Vocalis Group PLC - Re Agreement with Ericsson

RNS No 4624p
VOCALIS GROUP PLC
21st October 1997
                                                            
ERICSSON TO OFFER VOICE ACTIVATED DIALLING SERVICES  IN  GSM
NETWORKS

Ericsson  has signed agreements with Brite and Vocalis,  two
leading   voice   processing   specialist   companies,   for
integrating   voice   activated   dialling   services   into
Ericsson's total solutions for GSM network operators.

Under  the  agreements, Ericsson is offering voice activated
dialling  services  to  GSM network operators  today.  These
offerings  are certified total solutions, including  service
and support for Ericsson's customers.

Voice activated dialling services enable end-users to "dial"
a  number  by  saying the name or telephone  number  of  the
person they wish to call. The dialling is then activated via
the  voice  commands as an end-user friendly  complement  to
using buttons on the mobile phone.

The  service  is  especially convenient,  for  example,  for
drivers using their mobile phone. In the near future,  voice
activated  dialling  will  also  be  able  to  handle  other
advanced  services, such as call forwarding. A  user  might,
for  example,  simply say to the phone, "I am in  a  meeting
until 15.00; forward my calls to my office."

"This is a good opportunity for Ericsson to offer this  type
of  value  added services in our wireless network solutions.
The  human  voice  is  our oldest and most  natural  way  to
communicate  and we've chosen to cooperate  with  Brite  and
Vocalis  because of their recognized competence  and  market
position   in  speech  recognition  technology,"  says   Per
Nordlvf,  General  Manager, Digital  Switching  Systems  and
Applications at Ericsson Radio Systems.

"Ericsson is the world's leading supplier of mobile  network
infrastructure.  Their certification of our  products  is  a
significant  endorsement  of  Brite's  ability   to   supply
innovative  services.  Together,  Brite  and  Ericsson   are
ideally  positioned to meet the growing demands from network
operators  to  be able to offer new, safer and  more  easily
useable  services through speech recognition,"  says  Stuart
Hallam,  Chief  Executive Officer for Brite  Voice  Systems'
Europe, Middle East and Africa unit.

Says  Jonathan Hart, Sales Director at Vocalis  Group  plc.,
"This  agreement means that many more mobile users  will  be
able to use voice activated dialling. Network operators will
benefit  by being at the forefront of this evolving  market.
Users  will  have the ease of a more natural interface  than
the  keypad. With the increasing legislation on the  use  of
car  phones, we believe voice activated dialling will become
a standard operator service."

Ericsson's  90,000 employees are active  in  more  than  130
countries.  Their  combined expertise in  fixed  and  mobile
networks, mobile phones and infocom systems makes Ericsson a
world-leading supplier in telecommunications.

For further information, please contact:

Jonathan Hart, Sales Director, Vocalis Group plc
Tel. [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

Tom Moriarty, Tavistock Communications Limited
Tel:  [phone]

Richard  Stock,  Business Development Manager,  Brite  Voice
Systems
Tel. [phone], e-mail: richard.stock man.brite.co.uk

Anders  Orsin,  Product  Manager, Mobile  Telephone  Systems
Ericsson Radio Systems, e-mail: anders.orsen era.ericsson.se
Tel. + 46 8 757 0945

Johan Wiklund Press Relations Manager Ericsson
business area Mobile Systems
Tel. [phone], e-mail: johan.wiklund era.ericsson.se


About Vocalis

Vocalis  Group plc. is a leading provider of solutions  that
help  businesses and people stay in touch, naturally.  Based
on  its  proprietary  voice recognition technology,  Vocalis
offers   a  range  of  packaged  voice  activated  telephony
products  for  the  customer premises  and  network  service
provider markets world-wide.

Vocalis  products include Operetta, the world's first  voice
activated auto attendant, and SPEECHtel, a family  of  voice
activated  services,  such as voice dialling  and  directory
assistance for fixed and mobile telephone operators. Vocalis
was  formed in 1993 and traded on the London Stock  Exchange
since July 1996.


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