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Brooktrout and BRESSNER Combine to Develop the European Voice and Speech Market BRESSNER Technology Receives Preferred VAD Status within Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Eastern Europe BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brooktrout Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of media processing and call control products, today announced a strategic relationship with BRESSNER Technology, a supplier of computer systems and components for enterprise, industrial and CTI applications, located in Groebenzell near Munich. The strategic relationship will provide developers of speech-enabled applications access to Brooktrout's award-winning range of voice and speech products and value-added support in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (DACH region). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990806/BRKTTECH ) For the first time, developers can work with a value added reseller (VAD) based in their DACH and Eastern European region who can deliver Brooktrout's award winning TR1000(TM) voice and speech application development platform and TR1034(TM) intelligent fax board as well as receive technical support in their own language. Developers can take advantage of these best of breed, integrated platforms to create a broad array of speech, IVR, messaging, conferencing, and fax applications. "The quality and performance of Brooktrout's products is well known and we believe that Brooktrout offers the most comprehensive range of voice enabling technologies on the market with a reputation for outstanding support," said Josef Bressner, CEO of BRESSNER Technology GmbH (http://www.bressner.de/). "We will leverage that reputation while we provide our value-added services to the local market. The combination of Brooktrout's technical, support and commercial skills with our unique position and presence in the German/East European markets is a great start for success." "Brooktrout is committed to building strong relationships with partners who can develop business locally. We will work closely with BRESSNER's to proactively develop the DACH region," said Dave McKanna, Director EMEA Sales at Brooktrout. "While other vendors seek to broaden channels, we seek to build stronger, more effective direct channels with selected partners." The TR1000 is a standards-based, board-level voice and speech processing platform specifically designed to support a broad array of speech, IVR, messaging, and conferencing applications. Ranging from 2 to 60 channels per board, the performance and flexibility of this feature-rich media platform allows systems to scale in both density and functionality to meet the current and evolving needs of advanced enterprise and service provider applications. Brooktrout Technology's TR1034 offers enterprise customers a line of high performance 33.6 Kbps intelligent fax boards with real-time fax over IP capabilities for a variety of computer-based fax applications, such as network fax, fax broadcast, unified messaging, and business process automation. About BRESSNER Technology BRESSNER Technology is a supplier of computer systems and components for enterprise, industrial and CTI applications. The company was founded in 1999 and is situated in Groebenzell near Munich. The product range concerning computer telephony and VoIP includes servers and platforms, communication appliances for security or routing applications as well as interfaces and media processing boards. Beneath high quality components and fully integrated systems BRESSNER offers a complete range of customer oriented services like hotline support, maintenance or training. Visit http://www.bressner.de/ for more information. About Brooktrout Technology Brooktrout Technology is a leading supplier of media processing, network interface, call control and signal processing products that enable the development of applications, systems and services for both the New Network(TM) (packet-based) and the traditional telephone (TDM) network. Our strategy is to partner with our customers and collaborate closely with them to help accelerate their delivery of new applications and services, increase their existing business, and expand into new markets. For more information, visit http://www.brooktrout.com/. Brooktrout Technology is a subsidiary of Brooktrout, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKT). Brooktrout, Brooktrout Technology, New Network, TR1000 and TR1034 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Brooktrout, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Contact: Lida Joly Michelle Liro +32 2 658 0190 +1 781 433 9525 Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990806/BRKTTECH AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com DATASOURCE: Brooktrout Technology, Inc. CONTACT: Lida Joly, +32 2 658 0190, , or Michelle Liro, +1-781-433-9525, both of Brooktrout Web site: http://www.brooktrout.com/

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