Ascom i75 Becomes the First VoWiFi Handset with Cisco Compatible Extension (CCX) Test Approval.GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- The Ascom i75 Voice over Wi-Fi Transmitting IP-based telephone calls (VoIP) over a Wi-Fi network. Voice over Wi-Fi (Vo-Fi) provides enhancements to the 802.11 standards for handling the real time environment of voice calls. With a single mode Vo-Fi phone, users can make calls only within a Wi-Fi hotspot. (VoWiFi) handset has successfully passed the Cisco Systems(R) certification test for the Cisco(R) Compatible Extensions (CCX (Cisco Compatible EXtensions) Specifications for makers of 802.11 wireless LAN chips for ensuring compliance with Cisco's proprietary wireless LAN protocols. For example, Cisco's LEAP and EAP-FAST are part of CCX. See EAP. ) program, version 2, for Application Specific Devices (ASDs). KeyLabs provided the testing and consulting services necessary to verify that the product meets the criteria of the Cisco Compatible Extensions See CCX. program. The Cisco Compatible specification is a collection of standards, including several Cisco innovative features that make it easier to discuss and transfer knowledge of supported wireless LAN (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) features. The CCX certification by KeyLabs ensures that the Ascom i75 handset is interoperable with a Cisco WLAN infrastructure - supporting the latest WLAN standards and Cisco innovations for enhanced security, mobility, quality of service, and network management. "We are very proud to have achieved the compliance tests, which proves that our handset also has full support for interoperability with Cisco Systems' wireless LANs," says Stefan Bramberg, chief technology officer at Ascom Wireless Solutions. For the user, the Ascom i75 handset is compact, robust and easy to use. It is designed for tough working environments, specifically in the healthcare and secure establishment market. The i75 puts voice communications, advanced messaging and alarm services at the users' fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. and keeps them in touch wherever they may be at an enterprise location - by telephony, interactive messaging or via simple text messaging. To simplify administration, which always has been an awkward issue for telephony and IT administrators, Ascom has developed a Portable Device Manager (PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and ) appliance that enables an overview of all handsets status, parameter settings and software levels. Any change or software upgrade can be made centrally for individual or in block user via the web access to the PDM. About Ascom Wireless Solutions Ascom Wireless Solutions is a market leader in on-site wireless communications for the manufacturing and process industries, hospitals and elderly care, secure establishments, the retail sector and hotels. More than 70,000 systems are installed at major companies all over the world, including the majority of university hospitals in Europe Lists of hospitals for each country in Europe.
About Ascom Ascom is an international solution provider with comprehensive technological know-how. The company concentrates on the core areas of Wireless Solutions (high-value, customer-specific on-site communications solutions) and Security Solutions (applications for security, communication, automation and control systems for infrastructure operators, public security institutions and the army). The Special Products Division covers the activities of Network Integration (network solutions for the data/voice convergence market) in Italy and Payphones (specialised products for voice traffic). With a wealth of experience in implementing complex projects for discerning customers, Ascom has established itself in important key markets. Offerings range from analysis and consulting to system design and system integration, project management, engineering and implementation, right through to maintenance and support. The company has subsidiaries in 18 countries and a workforce of some 2'600 employees worldwide. Ascom registered shares (symbol ASCN ASCN Ascendant Frontier (MMORPG) ASCN American Society for Clinical Nutrition ASCN Acendent Frontier (MMORPG) ASCN Anonymous Single Copy Nuclear (Locus) ASCN Arsenal Supporter's Club Norway ) are listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange An all-electronic securities exchange formed from the 1995 merger of exchanges in Geneva, Basel, and Zurich. The exchange offers trading in equity securities, investment funds, exchange-traded funds, bonds, Eurobonds, and options. in Zurich. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. |
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