Mickey Tsui vice president of global communications solutions at Avaya, said, “We believe that the addition of Ubiquity’s next-generation software platform to Avaya’s portfolio will help customers and developers enhance the integration of communications technologies and business processes”
The tender offer has been unanimously recommended by the board of directors of Ubiquity. The purchase is expected to be funded with Avaya’s existing cash resources.
Ubiquity provides deployment platforms, applications, development tools and integration technology for converged voice, video and data services. Their flagship SIP Application Server (SIP A/S) is deployed with several the world’s largest telecommunications carriers.
According to Yankee Group (News - Alert), the market for SIP-based Application Servers will reach $4.7 billion by 2009. Yankee Group also believes the advent of IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) within carrier IP core networks will further drive the adoption of such products.
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
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This shows the structure of the IMS architecture where potential Applications Servers optimize content as well bandwidth. In Scenario Y, companies may provide Feature Servers Content Manager or Multi...more
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There are many kinds of Applications Services. This is just one example which shows the structure of the IMS architecture where potential Applications Servers optimize content as well bandwidth....more
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