Document:

Exhibit 10.2

                         SEVERANCE PROTECTION AGREEMENT
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     THIS AGREEMENT entered into as of the 28th day of June 2005 (the "Effective
Date"), by and between NMS Communications Corporation (the "Company") and
Herbert Shumway (the "Executive").

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") recognizes
that the possibility of a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined) exists and
that the threat or the occurrence of a Change in Control can result in
significant distraction of the Company's key management personnel because of the
uncertainties inherent in such a situation;

     WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is essential and in the best
interest of the Company and its stockholders for the Company to retain the
services of the Executive in the event of a threat or occurrence of a Change in
Control and to ensure the Executive's continued dedication and efforts in such
event without undue concern for the Executive's personal financial and
employment security;

     WHEREAS, The Board by unanimous resolution at a meeting held on December
19, 1997, adopted a Change of Control plan to encourage such retention; and

     WHEREAS, in order to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the
Company, particularly in the event of a threat or the occurrence of a Change in
Control, the Company desires to enter into this Agreement with the Executive to
provide the Executive with certain benefits in the event the Executive's
employment is terminated as a result of, or in connection with, a Change in
Control and to provide the Executive with the Gross-Up Payment (as hereinafter
defined).

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the respective agreements of the
parties contained herein, it is agreed as follows:

     1. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall commence as of the Effective
Date, and shall continue in effect until December 31, 2005 (the "Term");
provided, however, that on December 31, 2005, and on each December 31
thereafter, the Term shall automatically be extended for one (1) year unless
either the Executive or the Company shall have given written notice to the other
at least sixty (60) days prior thereto that the Term shall not be so extended;
provided, further, however, that following the occurrence of a Change in
Control, the Term shall not expire prior to the expiration of eighteen (18)
months after such occurrence.

     2. Termination of Employment. If, during the Term, the Executive's
employment with the Company and with any Affiliates shall be terminated within
eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, the Executive shall be
entitled to the following compensation and benefits:

        (a) If the Executive's employment with the Company [and with any
Affiliate] shall be terminated (1) by the Company for Cause or Disability, (2)
by reason of the Executive's death, or (3) by the Executive other than for Good
Reason, the Company shall pay to the Executive his Accrued Compensation. The
Executive's entitlement to any other compensation or benefits shall be
determined in accordance with the Company's employee benefits plans and other
applicable programs and practices then in effect.

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        (b) If the Executive's employment with the Company [and with any
Affiliate] shall be terminated for any reason other than as specified in Section
2(a), the Executive shall be entitled to the following:

          (1) the Company shall pay the Executive all Accrued Compensation;

          (2) the Company shall pay the Executive as severance pay and in lieu
of any further compensation for periods subsequent to the Termination Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the Executive's Base Amount and (ii) the
Executive's Bonus Amount. (3) for twelve (12) months after the Termination Date,
the Company shall at its expense continue on behalf of the Executive and his
dependents and beneficiaries the life insurance, disability, medical, dental and
hospitalization coverages and benefits provided to the Executive immediately
prior to the Change in Control or, if greater, the coverages and benefits
provided at any time thereafter. The coverages and benefits (including
deductibles and costs) provided in this Section 2(b)(3) during the Continuation
Period shall be no less favorable to the Executive and his dependents and
beneficiaries, than the most favorable of such coverages and benefits referred
to above. The Company's obligation hereunder with respect to the foregoing
coverages and benefits shall be reduced to the extent that the Executive obtains
any such coverages and benefits pursuant to a subsequent employer's benefit
plans, in which case the Company may reduce any of the coverages or benefits it
is required to provide the Executive hereunder so long as the aggregate
coverages and benefits of the combined benefit plans is no less favorable to the
Executive than the coverages and benefits required to be provided hereunder.
This Section 2(b)(3) shall not be interpreted so as to limit any benefits to
which the Executive, his dependents or beneficiaries may be entitled under any
of the Company's employee benefit plans, programs or practices following the
Executive's termination of employment, including without limitation, retiree
medical and life insurance benefits;

        (c) If the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without
Cause prior to the date of a Change in Control but the Executive reasonably
demonstrates that such termination (A) was at the request of a third party who
has indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a
Change in Control (a "Third Party") and who effectuates a Change in Control or
(B) otherwise arose in connection with, or in anticipation of, a Change in
Control which has been threatened or proposed and which actually occurs, such
termination shall be deemed to have occurred after a Change in Control, provided
a Change in Control shall actually have occurred.

