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x8 to License Audacity-T2 Processor Core; Move Enables `Third Generation` VoIP Chips
Including ADSL and Wireless Modem Interfaces

HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000--8x8 Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT), a leading
provider of
digital telecommunications solutions, today announced that it will license its Audacity(TM)-T2 IP
Telephone
Processor as a core to other chip makers. The Audacity-T2 Core will allow chip makers to bring to
market highly
integrated, VoIP-enabled xDSL, cable, and wireless modem chips based on 8x8`s leading-edge
Voice-over-IP
terminal technology, accelerating the availability of affordable VoIP terminals for homes and businesses.


The Audacity-T2 Core integrates all of the digital circuitry of an IP phone or Voice-over-IP (VoIP)
telephone
gateway into a single functional block. By licensing the T2 core to other chip makers, 8x8 expects to
enable a "third
generation" of VoIP chips. This new generation not only integrates audio compression and
communication protocol
processing on a single chip but will include mixed signal elements such as Ethernet PHYs (physical
layer interfaces),
audio ADs/DAs and amplifiers, xDSL, wireless, 3G mobile, ATM and cable modem interfaces.

[angeldusty]

Nach dem Hardware - Durchbruch nun endlich überzeugende Aussagen zu den Sorftware-Entwicklungen!

ANNOVER, Germany, Feb 24, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 8x8 Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT), a
leading provider of digital telecommunications solutions, today announced the
immediate availability of its Veracity(TM) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Software for companies developing standards-based IP telephony products. The
Veracity VoIP Software will allow telecommunications equipment makers to bring
interoperable, standards-compliant, embedded VoIP products to market quickly,
without the time and expense of developing and testing VoIP software themselves.

The Veracity VoIP Software includes both the Veracity Call Signaling Protocol
Stacks, the Veracity Audio Library and an embedded POSIX operating system (OS),
which can be licensed together or separately. The Veracity Protocol Stacks
support H.323v2, MGCP and SIP protocols, and the Veracity Audio Library includes
G.7xx vocoders and other audio functions.

Call signaling protocol stacks are complex software programs required to make
voice calls over IP networks, including the Internet. Vocoders format and
compress digital audio signals and serve as the interface between the old phone
networks and new VoIP networks. Developing and establishing interoperability for
VoIP software requires major engineering resources and significant development
time, which is why many OEMs choose to license it instead. 8x8`s Veracity VoIP
Software provides the three most commonly deployed VoIP protocols, along with
seven vocoders, in a high-quality, thoroughly tested, portable package. This
combination will allow 8x8`s customers to quickly develop IP phones, telephone
gateways, network gateways, protocol converters and gatekeepers.

"8x8 offers the full range of VoIP protocol stacks today, including H.323v2,
MGCP and SIP," noted Keith Barraclough, 8x8`s president and COO, "and with our
vocoder software and embedded OS technology, 8x8 is a one-stop shop for embedded
VoIP applications. IP communication product requirements are evolving so fast
that most equipment vendors find it hard to keep up. By licensing 8x8`s
software, they can quickly deploy equipment that can run multiple protocols and
vocoders."

Written in 100 percent ANSI C, the Veracity VoIP Software is highly modular and
portable, making it easy to use with industry-standard operating systems. It can
be compiled and run unchanged under 8x8`s own POSIX micro-kernel, Linux and
Solaris. Using a thin translation layer it can be quickly adapted to run on
popular embedded operating systems such as VxWorks and pSOS. 8x8`s Veracity Call
Signaling Protocol Stacks were crafted specifically for embedded applications
such as consumer electronics products and terminals, rather than for personal
computers. The stacks are extremely efficient and compact, requiring a fraction
of the memory of PC-derived implementations. For very low-cost VoIP devices
where a large, costly real-time operating system is not appropriate, 8x8 can
provide an extremely compact real-time POSIX micro-kernel along with TCP/IP, RTP
and other network services.

The protocol stacks available from 8x8 today are the ITU`s H.323 version 2, the
PacketCable consortium`s MGCP (NCS version 1.0), and the IETF`s SIP (RFC 2543).
The H.323 protocol is used extensively in existing VoIP telephone network
deployments. The MGCP protocol is used by cable telephony systems and is finding
favor in enterprise VoIP systems. SIP is expected to be widely used for
peer-to-peer connections within new telephone network systems. The three
Veracity Stacks are unique in that they share a common "call control" API
(applications programming interface). This feature allows a Veracity Protocol
Stack licensee to develop a product for one protocol and, with minimal code
changes, provide models using other protocols. For example, an H.323v2 IP phone
could be quickly followed with MGCP and SIP versions.

