Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems
by Manlio Allegra
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Google Enables Phone Calling from Gmail
now supports the ability to make phone calls from Gmail. Calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free for at least the rest of the year and calls to other countries will be billed at set rates. The service is being rolled out to U.S. based Gmail users over the next few days.
As a marketing ploy, Google also plans to put its free phone service in traditional "red box" phone booths that will be deployed in airports and at universities. These will give people to try out the voice quality of its calls.http://www.google.com/chat/voice/
Global Crossing Deploys Veraz ControlSwitch in Latin America
Global Crossing has deployed Veraz Networks' ControlSwitch platform to interconnect its networks in several Latin American countries.
Global Crossing is leveraging the highly distributed architecture of the ControlSwitch by placing the call processing elements of the switch in each of its operating countries, while centralizing operational aspects such as billing and element management. By utilizing these capabilities, Global Crossing is significantly simplifying the management of its Latin American network, providing customers with improved response times, and consequently, facilitating a better overall customer experience.
Veraz said the open interfaces of the ControlSwitch enable Global Crossing to integrate its installed base of media gateways and legacy third-party applications flawlessly into the ControlSwitch, ensuring service continuity to the company's existing customers and improving its ability to introduce new products and services in a seamless manner.
Global Crossing is a leading provider of IP and Ethernet services in the region and has operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, the United States (Florida) and the Caribbean region. In addition to its IP-based, fiber-optic network, Global Crossing's regional infrastructure includes 15 metropolitan networks and 15 world-class data centers located in the main business centers of Latin America.
Sonus Offers Fixed-Smartphone Convergence for Cable Operators
Sonus Networks introduced a new Fixed-Smartphone Convergence solution that enables cable operators to offer unified SIP-based calling to residences and smartphones. The new capabilities in the Sonus Networks ASX Telephony Application Server allow cable subscribers with home phone service to combine their existing phone line with up to five additional SIP-enabled devices including 3G/Wi-Fi enabled smartphones.
Subscribers can receive or place calls using both their home telephone line (using NCS or SIP call control) and nearly any SIP-enabled device connected to the Internet. The solution will ring all of the devices simultaneously and allows users to make and receive multiple calls concurrently as well as allow calls to be transferred to other users. It is an ideal solution for families with multiple smart devices and mobile lifestyles.
"Cable operators are looking for ways to add more value for fixed line customers, and also get more involved in offering mobile services," said Greg Zweig, director of access product management at Sonus Networks. "With Fixed - Smartphone Convergence powered by the ASX Telephony Application Server, we are giving cable operators a way to make a subscriber's home number more valuable and more convenient to access, anywhere in the world. The solution gives MSOs a compelling new offering that leverages the explosion in smart mobile phones and tablet computers."
China Mobile Selects Nokia Siemens Networks' IMS Platform
China Mobile has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to implement its IMS Core platform, hiQ MMTel application server and Session Border Controller (SBC).This will support a wide range of IMS-based applications like Multimedia Telephony (MMTel) for China Mobile's corporate customers in Beijing, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and Fujian.
Nokia Siemens Networks will, in the future, expand the IMS core network deployment and offer additional multimedia applications on top of voice applications such as video sharing and multimedia conferencing, for both corporate and individual customers of China Mobile. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Verizon Delivers VoIP for Siemens Enterprise Communications
Verizon Businessis providing an integrated communications and networking solution to Siemens Enterprise Communications. Verizon's solution for upgrading Siemens Enterprise Communications' European communications infrastructure integrates VoIP with centralized, multicountry and multisite IP Trunking to link the company's Munich headquarters with operations across 10 European countries. Additionally, Verizon IP Trunking's Burstable Enterprise Shared Trunks (BEST) feature enables Siemens to essentially scale VoIP network capacity on demand to support its business needs.
http://www.verizonbusiness.com
Harris Unveils BeOn -- Global Push-to-Talk Enterprise Solution
Harris introduced its "BeOn" push-to-talk solution designed to enable enterprises to have managed group communications anywhere in the world using both 3G and 4G cellular networks. The goal is to enable users to communicate instantly on a host of commercial smartphones or rugged devices with one or many people, over multiple GSM-based wireless carriers–domestic and international.
The Harris BeOn solution offers traditional land mobile radio features such as group calling, individual calling, group scanning, distress calls, and dispatch/administrative services, while integrating wireless services such as user location, user presence/status, and text messaging.
The solution is built on the Harris integrated VIDA (Voice, Interoperability, Data and Access) network platform, currently deployed by public safety, public services and large private sector entities. VIDA enables high performance Push-To-Talk (PTT) over commercial wireless networks, as well as seamless interoperability with legacy and future land mobile radio (LMR) systems.
Harris said its BeOn solution is group-oriented, instantaneous and geared for enterprise customers covering large footprints. Its capabilities will allow users to create centralized dispatch services over commercial 3G or 4G wireless networks, or if needed, connect with legacy LMR system.
Mindspeed Pitches Comcerto 300xv VoIP Processors
Mindspeed Technologies announced its "Comcerto" 300xv family of VoIP processing devices for integrated VoIP media, signaling and control processing in low-to-medium density next-generation network (NGN), IP multimedia system (IMS) and IP-private branch exchange (IP-PBX) equipment.
Mindspeed's Comcerto 300xv system-on-chip (SoC) leverages the company's multi-core Comcerto 300 architecture and reduces bill of material (BOM) costs for PON multi-dwelling unit (MDU) equipment and IP-PBX systems. Platforms using the Comcerto 300xv SoC retain full software feature and application programming interface (API) compatibility with prior Comcerto 300 designs. The software also supports wideband voice codecs for high-definition VoIP applications.
The Comcerto 300xv device's two ARM processors are coupled through shared memory to create a complete media stream processing (MSP) subsystem. One processor is paired to DSP resources and integrated memory to optimize real-time, low-latency voice processing, while the other is dedicated to control and signaling processing (CSP) functions. The inclusion of two independently configurable 10/100/1000 Ethernet interfaces enables the Comcerto 300xv device to support a rich set of configuration options, and allows direct control and management of Ethernet switches or PON media access control (MAC) functions. Comcerto 300xv devices are available in six performance levels to support from four to more than 128 G.711/20ms channels with echo cancellation, tone detection and other POTS-focused features.
The Comcerto 300xv is sampling now and scheduled for volume production in the second half of 2010.
GENBAND Adds Automated Cutover to Softswitch
GENBAND introduced a new Automated Cutover capability to its C15 Compact Softswitch that eliminates downtime normally associated with network transitions to IP. The Automated Cutover capability is an embedded software utility that equips services providers to migrate legacy networks to IP without having to shut-down their network or perform time-consuming flash cutovers, which can result in loss of service for end users. It enables service providers to migrate multiple Central Offices on a site-by-site, frame-by-frame and line-by-line basis. During the network migration, inbound and outbound calls continue to route to the appropriate legacy TDM or C15 IP softswitch automatically.
“Voice will continue to be an important application in mobile networks now and in the future . This successful LTE voice call takes us a step closer to realizing commercial voice over LTE services. And the fact that we can now demonstrate this functionality with both FDD and TDD variants of LTE means that we are well on track to successfully introduce standardized LTE voice and SMS to all parts of the world.”
Jürgen Walter, Head of Converged Core, Nokia Siemens Networks 10-Dec-09
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