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Mobile Computing Industry Leaders to Discuss IMS Opportunities and Convergence Challenges; Tatara Systems hosts PCCA Symposium to address IMS technology updates, applications and deployment status.


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The Portable Computer and Communications Association
 (PCCA PCCA Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
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PCCA Portable Computer and Communications Association
PCCA Pine Castle Christian Academy (Orlando, FL, USA) 
), a leading non-profit association of companies working together to create a vital, thriving industry in mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings , today announced the agenda for its Internet Multimedia Subsystem (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.
) symposium. The event, to be held on the 17th of May 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation).
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, is hosted by PCCA member Tatara Systems, a market leader in mobile services convergence.

The all-day symposium will include presentations from senior technologists and industry leaders, including CTOs and founders of top companies across the IMS arena, such as Intel, AT&T, Airvana, NMS See NetWare Management System.  Communications and Tatara Systems. The agenda includes updates on IMS applications, devices, standards, and business case studies.

"Tatara is delighted to host the PCCA in Boston," said Dr Asa Kalavade, founder and chief technical officer of Tatara Systems. "This meeting is a gathering of many industry leaders to share perspectives, strategies and tactical insights on the topic of IMS including real-world challenges and successes in today's evolving mobile industry."

The PCCA is unique in bringing together key technologists from across the mobile industry, including device manufacturers, network operators, and infrastructure vendors. Often this includes representatives from competing companies working to collaborate on complex issues to help move the wireless industry forward. Attendees have a unique opportunity to interact and ask questions that cannot generally be addressed in other industry forums or conferences.

"This meeting will assess the state of IMS and facilitate IMS applications development," explained Peter Rysavy, executive director of the PCCA. "IMS promises to enable a new generation of wireless applications and to facilitate the convergence of 3G, Wi-Fi and wireline networks. Though the opportunities are great, there are complex interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other.  issues that must be addressed, and it is crucial that all players involved work towards common interfaces to best leverage this important platform."

Full details, including agenda and registration information, are available on the web at: www.pcca.org.

About the PCCA

Founded in 1992, The Portable Computer and Communications Association is a non-profit trade association whose mission statement is to promote interoperability for mobile computing and communications through standards, recommendations, testing and technical assessment. PCCA members include wireless operators, wireless device vendors, computer companies, wireless infrastructure software vendors, and networking companies. Membership is open to all companies and individuals with an interest in these disciplines. For information on PCCA committees, standards and membership, visit the Web site www.pcca.org.

About Tatara Systems

Tatara Systems invents, develops, and deploys solutions for service and content providers wanting to deliver converged mobile offerings to their customers across networks and devices. Tatara's Mobile Services Convergence Platform(TM) makes it possible to deliver a rich and consistent set of services and content over multiple IP access networks and across secure client connections to laptops, PDAs, and smartphones providing the ultimate in real-time control Real-time control is a popular term for a certain class of digital controllers. For effective digital control, it is critical that sample time be constant. Real-time control achieves nearly constant sample time. See also
  • Control theory
 and branding. Tatara's solutions enable new revenue generating offerings such as converged mobile messaging, converged mobile VoIP VoIP Mobile or 'Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol' is the application of Voice over IP technology to mobile handsets.

VoIP Mobile requires a mobile handset that supports, at minimum, high speed IP communications.
, and intelligent content delivery all independent of network ownership. For more information, visit www.tatarasystems.com
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