* Also: Nortel is enhancing its Communication Server (CS) 2000
The Mobile World Congress is being held this week in Barcelona, and several companies pre-released announcements in connection with the conference. Today, we’ll focus on Acme Packet’s plans to enhance IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) support for wireless services, and about Nortel’s continued support for carrier IP services with the release of new software for the Communication Server (CS) 2000.
Acme Packet last week announced that it is enabling “new interactive communication and entertainment services” for mobile broadband networks with new video control capability. Specifically, Acme Packet has introduced streaming video control with a new Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) proxy capability. The company has also joined the GSM Association (GSMA) Rich Communications Suite (RCS) initiative to “help define and promote IMS-based interactive communication services over 3G radio access networks.”
According to Acme Packet, “The video control capability and RCS initiative can each enable new revenue possibilities for service providers including IPTV and SIP-based interactive communications for mobile devices and laptops connected to 3G, LTE and fixed and mobile WiMAX.” Acme Packet also announced that it is enhancing its Net-Net session border controllers (SBC) by adding a Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) proxy for the control of streaming video, video-on-demand and IPTV. The proxy addition is designed to extend session border controller benefits including security, service reach, service-level agreement assurance and network availability.
Also, Nortel announced that it is enhancing its CS 2000 with more than 50 new features – demonstrating its commitment to delivering leading Carrier VoIP solutions to customers. The new features are designed to “power new levels of mobility, collaboration and productivity,” according to the company.
In a prepared statement, Samih Elhage, president, Carrier VoIP and Applications Solutions said, “Our focus on innovative SIP and multimedia applications is just one of the reasons we have been ranked as the world leader in Carrier VoIP since 2002.”
The new features come with the Carrier Voice and Multimedia (CVM) release 12 of the CS 2000 and include: Mobile Extension, SIP PBX Trunking, Converged Mobility, Communications Enabled TV or PC, along with capacity and upgrade time improvements.