        (d) (1) Gross-Up Payment. In the event it shall be determined that any
payment (other than the payment provided for in this Section 2(d)) or
distribution of any type to or for the benefit of the Executive, by the Company,
any Affiliate, any Person (as defined in Section 14.6(a) hereof) who acquires
ownership or effective control of the Company or ownership of a substantial
portion of the Company's assets (within the meaning of Section 280G of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the regulations
thereunder) or any affiliate of such Person, whether paid or payable or
distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
otherwise (the "Total Payments"), is or will be subject to the excise tax
imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties with respect to
such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties,
are collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be
entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount
such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including any interest or
penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including any income tax,
employment tax or Excise Tax, imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive
retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon
the Total Payments.

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          (2) Determination By Accountant. All mathematical determinations, and
all determinations as to whether any of the Total Payments are "parachute
payments" (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), that are required to
be made under this Section 2(d), including determinations as to whether a
Gross-Up Payment is required, the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and amounts
relevant to the last sentence of this Section 2(d)(2), shall be made by an
independent accounting firm selected by the Executive from among the six (6)
largest accounting firms in the United States (the "Accounting Firm"), which
shall provide its determination (the "Determination"), together with detailed
supporting calculations regarding the amount of any Gross-Up Payment and any
other relevant matter, both to the Company and the Executive by no later than
ten (10) days following the Termination Date, if applicable, or such earlier
time as is requested by the Company or the Executive (if the Executive
reasonably believes that any of the Total Payments may be subject to the Excise
Tax). If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the
Executive, it shall furnish the Executive and the Company with a written
statement that such Accounting Firm has concluded that no Excise Tax is payable
(including the reasons therefor) and that the Executive has substantial
authority not to report any Excise Tax on his federal income tax return. If a
Gross-Up Payment is determined to be payable, it shall be paid to the Executive
within twenty (20) days after the Determination (and all accompanying
calculations and other material supporting the Determination) is delivered to
the Company by the Accounting Firm. Any determination by the Accounting Firm
shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive, absent manifest error. As a
result of uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time
of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible
that Gross-Up Payments not made by the Company should have been made
("Underpayment"), or that Gross-Up Payments will have been made by the Company
which should not have been made ("Overpayments"). In either such event, the
Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment or Overpayment
that has occurred. In the case of an Underpayment, the amount of such
Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the
Executive. In the case of an Overpayment, the Executive shall, at the direction
and expense of the Company, take such steps as are reasonably necessary
(including the filing of returns and claims for refund), follow reasonable
instructions from, and procedures established by, the Company, and otherwise
reasonably cooperate with the Company to correct such Overpayment, provided,
however, that (i) the Executive shall not in any event be obligated to return to
the Company an amount greater than the net after-tax portion of the Overpayment
that he has retained or has recovered as a refund from the applicable taxing
authorities and (ii) this provision shall be interpreted in a manner consistent
with the intent of Section 2(d)(1), which is to make the Executive whole, on an
after-tax basis, from the application of the Excise Tax, it being understood
that the correction of an Overpayment may result in the Executive repaying to
the Company an amount which is less than the Overpayment. The amounts provided
for in Sections 2(a) and 2(b)(1) and (2) shall be paid in a single lump sum cash
payment within thirty (30) days after the Executive's Termination Date (or
earlier, if required by applicable law).

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        (e) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise
and no such payment shall be offset or reduced by the amount of any compensation
or benefits provided to the Executive in any subsequent employment except as
provided in Section 2(b)(3).

        (f) The severance pay and benefits provided for in this Section 2 shall
be in lieu of any other severance pay to which the Executive may be entitled
under the Company's Severance Procedure or any other plan, agreement or
arrangement of the Company or any Affiliate.

     3. Notice of Termination. Following a Change in Control, any intended
termination of the Executive's employment by the Company shall be communicated
by a Notice of Termination from the Company to the Executive, and any intended
termination of the Executive's employment by the Executive for Good Reason shall
be communicated by a Notice of Termination from the Executive to the Company.

