June 01, 2005
Introduction and VON Europe
Introduction: I'm the European Editor of VON Magazine and I write a feature article for every issue. This is my first entry in my first blog so a quick take on VON Europe (Stockholm) is a logical place to start. The event was about 50% bigger this year, which indicates the way things are going, but the really big difference for me was the content. Now it's really happening, in both the enterprise and service provider space.
Jeff has expressed reservations about the way SIP is used in IMS, but if we put that aside it was good to see the progress that has been made. The vendors of hosted voice solutions are porting their portfolio to this platform, e.g. Broadsoft are working with Ericsson, and smaller players are getting into the act. Operax (operax.com)has developed bandwidth management software that give a guaranteed QoS and this is one of the pieces that need to be in place if IMS is going to succeed. I'll be covering IMS ecosystems in the July issue.
Posted by bobe at June 1, 2005 08:40 AM
Comments
What I thought was interesting is the continuing presence of the VoIP handset/silicon vendors. It seems like that game should have been over a long time ago... I suppose I'm missing something here.
Thomas: I don't understand the question.
Posted by: Thomas Howe at June 1, 2005 10:43 AM
Would be interesting to know what the prospects are for Mobile IMS and the likes of Colibria.
IMS is an open architecture designed for the convergence of data, real-time media, and networks. IMS encompasses all the wireline and wireless networks we employ at home, in the office or on the move.
Consolidation is achieved via upgrades to the core networks, but no changes are made at the access level. IMS is access agnostic. This is important for operators since the radio part represents around 70-80% of the cost of a wireless infrastructure. But even more important is the fact that the new SIP-compliant, multi-radio phones will provide the same user experience over cellular, Wi-Fi and even DSL. It too will be unified. This will allow one device to access all services and applications all the time. The only caveat is a compliance with the SIP standard and multiple air interfaces: a bill that smartphones fit.
Don't know about Colibria.
Posted by: Dino Joannides at June 1, 2005 11:12 AM
what's the link to the IMSSIP post?
Marc: it was in Jeff's blog posted just after Stockholm but I can't track it down.
Posted by: Marc Abrams at June 1, 2005 11:55 AM
Welcome to the blogosphere, Bob.
Posted by: KČ at June 1, 2005 12:32 PM
Bob, adding my welcome -- I enjoy Euro Bob's Byte and I look forward to your writings here. I have added you to my bloglines subscriptions ... tried to be first but I see someone beat me.
Posted by: Steve Smith at June 3, 2005 12:04 PM