Vocalis and BSA Communicaciones Join Forces in Latin American Market

Vocalis, the international speech technology Group, and BSA Communications of Buenos Aires, System Integrator of Voice Processing & Call Management Solutions with pan-Latin-American coverage, announced today that they have signed a distribution agreement. This will enable BSA to integrate, market, sell and support the complete Vocalis suite of products in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay to leading local Telcos, ISP's and Corporates. BSA addresses markets such as wireless and fixed line by IN Services/Prepaid applications.

BSA will be responsible for marketing and supporting the full Vocalis product range, which includes:-

	SPEECHtel - Platform and applications for telephone network operators to automate operator services and value add services
	Vocalis SpeechWare - Vocalis's Advanced Speech Recognition technology available for licencing
	SpeecHTML - Allows access to Websites via a telephone and spoken commands
	SpeechMail - Enables users to access e-mails over the telephone using simple commands for "play", "reply", "delete" and "next message"

Javier Serafini, General Manager for BSA, says, "BSA is always looking for new and innovative solutions. The Vocalis product range definitely fits this description and we are delighted to be able to market them complementary to the rest of our product range. With the addition of Vocalis, BSA will offer a solution that is unrivalled in its functionality and reliability."

Peter Hauser, Sales Director for Vocalis, adds "Vocalis already operates on a world-wide basis and this further enhances our global presence. Latin America is currently one of the fastest growing telecommunications markets. The background and experience of BSA in the telecommunications market make them a natural choice to distribute our products in this region. We look forward to a successful partnership."