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Motorola, Intel Believe IMS Proof is in the ConceptBy TED GLANZER TMCnet Communications and Broadband Columnist In order to better envision the future viability of IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS), industry heavyweights Motorola and Intel have joined forces to create an IMS communications server proof-of-concept, the two companies announced Wednesday in a joint statement. The proof-of-concept, a crucial step toward early stage prototype development, represents an important milestone for IMS, which has been formalized as a standard but hasn't yet witnessed widescale adoption. The design will be based on Motorola's AdvancedTCA (ATCA) Avantellis communications server, ATCA blades with Dual Low Voltage Intel Xeon processors, Intel IXP2850 network processors, Carrier Grade Linux and Motorola's NetPlane high service availability software, validated with IMS software from independent vendors.
Motorola’s intention to turn proof-of-concept into reference design reinforces the notion that underscores its entire next-generation strategy that IMS isn’t so much a subsystem as it is an ecosystem. "When you think about IMS, you're not just talking about a box. You're talking about an ecosystem. We don't think it's a switch that people turn on and turn off,” Saba Shibberu, director of Core Solutions for Motorola Networks, has previously told TMCnet. According to the announcement, Motorola expects the IMS "Dream Team" collaboration will stimulate IMS application development enabling telecom manufacturers and their service provider customers to speed up the rollout of multimedia services over converged networks. Motorola sees open, standards-based communications servers as the keys to unlocking the door to seamless mobility, according to the announcement.
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