Integrated Voice and Text Messaging Over GPRS Showcased Jointly by Sonim, Symbian and Texas Instruments.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 Innovative Solution Enables Seamless Transition Between Voice and Text For Instant Communication Sonim Technologies Inc. (www.sonimtech.com), a leading provider of IP-based Instant Communications solutions for wireless data networks, today announced it is previewing the combined use of voice and text 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 over its Instant Communication Solution platform at the Symbian Partner Event held exclusively for Symbian Platinum Partners at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel Heathrow in Middlesex. The combination of voice and text instant messaging allows mobile phone users to switch between voice and text mode to communicate with their friends and colleagues, offering optimal convenience and flexibility. Sonim will also be demonstrating its Push-To-Talk (PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries. (2) See push-to-talk. PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration ) and Direct Message Service. Sonim has worked closely with Symbian and Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. Inc. (TI) to jointly demonstrate this application at the event. The Sonim Instant Communication Client is ported to TI's Innovator reference design board using an OMAP OMAP Office of Medical Assistance Programs (Oregon Department of Human Services) OMAP Open Multimedia Applications Platform (Texas Instruments semiconductor operating system) 1510 chipset, and is run on Symbian OS An open standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones (smartphones) from Symbian Ltd., London (www.symbian.com). It supports Java, PC synchronization, Bluetooth local wireless access and GPRS packet-switched data. v7.0. The demonstrated application can be quickly deployed to a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. handset by integrating the Sonim-enabled OMAP chipset and Symbian OS. "Sonim has worked collaboratively with Symbian and TI to make a standards-based, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for GPRS devices available," said John Burns This article covers the British politician. For other people with the same name see John Burns (disambiguation) John Elliot Burns (20 October 1858 – 24 January 1943) was a prominent English trade unionist, anti-racist, socialist and politician of the late 19th and , 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. of Sonim. "The applications we are demonstrating today enable high-margin voice and data services that extend beyond the current text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. markets, and create significant return on low deployment costs for wireless operators and device manufacturers." The Sonim Instant Communication Solution combines the best of text messaging with the power of voice, allowing users to view other users' presence information and instantly connect in "walkie-talkie" mode with one or many people, or leave voice messages. With integrated voice and text messaging, not only can a user move easily between voice and text mode, but they can also communicate in a mixed mode fashion where one user is communicating using voice while the other user is communicating using text. For a mobile operator, this solution leads to reducing signaling overhead on the data network, which translates to lower operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales for Sonim enabled applications. "The combined use of voice and text messaging as demonstrated by Sonim today opens a new wireless voice and data services arena," said Gilles Alain, vice president, partnerships & alliances of Symbian. "Sonim's solution leverages Symbian OS and provides a powerful enterprise tool allowing instant group communications both verbally and textually which can be integrated into Symbian OS GPRS handsets." The Symbian Partner Events, held twice annually, are exclusively for Symbian Platinum Partners. The aim is to communicate updates on strategic and core technology advances of Symbian OS and offer an open forum for networking and commercial opportunities. These events are available to thought leaders of the Symbian OS ecosystem including partners, licensees, network operators and content providers. Sonim has been a Symbian Platinum Partner since September, 2002. Sonim's open standards-based architecture is designed from the ground up to ensure high-availability and to meet the requirements of carrier-grade deployment. The client/server solution provides SIP-based call control and presence management, and leverages an extremely efficient transport protocol based on RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. to deliver superior quality real-time voice over wireless data networks. The Sonim Instant Communication Solution supports open specifications for mobile instant messaging Mobile Instant Messaging abbreviated as MIM is a presence enabled messaging service that aims to transpose the Internet desktop messaging such as ICQ or MSN experience to the usage scenario of being connected via a mobile/cellular device. and presence services, enabling interoperability with other messaging infrastructure. About Symbian Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the industry standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones. Symbian has licensed Symbian OS to the world's top handset manufacturers including Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. In total, Symbian OS licensees account for more than 80% of worldwide mobile phone sales. Symbian's mission is to create a mass market for Symbian OS mobile phones by enabling Symbian OS licensees to build winning products. Publicly announced Symbian OS phones include the Sony Ericsson P800 Smartphone, Nokia 7650, 3650 and N-Gage. As of December 2002, there are 20 Symbian OS phones under development. For more information, visit www.symbian.com or e-mail press@symbian.com. About Sonim Technologies Sonim Technologies is a leading provider of IP-based Instant Communications solutions optimized for GPRS, 3G and 802.11 wireless data networks. Based on open, global standards, the Sonim platform combines presence and availability with high-margin messaging services such as Push-To-Talk. These solutions allow wireless operators to leverage existing investments in data networks, create new revenue streams and deliver superior "return on bandwidth." Sonim has headquarters in San Mateo, Calif., with sales and engineering offices in Italy, the United Kingdom, and India. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.sonimtech.com. |
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