The Veracity Audio Library includes a complete range of ITU vocoders and all of
the audio modules necessary to build complete VoIP terminal or gateway,
including G.711, G.722, G.723.1, G.726, G.728 and G.729, acoustic echo
cancellation, line echo cancellation, comfort noise generation, voice activity
detection, silence suppression, FAX/modem tone detection and dual tone
multi-frequency (DTMF) generation and detection. These modules are all written
in fixed-point ANSI C to allow straight-forward porting to third-party
architectures.

8x8 has eight years experience with designing and deploying standard
communications protocols: the company took part in the world`s first
inter-manufacturer H.323 video call and was a lead participant in the
PacketCable Multimedia Terminal Adapter definition. All of the Veracity Protocol
Stacks have been rigorously tested with more that 50 different VoIP
implementations from other manufacturers at many interoperability events,
including recent IMTC, iNOW, ETSI/TIPHON, SIP and PacketCable events. 8x8 will
continue to participate in such events to ensure that its stacks and vocoders
work seamlessly with telecom equipment from all major manufacturers.

The Veracity VoIP Software is available today. Pricing depends on protocol,
vocoder and operating system requirements and consists of a license fee and per
copy royalty.

[angeldusty]

8x8-CeBit-News-No.3

X8: 8x8 to license Audacity-T2 Processor core; Move enables "third
generation"VoIP chips including ADSL and wireless modem interfaces
Fri Feb 25 12:16:00 EST 2000




FEB 25, 2000, M2 Communications - CeBIT, HANNOVER, Germany -- 8x8 Ltd, a
subsidiary of 8x8 Inc., (Nasdaq: EGHT), a leading provider of digital
telecommunications solutions, today announced that it will license its
Audacity(tm)-T2 IP Telephone Processor as a core to other chip makers. The
Audacity-T2 Core will allow chip makers to bring to market highly integrated,
VoIP-enabled xDSL, cable, and wireless modem chips based on 8x8`s leading-edge
Voice-over-IP terminal technology, accelerating the availability of affordable
VoIP terminals for homes and businesses.

The Audacity-T2 Core integrates all of the digital circuitry of an IP phone or
Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone gateway into a single functional block. By
licensing the T2 core to other chip makers, 8x8 expects to enable a "third
generation" of VoIP chips. This new generation not only integrates audio
compression and communication protocol processing on a single chip but will
include mixed signal elements such as Ethernet PHYs (physical layer interfaces),
audio ADs/DAs and amplifiers, xDSL, wireless, 3G mobile, ATM and cable modem
interfaces.

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8x8-CeBit-News No.4 (mit Vertragspartner M2 Communications)

X8: 8x8 to license Voice-over-IP software for embedded applications;
VeracityVoIP software will speed development of embedded, multi-protocol
VoIP products
Fri Feb 25 12:15:00 EST 2000




FEB 25, 2000, M2 Communications - CeBIT, HANNOVER, Germany -- 8x8 Ltd, a
subsidiary of 8x8 Inc., (Nasdaq: EGHT), a leading provider of digital
telecommunications solutions, today announced the immediate availability of its
Veracity(tm) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Software for companies
developing standards-based IP telephony products. The Veracity VoIP Software
will allow telecommunications equipment makers to bring interoperable,
standards-compliant, embedded VoIP products to market quickly, without the time
and expense of developing and testing VoIP software themselves.

The Veracity VoIP Software includes both the Veracity Call Signaling Protocol
Stacks, the Veracity Audio Library and an embedded POSIX operating system (OS),
which can be licensed together or separately. The Veracity Protocol Stacks
support H.323v2, MGCP and SIP protocols, and the Veracity Audio Library includes
G.7xx vocoders and other audio functions.

Call signalling protocol stacks are complex software programs required to make
voice calls over IP networks, including the Internet. Vocoders format and
compress digital audio signals serve as the interface between the old phone
networks and new VoIP networks. Developing and establishing interoperability for
VoIP software requires major engineering resources and significant development
time, which is why many OEMs choose to license it instead. 8x8`s Veracity VoIP
Software provides the three most commonly deployed VoIP protocols, along with
seven vocoders, in a high-quality, thoroughly tested, portable package. This
combination will allow 8x8`s customers to quickly develop IP phones, telephone
gateways, network gateways, protocol converters and gatekeepers.

