hSenid - officially certified JBCP partner

hSenid has officially passed the JBCP certification process and have successfully deployed JBoss Communication Platform (based on Mobicents) in production at mutltiple Tier 1 telco operators. Read the full press release:

http://www.hsenidmobile.com/latest_news.php?id=44

Official JBCP documentation available on redhat.com

The official documentation for the commercially supported JBoss Communications Platform is now available online.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Communications_Platform/1.0/html/ - Multi page HTML document

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Communications_Platform/1.0/html-single/ - Single HTML page document

Thanks to Douglas Silas Hensley and the rest of the Red Hat content team for compiling a coherent, professionally edited document from the many Mobicents wiki pages scattered on the web.

Nortel focuses on AS 5200/CS 2000. Mobicents a key component.

Several Mobicents contributors pointed to public sources revealing pieces of valuable information about a sizeable project that has been underway and is starting to make big waves.

First, this analyst review:
http://www.currentanalysis.com/teb/index.cfm?pagenav=latest&marketID=534

" Nortel revealed a refreshed IMS
strategy that focuses on the application layer of the network and is
centered around the continued sales of the company’s softswitches,
media gateways and application servers. A byproduct of the strategy
shift is that Nortel will primarily partner with third parties to
interoperate with IMS-based call control technology."

"Nortel’s IMS strategy wisely focuses on the strongest assets of the
company’s carrier VoIP product portfolio, specifically the company’s
CS 2000 softswitch. A perennial market leader, the CS 2000 continues
to attract customers that fall into the category of being ready to
migrate away from TDM switches but not ready to move to IMS. Evidence
of the CS 2000’s continued market prowess is provided by the early
March 2009 announcement that the platform is being deployed at Telekom
Austria, which services more than 2.4 million subscribers."

Then this presentation at a recent telco event in Russia:
http://www.nortelforum.ru/files/22911/Rozanov.pdf

"NGN 2.0 is about transforming the entire value
chain of the service providers' environment, focusing
on services and the three-dimensional business
aspects of technology, people and processes"

"Nortel CS 2000 Adaptive Application Engine (AAE) brings NGN 2.0 to market. Offers Open Programmability Environment (OPE) via Mobicents JSLEE. Exposes external interfaces via SOA Web Services and SIP. "

"Example deployment: Telefonica Communicator - a service for corporate customers with mobile work force. Based on Nortel AS 5200."

Expect more public announcements and comprehensive case studies along these lines.

hSenid - a Mobicents Partner success story

GSMA was a productive event for Mobicents. One of the highlights was hearing about the success stories of our partner hSenid, who built and deployed their SDP at several top tier operators. From a related press release:

"
The core of hSenid Mobile's product portfolio, mChoice TM, is built around the JBoss Communication Platform (JBCP) which complements the portfolios scalability and extendibility. hSenid Mobiles Telco grade mChoice TM Service Delivery Platform(SDP) coupled with its other cutting-edge Telco solutions, utilizes JBCP to unveil its fullest potential.
"

Read the full text of the press release here:
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=40660

Red Hat, Mobicents at GSMA, Barcelona, Feb 16-19, 2009

This year Red Hat will exhibit at the 3GSMA in Barcelona, the world biggest IT Event for telecommunications which takes place in Barcelona, February 16-19th, 2009.
We are located in hall 2.1, booth 2.1C73 and will have one demo-pod, where we'll show our Red Hat competency in Telco solutions. Two additional demo-pods will be covered by two partners, Akosim and hSenid, specialized in radio networks and mobile solutions, and in addition to that we will display solutions from D2See, a UK based company and Red Hat partner that provides premium video telephony services.

There is a registration page that customers and partners can use to schedule on site meeting with Red Hat experts at the event:

http://www.europe.redhat.com/mktg/3gsm/


Exhibition highlights:

• Solution framework for the telecommunication industry. Carrier grade quality platforms and solutions to Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) and Operators (Messaging, IMS/SDP, IPTV, OSS/BSS, VoiP, Network Security)
• JBoss Communication Platform (MobiCents), which integrates voice, video, instant messaging and data. MobiCents is a highly scalable, event-driven application server and the first and only Open Source platform certified for JSLEE compliance.
• Virtualisation - benefit from real saving and phenomenal performance and scalability
• Red Hat Enterprise MRG: A next-generation IT infrastructure that makes enterprise computing 100-fold faster, defines new levels of interoperability and gives customers competitive advantage by running applications and transactions with greater performance and reliability.

For any questions please feel free to contact Alessandra Moraldi <amoraldi@redhat.com>.

Using Mobicents with Legacy Network Elements (PSTN, SS7)

A frequently asked customer question is what kind of Mobicents resource adaptors are there for legacy networks - CAMEL, TCAP, INAP, ISUP and so on. Let me offer an updated view on this topic.

There are several open source Mobicents Resource Adaptors for legacy networks and there is an even bigger number of custom non-open source Resource Adaptors developed and tuned for specific customer needs. The JSLEE RA architecture has proven its value time and again.

There is a new phenomenon, which I would like to highlight here. Over the past few months, we often see discussions that refer to bridging new applications hosted on Mobicents with legacy networks by using Asterisk as a SIP gateway. These kind of discussions are initiated by developers at encumbent telecoms as well as new generation service providers.

This is turning into a trend lately, further validated by a growing number of VoIP service providers such as callwithus, future9, gafachi and others. The common delimiter between these providers in different parts of the world is that they are leveraging Asterisk for its broad set of supported legacy networks and its ability to act as SIP gateway.

Next time you are in a situation where you have to bridge Mobicents with a legacy network, you can either use a pre-built Resource Adaptor or write one yourself or maybe look at setting up Asterisk as a SIP gateway.

Mobicents becomes the First Open Source Certified SIP Servlets 1.1 (JSR 289) container

Jean, Vladimir and crew did it again!

http://jeanderuelle.blogspot.com/2008/09/mobicents-sip-servlets-is-jsr-289-sip.html

http://vladimirralev.blogspot.com/2008/09/mobicents-sip-servlets-06-achieves-jsr.html

I would like to strongly and whole heatedly encourage software vendors interested in JSR 289 certified servers to consider leveraging Mobicents. It is simply the safest bet!

Its Open Source and supports both major telco middleware Open Standards - JSLEE 1.0 and SIP Servlets 1.1. Not only that, but it is also highly reliable and scalable, with an established track record of tier 1 carrier deployments. Add on top of that a field proven Open Source Media Server. There is simply no competitor - commercial or open source that comes close to this mega bonus pack. Its a new day for telco middleware.

Vote it:
http://www.dzone.com/links/jean_deruelle_mobicents_sip_servlets_06_achieves.html

Digg it:
http://digg.com/programming/Mobicents_Sip_Servlets_0_6_achieves_JSR_289_compliance

We are growing our ecosystem agressively and would like to have you on our team. Please contact us at telco@redhat.com to set up a business partnership.