationary IP Broadband Videophone from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO). Recently launched as a component of Accton's V2fone product line, the V2fone Desktop VD2706T is a 7" touch screen SIP-based videophone that supports H.263, MPEG-4 @ L1, L2 and L3 Video Codecs, as well as G.711, G.723 and G.729 Audio Codecs. An efficient and effective device for voice and video communication over IP, Accton's V2fone platform was designed to be used between enterprises or deployed by carriers that will use it to provide videophone service to their customers. The new V2fone family leverages Accton's technological expertise in a whole new way.

"It's an honor to receive such a valuable award from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization," said Cashew Chen, vice president of Accton. "Design is one of our highest priorities for our communication products. It is extremely important, both for optimal functionality and aesthetics. Receiving such an award from JIDPO reinforces Accton's passion and leadership in this area."

Accton's V2fone technology was designed to meet the growing demands for quality in one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many video and voice conferencing solutions. Providing both the server and client platforms, V2fone can provide high-performance voice and video connections between the enterprise and the remote office, the customer, and the vendor -- any broadband users. For businesses, V2fone is poised to become the primary vehicle for intraoffice communication, producing savings both by reducing the need to travel, and eliminating the costs associated with standard PSTN telephone calls. For users, it will make communication more satisfying. V2fone's advanced technology overcomes the frustrations that came with past videophone solutions -- its quality communication is second to none. Accton used its Super Compression Codec -- SFDV -- to achieve more than four times the compression of MPEG-4 for efficient transmission, while maintaining near DVD-class video with less latency. And, it's compressed enough to work through a 56K modem or DSL while allowing no visible disruption, with voice packet losses up to 40% and video packet losses up to 30%. Protocol capabilities also allow V2fone to be invisible to any firewall currently on the market.

Accton's V2fone Desktop VD2706T is available now to the company's OEM/ODM clients.

About JIDPO

The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO) was founded in 1969 on the basis of a report submitted by the Design Council of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. It is the only organization in Japan involved in the comprehensive promotion of design activities. Since its foundation, it has been involved in an ongoing series of promotional activities with the cooperation of government agencies, industrial bodies and individual designers. These activities have included implementation on two occasions of a "Design Year" campaign, sponsorship of the "Good Design Awards" (the so-called "G-Mark"), and publication of the quarterly magazine Design News.

Today, design is not considered merely as a means of ensuring economic success: It might better be described as an explicit methodology for proposing and realizing new visions. In other words, it is part of the very vitality that propels our society as a whole forward. Creating a society in which companies and individuals of various types are able to use design to present their visions to society and to realize their conceptions together with those who sympathize with them -- in other words, the creation of a creative and fulfilled society -- is the main topic that needs to be tackled by design promotion today.

JIDPO's activities have gradually changed over the years. During the 21st century, JIDPO will be developing further the "Good Design Awards," which have become one of the great public assets of Japanese design, and the quarterly magazine Design News. At the same time, while fulfilling the function of coordinating widely varied design activities, JIDPO intends to create an environment which will give people free access to the highly attractive approaches and methodology inherent in design.

About Accton Technology Corp.

Accton Technology Corp. is a global premier provider of networking and communications solutions for top-tier networking, computer and telecommunications vendors. Leveraging its advanced software applications and state-of-the-art ASIC, Accton collaborates with its strategic partners to design, develop and manufacture innovative, leading-edge technologies. The company's constantly evolving core technology, highly qualified employees and aggressive cost engineering make it possible for Accton to deliver superior products that are as affordable as they are robust. For more information about Accton and its subsidiaries, visit www.accton.com.

Source: Business Wire

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