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The SIP Informer - March 2004

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Enabling Next Generation IP Services in 2.5G and 3G Mobile Networks

Siemens Debuts The Affordable optiPoint(TM) 410 Family Of Modular, Multi-Protocol IP Telephones To Save Enterprises Time And Money In Managing Changing User Needs

With Help of Ubiquity, Z-Tel Differentiates Its Planned Broadband Offering with Highly Personalized Services

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Enabling Next Generation IP Services in 2.5G and 3G Mobile Networks

Leveraging the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Application Server for Rapid Service Creation.

Abstract:

This paper describes the key trends that are driving the mobile communications industry as it transitions from voice-centric 2G networks to multi-service data oriented 3G networks. We examine the major challenges facing mobile carriers and take a look at several examples of new service rollouts to see how carriers are addressing these challenges. We discuss the steps carriers need to take to be successful in the emerging 3G mobile environment; and we describe how a new software technology, the SIP Application Server, facilitates this success by allowing carriers to develop and deploy new applications quickly and cost effectively.

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Siemens Debuts The Affordable optiPoint(TM) 410 Family Of Modular, Multi- Protocol IP Telephones To Save Enterprises Time And Money In Managing Changing User Needs

Wideband High-Fidelity Voice Codec More Than Doubles Common Telephone Bandwidth For Better-Than-TDM Voice Quality Over The LAN, Boosting Resilience And Productivity

Submitted by: Nancy Harlan, US Marketing Manager, Siemens Enterprise Networks

For less cost than similar competitive offerings, enterprises from small to large can now take advantage of all the plug-and-play flexibility built into the Siemens optiPoint 410 family of high-fidelity, multi-line IP telephones to help them simplify matching end-user needs to business requirements. This new line of Siemens IP telephones can interoperate with any other SIP-supported IP networks, as well as with SIP-enabled Centrex systems. In either case, companies can now consider the optiPoint 410 family of IP telephones and its benefits, giving them more choice and flexibility in selecting their IP telephone devices.

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With Help of Ubiquity, Z-Tel Differentiates Its Planned Broadband Offering with Highly Personalized Services

TAMPA, Fla. (February 11, 2004) - Z-Tel Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Z-Tel Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq/SC: ZTEL) and leading provider of local, long distance and enhanced telecommunications services, today announced the selection of Ubiquity and Acme Packet(TM) as strategic technology partners in Z-Tel's planned voice over Internet protocol ("VoIP") program. Concurrent with this selection, Z-Tel purchased software and equipment from both companies intended to make its existing enhanced telecommunications services compatible with its forthcoming VoIP products. Z-Tel's enhanced services offer its current customers a highly personalized communications experience and include its award-wining voice-activated dialing and conference calling feature, Personal Voice Assistant(TM), as well as Web-accessible voicemail, multiple-number call forwarding and voicemail message notification by email, cell phone or pager.

Ubiquity's Session Initiation Protocol ("SIP") Application Server is a carrier-class deployment platform and application creation environment that Z-Tel expects to enable delivery of cost-effective, reliable new services, differentiate its offering and drive new revenue streams. Ubiquity's platform is designed not only to allow Z-Tel to originate and terminate IP communications services over Z-Tel's VoIP network, significantly increasing service margins, but also to provide powerful call handling services that are a core capability of the second generation of Personal Voice Assistant. The company anticipates that its relationship with Ubiquity will bolster its differentiation among US-based service providers through the creation of new, exciting IP communications services.

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RADVISION Announces Comprehensive Suite of 3G and WiFi Developer Solutions

RADVISION to Provide SIP Server Developer Toolkit for Iwatsu America SIP Product Development

RADVISION sees demand for VoIP solutions increasing in Taiwan

Sun and Open Cloud Announce the Final Release of JSR 22, The Jain(TM) Service Logic Execution Environment

Nortel Sees China Boom

Nortel Networks Creates New Core Interoperability Lab, Announces Interoperability Testing with New Industry Vendors

Siemens Previews CeBIT Stuff

3Com Awarded 2003 'Product of the Year' by Technology Marketing Corporation's Internet Telephony Magazine

Ubiquity Enabling SIP-Based Applications for 2.5G and 3G Mobile Operators

Ubiquity Platform Looks Beyond PTT to Full Range of IMS-Based Services

With Help of Ubiquity, Z-Tel Differentiates Its Planned Broadband Offering with Highly Personalized Services

