For more information please visit the ARC website at:
www.
SHOUT can operate as a standalone system, or can work alongside third -
party call controllers, IP PBXs, and SIP proxies.com
Network Equipment Technologies, doing business as net.
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Already shipping to customers, the ARCsound audio subsystem enables
system OEMs and semiconductor companies to get to market quickly with
an optimized, preconfigured audio platform that eliminates the need
for specialized hardware. "The ARCsound subsystem is one of many ways ARC
International is helping customers quickly deploy optimized products
for high -growth consumer applications.

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The ARCsound subsystem's optimized audio software supports a
number of codecs, including:

MPEG 1, 2 Layer I, II, III (MP3) Decode

MPEG 1, 2 Layer I, II, III (MP3) Encode

MPEG 2, 4 AAC LC Decode

MPEG 2, 4 AAC LC Encode

Windows Media Audio 9.

com, is a leading
provider of networking equipment that enables enterprises, governments and
carriers to adapt to a broadband future.com has been supplying service providers, governments and
enterprises around the world with bulletproof networking technology for more
than 20 years. net performance.

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ARC International is listed on the London Stock Exchange
as ARC International plc (LSE:ARK).

com, commented, "With
SHOUT, immediate savings are achieved by capping investment in the installed
PBX network, using the IP network as a transport mechanism for high-cost
routes, and enabling the existing infrastructure to take advantage of
standards-based VoIP-enabled applications. This
"rogue packet ejector" helps keep networks running, unlike other solutions
that may require a reboot of the router when rogue packets are sent to its
interfaces.
For secure voice calls in an IP setting, SHOUT offers support of STUII,
STUIII, STE, FNBDT for government, and now adds TCC for secure-grade
commercial phones. net.

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A typical ARCsound configuration
requires as few as 75,000 gates and consumes as much as 55 percent
less system power than comparable solutions. For factors that
could cause actual results to differ, visit the company's Website as
well as the listing particulars filed with the United Kingdom Listing
Authority and the Registrar of Companies in England and Wales.

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The ARCsound audio subsystem is a preconfigured, licensable audio
platform for use in high volume SoC designs.com's voice-focused security solutions include protecting the devices
from attack, MD5 authentication, TLS support, and enabling enterprises to run
VoIP over their existing data infrastructure without having to update or
replace their security devices or policies .
SHOUT also provides MD5 authentication on a call-by-call basis to prevent
spoofing of users by challenging devices attempting to call the network and
verifying responses against an internal table or an external database.net.

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ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate
offices in San Jose, California, USA and Elstree, UK.

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ARCsound meets stringent quality requirements for
cost-sensitive, high-volume markets. The
serial interface interoperates with the Cisco HDLC protocol. An architect of the networking
industry, net.

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About ARC

ARC International is a world leader in low-power, high-performance
32-bit configurable CPU/DSP processor cores, subsystems , real-time
operating systems and development tools for embedded system design.
SHOUT's multi-vendor , multi-protocol support, combined with its strong support
of open standards such as SIP helps avoid vendor lock-in with proprietary
solutions, further reducing implementation and capital costs.
Enhancements to the platform in this release further equip SHOUT as an
optimal voice migration appliance for large global enterprises:

-- IP over Serial
Aggregates multiple remote nodes on a router connected to SHOUT,
offering point to point serial connection to the central router.
Headlining SHOUT's rich set of security features is the SHOUT Packet
Manager (SPM ), which inspects the validity of every packet at the Ethernet
interface before it is passed to the operating system for processing.

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Availability

The ARCsound audio subsystem is available now from ARC
International.

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For additional information on ARCsound, visit
info@arc.

ARC, ARCsound, the ARC logo and ARC-Based are trademarks or
registered trademarks of ARC International.

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ARC International's ARCsound Audio Subsystem Approved by Dolby Laboratories and Microsoft

net.com's SHOUT Facilitates VoIP Cost Savings and Productivity Gains for Large Enterprises

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Newest Release Solves Key Issues for Large Global Enterprises, Scares off VoIP
Attacks With Rogue Packet Ejector

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Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

ELSTREE, England----ARC International
(LSE:ARK ), the world leader in configurable CPU/DSP processor cores
and application platforms, today announced that Microsoft Corporation
and Dolby Laboratories have each separately approved the ARCsound(TM)
audio subsystem for Microsoft Windows Media Audio decoder and
5. This key support of Windows
Media Audio and Dolby Digital consumer decode illustrate ARC's
commitment to provide a pre-verified, comprehensive audio platform
that enables our customers with fast time-to-market and less risk.com (NYSE: NWK) , a global
supplier of communications equipment, announced today that the newest version
of its SHOUT platform enhances a large enterprise's ability to take advantage
of the cost savings and productivity gains of voice-over-IP (VoIP) while
maximizing the return on its substantial investment in telephony
infrastructure.

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"We are very pleased with the tremendous industry response we have
to the ARCsound subsystem," said Derek Meyer, vice president of
marketing for ARC. The Company has
research and development offices located in England and the United
States.com.

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SHOUT helps the enterprise seamlessly migrate legacy telephony systems to
a converged IP solution by interconnecting multi-vendor PBX and call center
environments with next generation VoIP applications across IP data networks.

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trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

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NOTE: SHOUT, SHOUT Packet Manager, net.

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ARCsound includes
state-of-the-art audio codec software, a preconfigured ARC processor
with custom audio extensions and a full suite of hardware and software
development tools. This press release may contain certain "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties .

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All other brands or
product names contained herein are the property of their respective
owners .
-- SIP Signaling over TCP
Allows broader interoperability of SHOUT with third-party SIP vendors,
providing additional flexibility and more choices of SIP elements
-- NI -2 ISDN Support
Supports the basic call control messages and information elements
required for NI-2.com and the net.

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Migration reduces risks and costs
associated with a full scale replacement of the enterprise voice
infrastructure. In
addition, SHOUT's BSP/VTP protocols enable voice conversations to seamlessly
traverse existing NATs and firewalls, and because these protocols encode voice
and signaling information into proprietary tunnels, voice packets are
effectively secured from those intent on listening in on conversations. net results.com for more information.

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1-channel Dolby Digital consumer decoder technology, respectively.
ARC's configurable and extendible cores assist customers in the
development of next generation digital media, consumer and
communications devices, resulting in lower cost, higher performance
SoC products.