     4. Fees and Expenses. The Company shall pay all legal fees and related
expenses (including the costs of experts, evidence and counsel) incurred by the
Executive as they become due as a result of (a) the termination of the
Executive's employment by the Company or by the Executive for Good Reason
(including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting, defending
or disputing the basis for any such termination of employment), (b) the
Executive's hearing before the Board as contemplated in Section 14.5 of this
Agreement or (c) the Executive seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit
provided by this Agreement or by any other plan or arrangement maintained by the
Company under which the Executive is or may be entitled to receive benefits.

     5. Transfer of Employment. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to
the contrary, the Company shall cease to have any further obligation or
liability to the Executive under this Agreement if (a) the Executive's
employment with the Company terminates as a result of the transfer of his
employment to any Affiliate, (b) this Agreement is assigned to such other
Affiliate, and (c) such other Affiliate expressly assumes and agrees to perform
this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would
be required to perform it if no assignment had taken place. Any Affiliate to
which this Agreement is so assigned shall be treated as the "Company" for all
purposes of this Agreement on or after the date as of which such assignment to
the Affiliate, and the Affiliate's assumption and agreement to so perform this
Agreement, becomes effective.

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     6. Notice. For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other
communications provided for in the Agreement (including any Notice of
Termination) shall be in writing, shall be signed by the Executive if to the
Company or by a duly authorized officer of the Company if to the Executive, and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered or sent by
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the
respective addresses last given by each party to the other, provided that all
notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board with a
copy to the Secretary of the Company. All notices and communications shall be
deemed to have been received on the date of delivery thereof or on the third
business day after the mailing thereof, except that notice of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.

     7. Nature of Rights. The Executive shall have the status of a mere
unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to his right to receive any
payment under this Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute a mere promise by
the Company to make payments in the future of the benefits provided for herein.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the arrangements reflected in
this Agreement shall be treated as unfunded for tax purposes and, if it should
be determined that Title I of ERISA is applicable to this Agreement, for
purposes of Title I of ERISA. Except as provided in Section 2(g), nothing in
this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive's continuing or future
participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive or other plan or program provided
by the Company or any Affiliate and for which the Executive may qualify, nor
shall anything herein limit or reduce such rights as the Executive may have
under any other agreements with the Company or any Affiliate. Amounts which are
vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under
any plan or program of the Company or any Affiliate shall be payable in
accordance with such plan or program, except as explicitly modified by this
Agreement.

     8. Settlement of Claims. The Company's obligation to make the payments
provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations
hereunder shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without
limitation, any set-off, counterclaim, defense, recoupment, or other right which
the Company may have against the Executive or others.

     9. Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or
discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing
and signed by the Executive and the Company. No waiver by any party hereto at
any time of any breach by any other party hereto of, or compliance with, any
condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party
shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at
the same or at any prior or subsequent time. No agreement or representations,
oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof
have been made by any party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement.

     10. Successors; Binding Agreement.

        (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of the Company and its Successors and Assigns. The Company shall require its
Successors and Assigns to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement
in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to
perform it if no such succession or assignment had taken place.

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        (b) Neither this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder shall be
assignable or transferable by the Executive, his beneficiaries or legal
representatives, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's
legal personal representative.

     11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Any action
brought by any party to this Agreement shall be brought and maintained in a
court of competent jurisdiction in Middlesex or Suffolk Counties in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     12. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.

     13. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties hereto, and supersedes all prior agreements, if any,
understandings and arrangements, oral or written, between the parties hereto,
with respect to the subject matter hereof.

     14. Definitions.

        14.1. Accrued Compensation. For purposes of this Agreement, "Accrued
Compensation" shall mean all amounts of compensation for services rendered to
the Company [or any other Affiliate] that have been earned or accrued through
the Termination Date but that have not been paid as of the Termination Date
including (a) base salary, (b) reimbursement for reasonable and necessary
business expenses incurred by the Executive on behalf of the Company during the
period ending on the Termination Date, (c) vacation pay and (d) bonuses and
incentive compensation; provided, however, that Accrued Compensation shall not
include any amounts described in clause (a) or clause (d) that have been
deferred pursuant to any salary reduction or deferred compensation elections
made by the Executive.

        14.2. Affiliate. For purposes of this Agreement, "Affiliate" means any
entity, directly or indirectly, controlled by, controlling or under common
control with the Company or any corporation or other entity acquiring, directly
or indirectly, all or substantially all the assets and business of the Company,
whether by operation of law or otherwise.