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New SIP Products showcased in the Virtual SIP Trade Show

Here are the changes and additions to SIP Center products section this month. Updated daily and with more than 350 company listings, the Virtual SIP Trade show is the most comprehensive SIP products directory on the web. You'll find further information about these companies and their SIP products at the Virtual SIP Trade Show:

Arca Technologies - An integrated IP and TDM platform, the emutel TM |Harmony combines comprehensive load testing capabilities, detailed protocol analysis, extensive call statistics and quality of service measurements in an easily affordable and user-friendly package
Arciis Software Technologies - Arciis AIMS product suite provides testing for features and services in compliance with 3GPP IMS Call Control specifications
BullDog TeleWorks, Inc. - Hosted PBX for law firms with integrated billing and case management
Carrius Technologies - Integrated Converged Services Platform (iCSP).
Comquest Communication Services - Austrian telecommunications provider offers worldwide, high quality "sip-it" VoIP solution
Cylogistics - Cylogistics is a specialty distributor that provides numerous SIP products and Asterisk related solutions including Digium, Sipura and Sayson.
GoldenNet Technology Inc. - RFC-3261 SIP standard. DSP Tech. Make calls under any NAT devices.
Iagu Networks - SlipperPABX is a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) standards-based Voice over IP system, making it easier and affordable for clients to integrate any SIP compliant device into their network.
IPmental - SIP USB Handset, Phone Adapter, Residential Gateway (Two Ports), U&Me Software, Auto NAT Traversal, PC-to-Phone Solution
InPhonex, LLC. - FREE VoIP to VoIP calling service
InterExchange Carrier - IXC softswitch -- web-based complex solution with billing
nter-Tel - Model 8601 is a SIP-based softphone app for the PocketPC. Hooked into an 802.11 wireless network, you carry your office phone around in your pocket. It can call directly into the phone system from the Internet, completely bypassing the PSTN (thank you, SIP).
Ware - The IP Phone WT is a wireless IP Phone handset with 2 line LCD display. The phone is designed for office or home applications where general calling capabilities are required. The IP Phone WT can be installed in 802.11b wireless LAN environment and registered to a SIP server or IP PBX. It is enabled to communicate with general SIP IP telephones, gateways, or voice endpoints
Mera Networks - MVTS is a full-featured session border controller
MKC Networks - The MKC Networks 7000 Communications Server is a Linux based feature rich SIP-PBX with integrated voicemail and auto-attendant
Naturalvoice.us - Portuguese and English Free SIP provider located in New York - EUA
NICs Intec Co. Ltd - NICSTEL's SIP based VoIP gateway products, allows voice/fax communication to be transmitted, with no additional expense, over your existing IP network, which has traditionally been data-only
nPlusOne - SIP/PSTN termination and ipCentrex with VoiceXML media servers for xSP channels.
Oki - High-end IP-PBX telephony server that implements Microsoft .NET architecture.
Pic-tel videophones - SIP or h323 videophones for IP video telephony
SIPquest Inc. - The SIPquest Proxy Server is highly extensible and comes with advanced call features
SIPquest Inc. - Our SIPH.323 Gateway provides the solution for enterprises and ISPs to migrate from H.323 to SIP-based services
SIPquest Inc. - Audio, video and data conferencing server software
Stitel Systems Inc - ICG (Integrated Communication Gateway): Single box Software based SIP/H323 IP-PBX with Voicemail, Conferencing, IP Router, Firewall and Gateway
Telchemy - Embedded voice quality monitoring agent, supporting RTCP XR and other QoS reporting protocols.
The Voice Peering Fabric - A distributed Layer 2 Ethernet Fabric, allowing VoIP organizations to Buy & Sell minutes among one another directly.
Voila Networks - VoIP performance and quality management solutions

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Events diary

Spring VON 2004
March 28 - April 1, 2004, Santa Clara, CA.

Push to Talk World Summit
29 March 2004 - 1 April 2004
London, UK.

VoIP For the Enterprise Forum 2004
3-5 May 2004, Chicago, IL, USA.

Global Messaging 2004
11-12 May, 2004, London, UK.

Evolving Service Delivery Platforms & Intelligent Networks
17-19 May 2004
Brussels, Belgium.

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June 7-10 at the Olympia Conference Centre, London, UK.

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