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BridgePort
Networks Signs Global Reseller Agreement to Deliver IMS Fixed Mobile
Convergence Solutions
BridgePort Networks
May 5, 2006
Enables Service Providers to
Offer IMS Seamless Handover of Voice Calls Between Fixed, Wireless and
Wi-Fi Networks
CHICAGO, IL, -- Following a series of successful joint trials,
BridgePort Networks today announced a global reseller agreement with
Siemens Communications that will see its NomadicONE IMS Convergence
Server (ICS) integrated into Siemens' IP (Internet Protocol) Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS).
Under the terms of a global Software License Agreement, BridgePort
Networks' product capabilities will now be part of Siemens' IMS/FMC
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"The fixed-mobile convergence sector is forging ahead with IMS being the
key driver advancing the market," said Harald Braun, President Networks
Division, Siemens Communications. "By integrating BridgePort Networks'
innovative technology into the Siemens IMS solution, service providers
are enabled to quickly and easily introduce services and applications
that represent the next generation of communications."
The Siemens IMS/FMC portfolio integrates both packet- and
circuit-switched telephony networks, as well as a range of different
wireless and fixed technologies.
With BridgePort Networks' NomadicONE ICS, Siemens' IMS/FMC solution,
based on IMS@vantage(r), can offer operators the ability to support true
single phone number services. These can seamlessly handover an active
voice call between circuit-switched cellular and Voice over IP over
Wi-Fi networks by providing in-session switching of calls between
networks.
The solution conforms to the technical requirements recently completed
by the standards bodies 3GPP and 3GPP2 for IMS to circuit-switched
seamless voice handover, known as Voice Call Continuity (VCC). The
NomadicONE ICS is a specialized application server in the IMS
architecture. It supports GSM, CDMA, UMTS and Wi-Fi networks and
implements the IMS Controlled Model (ICM) method of seamless handover
per 3GPP technical requirements, as well as the Call Transfer Model
(CTM) method of handover, per 3GPP2 technical requirements.
"Fixed Mobile Convergence is a key business case for IMS," said Mike
Mulica, President and CEO of BridgePort Networks. "We look forward to
continuing our work with Siemens, and our handset solution partners, as
we jointly deploy IMS Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions within service
provider networks the world over."
"As IMS continues to evolve, interoperability efforts in areas such as
end-user device links to core infrastructure will represent an important
dimension in successful trials and early deployments of Fixed Mobile
Convergence based upon IMS," said Tom Valovic, Program Director for VOIP
Infrastructure at IDC.
About BridgePort Networks
BridgePort Networks is the leader in MobileVoIP convergence -- combining
the personalization and mobility of mobile phone services with the
flexibility, innovation and outstanding cost economics of the rapidly
growing VoIP sector. The NomadicONE product family extends single
identity phone number services over multiple access networks, including
- mobile, cable, DSL and Wi-Fi - in both current networks and IMS
environments. The company is a leading member of the MobileIGNITE
industry association for the interoperability of fixed mobile
convergence (FMC) services and applications. BridgePort Networks is a
global company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. To learn more about
BridgePort Networks visit:
www.bridgeport-networks.com
BridgePort Networks and NomadicONE are trademarks of BridgePort Networks
Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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