Thursday, May 6, 2010
Hong Kong - May 6, 2010 - Dialogic Corporation ("Dialogic"), a global provider of world-class products and technologies for multimedia and signal processing, today announced that ESI Hong Kong recently won two Hong Kong ICT Awards for communications solutions developed specifically for the hearing-impaired. Both solutions are built on Dialogic® Host Media Processing Software.
The first solution, deployed with Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service, Brand New Voice Company Limited and CSL Limited, is a 3G Barrier-Free Hotline Service Platform that helps the hearing-impaired find information via mobile video communications. This solution won the Best Ubiquitous Networking (Mobile Enterprise Solution) Certificate of Merit.
The second solution, a 3G Barrier-Free Weather Hotline for the Hong Kong Observatory, enables the hearing-impaired to dial a hotline on a 3G mobile network and receive a video feed of up-to-date weather information. This service won the Best Public Service Application Silver Award.
Joseph Bin, Dialogic's Regional Sales Director for Hong Kong and Taiwan said, "3G Barrier-Free services are great examples of how interactive video applications can improve the quality of life. I am expecting interactive video applications to be widely deployed in the general community in the years to come."
As quoted by CSL, "CSL Limited is pleased to provide our excellent NextGen mobile network, with ESI's creative video technology, to support a new video application portal for hearing impaired citizens in Hong Kong."
Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service (LC-HKS) stated, "3G Barrier-Free service can assist hearing-impaired people in Hong Kong, allowing them to more easily engage with society, thus improving their quality of life."
The Hong Kong ICT Awards 2009 was organized by The Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association and The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers - Information Technology Division, supported by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
About Dialogic Corporation Dialogic Corporation is a leading provider of world-class, innovative technologies based on open standards that enable innovative mobile, video, IP, and TDM solutions for Network Service Providers and Enterprise Communication Networks. Dialogic's customers and partners rely on its leading-edge, flexible components to rapidly deploy value-added solutions around the world.
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Peijiang Ding
Dialogic
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