        14.3. Base Amount. For purposes of this Agreement, "Base Amount" shall
mean the Executive's annual base salary at the rate in effect as of the date of
a Change in Control or, if greater, at any time thereafter, determined without
regard to any salary reduction or deferred compensation elections made by the
Executive.

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        14.4. Bonus Amount. For purposes of this Agreement, "Bonus Amount" shall
mean the greater of (a) the target annual bonus payable to the Executive under
the Incentive Plan in respect of the fiscal year during which the Termination
Date occurs or (b) the highest annual bonus paid or payable under the Incentive
Plan in respect of any of the three full fiscal years ended prior to the
Termination Date or, if greater, the three (3) full fiscal years ended prior to
the Change in Control.

        14.5. Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, a termination of employment
is for "Cause" if the Executive has been convicted of a felony or the
termination is evidenced by a resolution adopted in good faith by two-thirds of
the Board that the Executive:

          (a) intentionally and continually failed substantially to perform his
reasonably assigned duties with the Company (other than a failure resulting from
the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness or from the
assignment to the Executive of duties that would constitute Good Reason) which
failure continued for a period of at least thirty (30) days after a written
notice of demand for substantial performance, signed by a duly authorized
officer of the Company, has been delivered to the Executive specifying the
manner in which the Executive has failed substantially to perform, or

          (b) intentionally engaged in conduct which is demonstrably and
materially injurious to the Company; provided, however, that no termination of
the Executive's employment shall be for Cause as set forth in this Section
14.5(b) until (1) there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a
written notice, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, setting
forth that the Executive was guilty of the conduct set forth in this Section
14.5(b) and specifying the particulars thereof in detail, and (2) the Executive
shall have been provided an opportunity to be heard in person by the Board (with
the assistance of the Executive's counsel if the Executive so desires).

          No act, nor failure to act, on the Executive's part, shall be
considered "intentional" unless the Executive has acted, or failed to act, with
a lack of good faith and with a lack of reasonable belief that the Executive's
action or failure to act was in the best interest of the Company.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no failure
to perform by the Executive after a Notice of Termination is given to the
Company by the Executive shall constitute Cause for purposes of this Agreement.

        14.6. Change in Control. A "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence
during the term of the Agreement of:

          (a) the direct or indirect acquisition by any person, entity or group
acting in concert of more than 35% of the aggregate voting power of the
outstanding securities of the Company having the right to vote at elections of
directors;

          (b) a majority of the board of directors of the Company ceasing to
consist of individuals who are members of such board on December 19, 1997 (the
"Incumbent Board"); provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for
election by the Company's shareholders, of any new director was approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for
purposes of this definition, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board;

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          (c) the disposition by the Company of substantially all its business,
other than in connection with a mere change of place of incorporation or similar
mere change in form; or

          (d) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

provided, however, in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred,
voting securities which are acquired in a Non-Control Acquisition (as
hereinafter defined) shall not constitute an acquisition which would cause a
Change in Control. A "Non-Control Acquisition" shall mean an acquisition by (i)
a Company employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained
(A) by the Company or (B) by any corporation or other entity of which a majority
of its voting power is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (a
"Subsidiary") or (ii) the Company or its Subsidiaries.

        14.7. Company. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
Company shall include its Successors and Assigns.

        14.8. Disability. For purposes of this Agreement, "Disability" shall
mean a physical or mental infirmity which impairs the Executive's ability to
substantially perform his duties with the Company for six (6) consecutive
months, and within the time period set forth in a Notice of Termination given to
the Executive (which time period shall not be less than thirty (30) days), the
Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of his duties;
provided, however, that if the Company's long term disability plan, or any
successor plan (the "Disability Plan"), is then in effect, the Executive shall
not be deemed disabled for purposes of this Agreement unless the Executive is
also eligible for "Total Disability" (as defined in the Disability Plan)
benefits (or similar benefits in the event of a successor plan) under the
Disability Plan.

