Samsung Telecommunications America & InTouch Digital Announce Hospitality Industry Collaboration

 

Richardson, TX & American Canyon, CA – October 5, 2004 --- Samsung Telecommunications America Business Communications Systems is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with In Touch Digital Systems of American Canyon, CA that will provide a total application package allowing Samsung’s Authorized Dealer Network to take command of the lucrative Hospitality Industry market, by offering Resorts, Hotels, Motels and Bed & Breakfast properties a full solution to Guest Management and Guest Services. In conjunction with the use of a Samsung iDCS 500 telephone system, the companies can now supply full-featured Hotel/Motel voicemail and auto-receptionist services with full integration to the iDCS 500, which can be packaged together with all the functions of a typical Property Management System.

This packaged solution is centered around the Samsung iDCS 500, the premier system in Samsung's elite line of telephony products. Its dynamic scaleable architecture can accommodate tremendous growth at low incremental cost, making it the perfect answer for the communications needs of medium and large hotels. As a forerunner in digital convergence technology, the iDCS 500 brings together traditional voice, voice over IP (VoIP) and data to create a fully integrated communications solution. With a host of industry leading connectivity features, the iDCS 500 richly deserves its place at the forefront of the communications revolution.

This new association with InTouch Digital Systems creates an exciting set of new customer solutions which allow Authorized Samsung Dealers to target the lucrative hospitality marketplace, with a full turnkey product that will integrate with any Hotel’s Property Management System (PMS), and provide guests a full featured voicemail and information system coupled with the power of the Samsung iDCS 500 digital system.

The InTouch Digital is a highly reliable server designed for ease of use. The familiar telephone user interface is based on a single-letter mnemonic, such as “P” for Play, “D” for Delete, or “A” for Answer. The user interface can be customized to each hotel’s needs, with support for multiple languages as well as customized prompts.

Flexible, feature-rich applications can be customized to meet a property’s unique needs. Guest mailboxes may be configured for the simplest possible operation, while staff mailboxes may allow advanced features. Applications can be added cost effectively as the properties requirements change.

InTouch Digital provides a full bi-directional interface between most PMS systems and the Samsung iDCS 500, allowing for fully automated PMS/PBX interfaces to provide security and real-time billing information for all guest functions. Utilizing the hotel's iDCS 500 and the Property Management System ensures that guest mailboxes are automatically activated upon check-in and cleared or deactivated on checkout. If a guest moves to a different room, messages can be forwarded automatically, and the system can retain messages for a guest after checkout as determined by the property. Control of the new message indication on the guests' telephone is automatic and accurate. InTouch Digital systems will interface with virtually any PMS system on the market today.  

Operator/Text Messaging allows the hotel operator to accept packages and to take messages for a guest. The guest will then receive a voice message in their mailbox prompting them to "Call the front desk for messages". This notification is activated with a simple command by the operator through the hotel console.

This new family of products can also provide many additional guest services, such as “What’s on in Town” and Pizza orders as well as booking taxi and limo services on line. These voice services can provide an extra source of income to the property.

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About Samsung Telecommunications America L.P.

Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. opened Samsung Telecommunications America, LLP. (STA) in Dallas, Texas in 1996. As a $13 billion flagship of the Samsung Group, Samsung Electronics is a worldwide producer of telecommunications systems, consumer appliances, A/V equipment, computers, printers and semiconductors.

 

From its Dallas office, STA researches, develops and markets products throughout North America, including handheld wireless phones, wireless communications infrastructure systems, network products, as well as CTI products, digital communication systems, TDM and VoIP keysets, voice processing/voicemail systems, auto attendants and enterprise-wide wireless systems.

 

For more information on Samsung, please visit our web site at: www.samsungusa.com

 

About InTouch Digital Systems          
InTouch Digital Systems, based in American Canyon, CA, is one of the world's leading developers of specialized telephony products and next-generation voice delivery services.  

An innovator in converged voice and data solutions that support multiple markets, InTouch Digital’s open standards, and digital voice technology help people communicate more easily, quickly and efficiently.

 

Through application gateways, and enhanced services, such as unified messaging, short messaging services (SMS), voicemail and the innovative FollowMe service, the company is transforming the way people and information connect.

 

More information is available at www.Intouchdigital.com.