Movial Launches IP Telephony Services with Elion and Reseller Partnership with Leading IMS and IP Infrastructure Vendor.HELSINKI, Finland -- Movial, the company powering the IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. industry, today announced that fixed line operator Elion has deployed the Movial Connect PC client. Demonstrating Movial's continuous success in providing converged IP communication clients, Elion will offer its subscribers a branded version of the Connect PC client for services such as VoIP, Video Telephony See videophone. , 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 Presence. Elion is the largest broadband telecommunications and IT provider in Estonia. It will offer the branded client called "Hotifon" to its enterprise and consumer customers and more than 925000 users on its portal community. Hotifon will enable Elion to introduce a new generation of converged multimedia services, which will embrace IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. , video telephony, IM, and Presence services. Movial is also proud to announce a strategic global reseller relationship with Ericsson. Under this agreement, Movial Connect PC is the preferred IP communication client for Ericsson's 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. Telephony solution. "We are very pleased to work together with Ericsson and Elion to launch and expand its IP communications services for enterprise and residential users", says Victor Donselaar, Unit Manager, Movial. "This is another recognition by a leading operator of the power of the user experience and rich services that our products provide across devices". "We chose Movial Connect PC as it has the best user experience, and the possibility to extend the same services and user experience to other devices such as mobile and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). ", says Margus Kurm, Elion's Director of Products and Services, Elion. The Movial Connect product family consists of an IMS application framework, and off-the-shelve client applications on the broadest range of PC, Mobile, and Consumer Electronics devices in the industry. A wide range of services can be deployed such as Presence, Instant Messaging, Group List Management, Multimedia Messaging, Push-to-Video, Music and Video Sharing, VoIP and Video Telephony. With SDK's and a unique user interface, Movial Connect clients offer seamless branded user experience of these services across devices. ABOUT MOVIAL Movial provides IP communication software, embedded Linux engineering and user experience services to device manufacturers and operators. Software developed by us is easy-to-use and helps customers launch products to market in shorter time. The Connect product suite enables creation of converged IMS communication services. Movial's deep understanding of open technologies and commitment to our customers have been recognized by Nokia, HP, Orange and Telefonica. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Movial was founded in 2001 and employs over 100 employees. ABOUT ERICSSON IMS Ericsson IMS can today provide fixed, mobile and enterprise users with a range of new services, such as IMS Push to Talk, IMS weShare (combinational services for sharing media while talking) and IMS Multimedia Telephony (including IP telephony and IP Centrex). Additional IMS services will continuously be developed - by Ericsson or other companies - making Ericsson IMS a future-proof and cost-effective selection for operators. Ericsson IMS offers services over packet-based networks and is a cornerstone for an efficient IP-centric network environment. It complies with the 3GPP/3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol 2 IMS standard. Standards are critical for user adoption as they allow access to services that function seamlessly over networks provided by different suppliers. Ericsson is the leader in the IMS area with 19 IMS system contracts for commercial launch and an additional 40 trials, distributed over the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. ABOUT ELION Elion is the largest telecommunications and IT provider in Estonia. It is owned by AS Eesti Telekom, listed on the Tallinn and London stock exchanges London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. of (OMX OMX Office Max (stock symbol) :ETLAT) (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :EETD EETD End to End Transit Delay ). In Estonia Elion is the market leader in fixed network calls, in Internet subscriptions and data communication solutions, and it has made a powerful entry into the IT and digital television market. In 2005 the consolidated revenue of Elion Group was 2.588 billion kroons, and the consolidated net profit was 385 million kroons. At the end of 2005 Elion Group employed the staff of 1673. |
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