        14.9. Good Reason. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason"
shall mean the occurrence after a Change in Control of any of the following
events or conditions:

          (1) an election by the Executive, in his or her sole discretion, to
terminate employment, as evidenced by notice to the Company given within four
(4) months after a Change of Control, such termination to be effective within
such four month period; provided that Executive has continued as an employee of
the Company [or any Affiliate] for at least sixty (60) days after a Change of
Control;

          (2) a change in the Executive's status, title, position or
responsibilities (including reporting responsibilities) which, in the
Executive's reasonable judgment, represents an adverse change from his status,
title, position or responsibilities as in effect immediately prior thereto; the
assignment to the Executive of any duties or responsibilities which, in the
Executive's reasonable judgment, are inconsistent with his status, title,
position or responsibilities; or any removal of the Executive from or failure to
reappoint or reelect him to any of such offices or positions, except in
connection with the termination of his employment for Disability, Cause, as a
result of his death or by the Executive other than for Good Reason;

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          (3) a reduction in the Executive's annual base salary below the Base
Amount;

          (4) the relocation of the offices of the Company at which the
Executive is principally employed to a location more than twenty-five (25) miles
from the location of such offices immediately prior to the Change in Control, or
the Company's requiring the Executive to be based anywhere other than such
offices, except to the extent the Executive was not previously assigned to a
principal location and except for required travel on the Company's business to
an extent substantially consistent with the Executive's business travel
obligations at the time of the Change in Control;

          (5) the failure by the Company to pay to the Executive any portion of
the Executive's current compensation or to pay to the Executive any portion of
an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation program
of the Company in which the Executive participated, within seven (7) days of the
date such compensation is due;

          (6) the failure by the Company to (A) continue in effect (without
reduction in benefit level, and/or reward opportunities) any material
compensation or employee benefit plan in which the Executive was participating
immediately prior to the Change in Control, unless a substitute or replacement
plan has been implemented which provides substantially identical compensation or
benefits to the Executive or (B) provide the Executive with compensation and
benefits, in the aggregate, at least equal (in terms of benefit levels and/or
reward opportunities) to those provided for under each other compensation or
employee benefit plan, program and practice in which the Executive was
participating immediately prior to the Change in Control;

          (7) the failure of the Company to obtain from its Successors or
Assigns the express assumption and agreement required under Section 10 hereof;
or

          (8) any purported termination of the Executive's employment by the
Company which is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the
terms set forth in the definition of Notice of Termination (and, if applicable,
the terms set forth in the definition of Cause).

          (b) Any event or condition described in Section 14.9(a)(2) through (8)
which occurs [(1) within three (3) months prior to a Change in Control or (2)]
prior to a Change in Control but which the Executive reasonably demonstrates (A)
was at the request of a Third Party or (B) otherwise arose in connection with,
or in anticipation of a Change in Control which has been threatened or proposed
and which actually occurs, shall constitute Good Reason for purposes of this
Agreement notwithstanding that it occurred prior to a Change in Control.

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        14.10. Incentive Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, "Incentive Plan"
shall mean the annual executive incentive plan, maintained by the Company [or
any other Affiliate].

        14.11. Notice of Termination. For purposes of this Agreement, following
a Change in Control, "Notice of Termination" shall mean a written notice of
termination of the Executive's employment, signed by the Executive if to the
Company or by a duly authorized officer of the Company if to the Executive,
which indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement, if any,
relied upon and which sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive's
employment under the provision so indicated.

        14.12. Successors and Assigns. For purposes of this Agreement,
"Successors and Assigns" shall mean, with respect to the Company, a corporation
or other entity acquiring all or substantially all the assets and business of
the Company, as the case may be (including this Agreement), whether by operation
of law or otherwise.

        14.13. Termination Date. For purposes of this Agreement, "Termination
Date" shall mean (a) in the case of the Executive's death, his date of death,
(b) if the Executive's employment is terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days
after Notice of Termination is given (provided that the Executive shall not have
returned to the performance of his duties on a full-time basis during such
thirty (30) day period) and (c) if the Executive's employment is terminated for
any other reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the
case of a termination for Cause shall not be less than thirty (30) days, and in
the case of a termination for Good Reason shall not be more than sixty (60)
days, from the date such Notice of Termination is given); provided, however,
that if within thirty (30) days after any Notice of Termination is given the
party receiving such Notice of Termination in good faith notifies the other
party that a dispute exists concerning the basis for the termination, the
Termination Date shall be the date on which the dispute is finally determined,
either by mutual written agreement of the parties, or by the final judgment,
order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (the time for appeal
therefrom having expired and no appeal having been taken). Notwithstanding the
pendency of any such dispute, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive
his Base Amount and continue the Executive as a participant in all compensation,
incentive, bonus, pension, profit sharing, medical, hospitalization, dental,
life insurance and disability benefit plans in which he was participating when
the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is finally
resolved in accordance with this Section whether or not the dispute is resolved
in favor of the Company, and the Executive shall not be obligated to repay to
the Company any amounts paid or benefits provided pursuant to this sentence.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by
its duly authorized officers and the Executive has executed this Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.

