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Online meetings to hit smartphones

Browser-based collaboration service arrives from CallWave

Wireless Alert By Joanie Wexler , Network World , 09/17/2008

Joanie Wexler looks at how enterprises can take advantage of wireless LANs and WANs.

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“From a messaging session in my mobile handset, I can click on your name and connect OCS to a Cisco Unified Communications Manager [IP PBX],” Cavins explains. FUZE will support Avaya, Mitel, Nortel and ShoreTel IP PBXs next quarter, the company says.

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Given that smartphone platforms currently don’t support high-definition displays and, typically, most of today’s pervasive 3G networks deliver throughput under 1Mbps, how does such a full-featured collaborative service work on a tiny device with a tiny screen?

The service auto-adjusts for the speed of the network and for the resolution for the display at hand, the company says, but was unable to elaborate further by press time.

Joanie Wexler is an independent networking technology writer/editor in Silicon Valley.