FirstHand Technologies Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's 2006 Product of the Year Award.FirstHand Enterprise Mobility Solution Recognized for Outstanding Innovation OTTAWA -- FirstHand Technologies today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center ([R]))'s INTERNET TELEPHONY Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. magazine (www.itmag.com) has named the FirstHand Enterprise Mobility Solution (EMS) as a recipient of a 2006 Product of the Year Award. INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the VoIP Authority Since 1998[TM]. The FirstHand EMS extends IP PBX/IP Centrex functionality, including single number accessibility with full call screening, to any smartphone and dual-mode device for actual calls - even 4/5/6 digit internal enterprise calls. And it provides this functionality with an intuitive unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. user interface that includes corporate directory, presence, voice messaging Using voice mail as an alternative to electronic mail, in which voice messages are intentionally recorded, not because the recipient was not available. , instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or and more. The FirstHand EMS integrates the FirstHand Enterprise Mobility Gateway, Mobile Assistant and Mobile Console. "We are excited to receive this award," said David Hattey, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. FirstHand Technologies. "Last year saw FirstHand Technologies deploy in Europe with a major carrier, announce a field trial in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , partner with numerous IP PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch eXchange) A telephone switch that supports voice over IP (VoIP). IP PBXs convert IP phone calls into traditional circuit-switched TDM connections for the PSTN. and IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). vendors, introduce new products, and announce new funding. As customer demand heats up for enterprise communications everywhere, we expect 2007 to be another exciting year for our organization." "INTERNET TELEPHONY is proud to bestow FirstHand Technologies with a 2006 Product of the Year Award. Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine recognizes companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. "FirstHand Technologies has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. We're proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future." A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the February, 2007 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. (www.itmag.com) For more information about TMC and INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, please visit www.tmcnet.com. About FirstHand Technologies FirstHand Technologies mobilizes the enterprise by extending the functionality of numerous IP PBXs to a variety of smartphones and PDAs. FirstHand Technologies empowers an enterprise's workforce to go mobile with the same functionality as their office desktop. The FirstHand Technologies advanced fixed-mobile convergence (FMC See fixed mobile convergence. ) solution delivers enterprise features and "single number" seamless connectivity over cellular networks and/or WiFi enabling organizations to achieve "enterprise communications everywhere." The enterprise benefits from faster communication abilities, increased productivity, and significant cost savings. Based in Ottawa, Canada, FirstHand Technologies' solutions are embedded or bundled into the world's premier equipment vendors, systems integrators and service provider's products. For more information, please visit www.firsthandtech.com. About INTERNET TELEPHONY([R]) magazine Since the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY is the only magazine that focuses on providing information in IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. technologies. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine provides readers with the best information necessary to learn about and purchase the equipment, software, and services. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs and Miercom. The only BPA-audited publication that's 100% dedicated to providing the highest quality content for the IP communications market, INTERNET TELEPHONY has 55,000 dedicated readers. About TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine and IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 2,600 sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves more than one million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference. TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com. (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.) |
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