"8x8 offers the full range of VoIP protocol stacks today, including H.323v2,
MGCP and SIP," noted Keith Barraclough, 8x8`s president and COO, "and with our
vocoder software and embedded OS technology, 8x8 is a one-stop shop for embedded
VoIP applications. IP communication product requirements are evolving so fast
that most equipment vendors find it hard to keep up. By licensing 8x8`s
software, they can quickly deploy equipment that can run multiple protocols and
vocoders."

Written in 100 percent ANSI C, the Veracity VoIP Software is highly modular and
portable, making it easy to use with industry-standard operating systems. It can
be compiled and run unchanged under 8x8`s own POSIX micro-kernel, Linux and
Solaris. Using a thin translation layer it can be quickly adapted to run on
popular embedded operating systems such as VxWorks and pSOS.

8x8`s Veracity Call Signaling Protocol Stacks were crafted specifically for
embedded applications such as consumer electronics products and terminals,
rather than for personal computers. The stacks are extremely efficient and
compact, requiring a fraction of the memory of PC-derived implementations.

For very low-cost VoIP devices where a large, costly real-time operating system
is not appropriate, 8x8 can provide an extremely compact real-time POSIX
micro-kernel along with TCP/IP, RTP and other network services.

The protocol stacks available from 8x8 today are the ITU`s H.323 version 2, the
PacketCable consortium`s MGCP (NCS version 1.0), and the IETF`s SIP (RFC 2543).
The H.323 protocol is used extensively in existing VoIP telephone network
deployments. The MGCP protocol is used by cable telephony systems and is finding
favour in enterprise VoIP systems. SIP is expected to be widely used for
peer-to-peer connections within new telephone network systems. The three
Veracity Stacks are unique in that they share a common "call control" API
(applications programming interface). This feature allows a Veracity Protocol
Stack licensee to develop a product for one protocol and, with minimal code
changes, provide models using other protocols. For example, an H.323v2 IP phone
could be quickly followed with MGCP and SIP versions.

The Veracity Audio Library includes a complete range of ITU vocoders and all of
the audio modules necessary to build complete VoIP terminal or gateway,
including G.711, G.722, G.723.1, G.726, G.728 and G.729, acoustic echo
cancellation, line echo cancellation, comfort noise generation, voice activity
detection, silence suppression, FAX/modem tone detection and dual tone
multi-frequency (DTMF) generation and detection. These modules are all written
in fixed-point ANSI C to allow straight-forward porting to third-party
architectures.

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Interview - Posting aus dem Yahoo-Board


More notes from last Saturday`s presentation:
*8x8 is completely standards-based, so you can talk to equipment by other companies, just like fax machines of different
brands can send faxes to each other.
*strong customer base for video semiconductors, including folks like SONY, Panasonic, Cannon, Siemens, Samsung.
*"And this is a point not to be taken lightly. We also do complete system reference designs for chip and software products.
Sometimes people say, well John, about TI, Motorola, Lucent, and those guys, they`re so much bigger than 8x8, aren`t they
going to eat your lunch? And the answer is we go to market in a different way than they do. They just sell a chip. We sell it with
its software, with reference design for low-cost production. That`s the key; that`s our strength. So we have the lowest cost
solution right now to make an IP phone."
*We are going to jointly work with ST to produce chip sets for the cable and DSL modem markets. Multiple benefits to 8x8.
Development is occurring now; revenues should start in 2001. Future business opportunities with ST and a strong endorsement
of our technology.
*"ST is making a much bigger bet on 8x8 than the mere $28 million equity investment. I mean they`re basing a very key part of
their technology, their entrance into the DSL and cable modem market based on voice technology from 8x8."
*cash position of over $45 million
*project profitability toward the end of calendar year 2001
*although most revenue this year from video conferencing technologies, going forward, "really focus on the voice over IP
market" with IS deployment, ST development, and T2 design wins (such as the Philips announcement).
*The IP telephony market is going to grow very, very quickly. There will be many other companies that will have success in this
market. Our part is not the only part--there are many different components to it.
*"We believe that we are in a strong position, a first mover in the hosted PBX segment of the market; we have strong OEM
relationships that we believe will be very helpful; and our years of experience should stand us in good stead as we move
forward."
[End of formal presentation]