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Ericsson Powering IMS Development
Associate Editor
Driven by a continual desire to trim costs and create new revenue streams, while increasing productivity, the telecom industry is in the midst of a shift to all-IP systems. Part of that strategy includes fixed/mobile convergence (FMC), which presents obvious benefits to users in terms of access and productivity.
It also opens doors for providers and developers in terms of new services and technologies that will be made available.
IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem (News - Alert)) is the next generation architecture that will enable these and other services in an all-IP environment. It has been defined by 3GPP/3GPP2 as a new core and service ‘domain’ that enables the convergence of data, speech, and network technology — including high levels of personalization — over an IP-based infrastructure.
The intent is to fill the gap between existing traditional telecommunications technology and Internet technology that cannot be accomplished by increased bandwidth. That, in turn, will allow operators to offer exciting and innovative new services.
Ericsson, a forerunner in promoting IMS, has launched the IMS ecosystem as part of Ericsson (News - Alert) Mobility World’s developers program, an initiative is aimed to accelerate the creation of innovative new applications and services, drive user demand for IMS-enabled networks, and create further revenue opportunities for operators.
The Ericsson Mobility World Developer Program is the Ericsson program helping application developers to successfully plan, develop, verify and get applications to the market for operators and end-users.
Through this IMS ecosystem program, Ericsson is expanding its support for the developer community and its drive to develop IMS-based applications. Developers will be able to take advantage of Ericsson’s IMS-based solutions, as well as the Ericsson Service Development Studio (SDS), a development and end-to-end testing tool. Naturally, in order for IMS to flourish, end-to-end support in the way of IMS clients and endpoints are critical. Ericsson is set to ensure that support is available to developers.
“The ecosystem for IMS applications will give operators access to a portfolio of IMS-based applications,” says Kurt Sillén, VP, Ericsson Mobility World.
As a part of Ericsson's IP multimedia solution, Ericsson also supports the BEA WebLogic SIP-server (WLSS) as an open JAVA-based programmable 3GPP-compliant SIP Server environment for 3rd party application providers to develop and provide IMS applications to the operator community.
Erik Linask is Associate Editor of INTERNET TELEPHONY. Most recently, he was Managing Editor at Global Custodian, an international securities services publication. To see more of his articles, please visit Erik Linask’s columnist page.
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