DiVitas, Samsung team up on mobile UC

DiVitas Networks and Samsung announced earlier this week that are collaborating to improve mobile unified communications. Along with support from Microsoft, the companies are working to enable enterprise-class fixed mobile convergence (FMC) and unified communication (UC) on Samsung phones using the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform.

As a leading mobile device manufacturer, Samsung worked with DiVitas to define the requirements for an application programming interface (API) that Samsung developed for beta testing. The API will support the DiVitas Mobile UC solution on the latest Samsung Windows Mobile smartphones over both GSM and CDMA networks. As a reference point in the United States, AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM while Verizon and Sprint use CDMA, so the ability to work in both types of mobile networks is important.

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Devices supported include the Samsung Epix, Samsung Saga, Samsung Jack and the Samsung Omnia (CDMA) in the United States, and the Samsung Omnia (GSM) globally. DiVitas Mobile UC offers corporate voice and messaging solutions by unifying them onto a smartphone, with transparent roaming over cellular, Wi-Fi or both.

Commenting on the collaborative efforts in a prepared statement, Martin Tannerfors, director for Samsung Mobile Innovator,  said: "We asked DiVitas to join as a core member of the Samsung Mobile Innovator program because of their expertise in the field of Mobile Unified Communications."

Stephanie Ferguson, general manager of product management at Microsoft, said: "The Samsung Mobile Innovator's Software Developer Kit is a great example of how partners can innovate and add value to customers when working with a powerful, enterprise-ready platform like Windows Mobile."

"DiVitas is very excited to be working with Samsung and Microsoft on this project," said ATG Srinivas, vice president of engineering for DiVitas. "We have the knowledge and time-tested deployment experience to assist Samsung in the requirements definition. This is a significant step towards enabling commercial Mobile UC products on Samsung Windows Mobile devices for both GSM and CDMA networks.”

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. Larry Hettick is a principal analyst at Current Analysis.