                                                 NMS Communications Corporation

                                                 By: /s/ Robert P. Schechter
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ATTEST:                                              Robert P. Schechter
/s/ Dianne Callan                                    Chairman, President and CEO
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Dianne Callan, Secretary

                                                     /s/ Herbert Shumway
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                                                     Herbert Shumway<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

[LOGO] Macrovision                                       Macrovision Corporation
                                                           2830 De La Cruz Blvd.
                                                           Santa Clara, CA 95050

                                                            (408) 562-8400  Main

                                                             (408) 567-1800  Fax

                                                             www.macrovision.com

June 8, 2005

Mr. Alfred J. Amoroso
[Address]
[Address]

Dear Fred,

We are pleased to offer you the position of President and Chief Executive
Officer at Macrovision Corporation (the "Company"), reporting to the Board of
Directors (the "Board"). Your position will include serving as the Company's
Principal Executive Officer and signing the Company's periodic reports in such
capacity to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Your first day
of employment will be July 5, 2005. Your principal employment location will be
in the Company's offices located at 2830 De La Cruz Blvd, Santa Clara,
California.

The Board will appoint you to be a member of the Board at its first meeting held
on or after your first day of employment. Each year thereafter while you
continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer, the Company will nominate you for
reelection to the Board.

The Company will make a public announcement of your employment on or about July
5, 2005. Until that announcement is made, the terms of this letter and your
employment by the Company shall remain strictly confidential and shall not be
disclosed by you to anyone other than disclosures made in strict confidence to
your immediate family, your legal counsel and advisers, and the chief executive
officer and certain partners of your current employer.

Upon your first day of employment, you will be covered by our directors and
officers liability insurance policies as an insured person under such policies.
You will also be provided an indemnification agreement in the form enclosed and
covered by the indemnification provisions contained in the Company's bylaws.

Your compensation will consist of base salary at an annual rate of $500,000, the
prorated portion of which will be payable to you in calendar year 2005 based on
the portion of the year during which you are employed by the Company. Your base
salary, along with your performance, will be reviewed annually by the Company's
Compensation Committee.

You will be eligible to participate in the Company's standard Executive
Incentive Plan ("EIP") for calendar year 2005 and subsequent years. For 2005,
the EIP will provide you a payout at 100% achievement of targets equal to 100%
of the prorated portion of your base salary earned during 2005. For 2006 and
subsequent years, the EIP bonus payout is based 50% on the Company meeting both
its revenue plan and EBIT plan and 50% on your achievement of specific
individual objectives that you and the Board will develop together, with the
bonus payout at 100% achievement equal to 100% of your base salary earned during
such year. In order to receive an EIP bonus for a given year, you must be
employed by the Company at the time such bonus payment is due (typically in
March of the following year) and,

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except for calendar year 2005, such bonus payment shall not be prorated for any
interim periods. Enclosed is a copy of the 2005 EIP plan document.

On your first day of employment, you will receive a stock option grant to
purchase 500,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The exercise price per
share for these options will be set at the closing market price of Macrovision
Corporation common stock (NASDAQ: MVSN) on your first day of employment. These
options will have a term of five years; will become vested and exercisable over
three years in accordance with the standard Company vesting plan (one-sixth
(1/6) on the first anniversary of your first day of employment, one-third (1/3)
vesting in equal monthly increments over your second year and the remaining
one-half (1/2) vesting in equal monthly increments over the third year),
provided that you continue in employment; and will be subject to the terms and
conditions of the Macrovision Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.

The Company currently provides annual refresh stock option grants that are
typically awarded twice per year (in March and September) based on performance
and prior initial grant levels (which program may be curtailed if FASB
implements mandatory stock option expensing, and may be changed at the
discretion of the Board). Notwithstanding the above, the Company will make
refresh stock option grants to you in 2006, 2007 and 2008 for 250,000 shares of
the Company's common stock each year, divided equally between the two semiannual
grant dates each year. The exercise price per share for each of these options
will be set at the closing market price of Macrovision Corporation common stock
on the date of grant. The refresh options will each have a term of five years;
will become vested and exercisable over three years following the date of grant
in accordance with the standard Company vesting plan for refresh grants
(one-sixth (1/6) on the first anniversary of your first day of employment, and
the balance in equal monthly increments over the second and third years),
provided that you continue in employment; and will be subject to the terms and
conditions of the Macrovision Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan or a
successor plan.

