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P E R C E P T U A L
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Q U A L I T Y
8 ABOUT OPTICOM
OPTICOM, the world leader in perceptual voice and audio quality testing solutions and the technologies provider of
techniques such as PSQM, PSQM+, PEAQ, PESQ and 3SQM addresses the testing advantages of utilizing ITU's
current and proposed standards for today's and future networks.
Under the mission statement "quality is our business", OPTICOM focuses on top-notch developments to gain for its
customers improved quality in audio and video communications. With the new OPERA™ family of perceptual
analyzers, the company proves it's worldwide reputation for state-of-the-art solutions to improve the audio, video
and multimedia quality of new media.
Its President Michael Keyhl founded OPTICOM in 1995 as a "spin-off" company of the Fraunhofer-Institute,
Germany's leading organization for applied research. OPTICOM's developers benefit from their broad experience in
the research and development of perceptual based coding and evaluation techniques, such as MP3 and NMR,
lasting back to the late 1980's.
Through many international contacts and cooperation with leading research organizations, OPTICOM has today
gained an active role in the international standardization business, e.g. of the new ITU-R standard PEAQ.
OPTICOM is also continuously active in, or observing the work of the AES, EBU, ITU-T, ETSI, ISO/MPEG, VQEG and
others.
After being successful in business for 10 years, the company is growing fast and seeking to expand the number of
their employees. OPTICOM is located in Erlangen, Northern-Bavaria, GERMANY, and has just recently opened
offices and distribution channels in the USA and Asia. For more information, please feel free to visit
www.opticom.de.
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