The Company will reimburse you for reasonable costs and expenses (including any
income taxes payable by you in connection with such reimbursements) incurred by
you in relocating your primary residence from Connecticut to Santa Clara County,
California and reasonable legal fees incurred by you in connection with the
negotiation and drafting of this agreement and related documents, in a total
amount not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000), provided that you
submit to the Company suitable supporting documentation within 90 days of
incurring the expenses (or, if later, with respect to any taxes reimbursable
under this paragraph, within 90 days following the date on which you file your
income tax return for the year in which you receive the reimbursements). In
consideration of the above, you agree that if you voluntarily terminate your
employment with the Company other than for "Good Reason" (as defined in the
Executive Severance and Arbitration Agreement described below) or the Company
terminates your employment for "Cause" (as defined in the Executive Severance
and Arbitration Agreement) within the first year of your employment with the
Company, you will promptly return to the Company the full amount paid to you
under this paragraph, to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law. You
also agree that the Company may offset such amounts against any amounts then due
to you from the Company as compensation or otherwise.

You will receive the Company's standard benefits including Flexible Time Off
(FTO), Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment,
Long-term and Short-term Disability coverage, and enrollment in the Company's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Medical Spending Plan and 401(k) Plan. A
description of our benefits is attached.

As the Company's relationship with its employees is at-will, either you or the
Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason,
with or without notice. The at-will nature of your employment relationship may
not be modified, altered or amended, either expressly or impliedly, unless

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in writing signed by the chairman of the Board or the chairman of the Company's
Compensation Committee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective your first day of employment, the
Company will enter into an Executive Severance and Arbitration Agreement with
you in the form enclosed, under which you would be provided severance pay and
other benefits set forth therein upon the occurrence of the events specified
therein. Any dispute arising out of or relating to your employment with the
Company will be subject to binding arbitration as set forth in the Executive
Severance and Arbitration Agreement. Upon a termination of your employment for
"Cause" (as defined in the Executive Severance and Arbitration Agreement), your
right to receive compensation and benefits will terminate immediately upon the
effective date of the termination for Cause. Without limiting the foregoing, you
will not receive any base salary for any period after the effective date of any
such termination for Cause, will not receive any EIP bonus for any year during
which any such termination for Cause occurs and will not be entitled to further
vesting or accelerated exercisability of any Stock Options following any such
termination for Cause.

You will be required to sign and comply with all agreements and policies
generally applicable to employees of the Company and to its executive officers,
whether entered into or adopted before, after or concurrently with the
commencement of your employment. Such agreements and policies include, but are
not limited to, the Company's Proprietary Information, Inventions and Ethics
Agreement, the Company's Code of Personal and Business Conduct and Ethics, and
the Company's Procedures and Guidelines Governing Securities Trades by Company
Personnel, copies of which are enclosed. In accordance with the Proprietary
Information, Inventions and Ethics Agreement, you should not bring to the
Company any proprietary or confidential information of any previous employer.

This offer and your acceptance of it are contingent upon your acceptable
completion and delivery to the Board of the Company's standard Directors' and
Officers' Questionnaire, a copy of which is enclosed. In compliance with the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, you must also provide proof of both
your identity and your eligibility to work in the United States (i.e.,
state-issued driver's license, U.S. passport, social security card, birth
certificate, etc.).

Fred, we look forward to your joining Macrovision and leading its growth into
the future. If the foregoing meets with your approval, please indicate by
signing below and returning a copy of this letter to Macrovision no later than
June 13, 2005.

Sincerely,

/s/ Steven Blank

Steven Blank
Chairman, Compensation Committee

Agreed & Accepted:

/s/ Alfred J. Amoroso          13 June 2005
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      signature                     date

Attachments:
    Indemnification Agreement
    2005 Executive Incentive Plan
    Benefits Summary
    Executive Severance and Arbitration Agreement
    Proprietary Information, Inventions and Ethics Agreement
    Code of Personal and Business Conduct and Ethics
    Procedures and Guidelines Governing Securities Trades by Company Personnel
    Directors' and Officers' Questionnaire

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