Voice SMS - Merging VoIP & Mobile to Create A Compelling Service (WM-01)
Wednesday - 05/16/07, 8:30-9:15am
SMS is a global hit in the mobile world as is Instant Messaging on PCs (and increasingly on mobile handsets), but on mobile handsets, these services only support text. That’s fine when you’re in class and have to be quiet. At any other time, voice is easier to use and conveys more emotion. Extending SMS to support voice or even video messaging has been popular in consumer surveys, so the mobile industry defined a Multimedia Message Service (MMS). But MMS adoption has been slow, due to limited availability of compatible handsets and interoperability problems.
Recently Voice SMS services have been launched and seen very rapid success in Asia. This presentation will describe Voice SMS and explain why it’s been so successful and how it can be delivered using a VoIP platform together with a combination of VoIP and conventional network services.
Nokia is calling their E-series and N-series dual-mode phones “multimedia computers.” They run the Symbian OS, and other WiFi enabled smartphones run Windows Mobile or Linux, while the Apple iPhone is set to run a version of OSX. So, is the next generation of smartphones a new breed of open computing platforms? And what does this mean for developers seeking new markets and opportunities? This session will help you to separate the hope from the reality.
Presented by:
Michael Stanford (Moderator) Consultant Michael Stanford LLC
Michael Seto Vice President, Applications Business Polycom's Voice Communications Solutions
Wideband Codecs for Enhanced Voice Quality (WM-03)
Wednesday - 05/16/07, 2:00-2:45pm
End-to-end digital networks make it possible to greatly improve communications voice quality through wideband speech coding, and this evolution is rapidly gaining momentum. VoIP engineers and application designers need to start formulating their strategies for implementing wideband speech solutions that will deliver the best quality while requiring the least initial and ongoing investments in networking infrastructure and end devices.
This session will address how to ensure optimum wideband speech quality in converged VoIP/mobile applications/services. It will review the challenges of real-world networks — including congestion, latency, jitter and packet losses, and the additional challenges introduced when calls are made between networks. It will explain the codec characteristics that address these challenges such as bit rate, voice activity detection, robustness to packet loss, complexity; highlight the advantages of standardization and point to subjective test results. Selection criteria and an evolution scenario to wideband VoIP across converged wireline/wireless services will also be presented.
Presented by:
Claude Gravel Vice President of Engineering VoiceAge Corp
Delivering IP-Based Video Solutions for Mobiles (WM-04)
Wednesday - 05/16/07, 3:00-3:45pm
Thanks to the availability of broadband Internet access and progress with encoding technologies, video-enabled communications are expected to experience a phenomenal expansion in the next few years. With the proliferation of IP-based video services on one side, and growth in the number of 3G mobile phones with inherent video support on the other side, the need for interconnecting to the mobile infrastructure becomes imperative. This session will provide technology overview for IP-to-mobile video gateways, like 3G-324M protocol, and discuss the best practices adopted by solutions developers developing video applications for VoIP and mobile converged environment.
Presented by:
Kevin Johnson Director, Analyst & Consultant Relations MITEL
Convergence of communication networks – Internet, voice, video, mobile - has driven a sea of change in the ability for communications developers to access resources for the creation of unique applications. Today it’s no longer about building point applications for the desktop or a mobile platform as mobility and bandwidth pervade - it’s about understanding the user experience as a whole.
One of the key enablers for developers in all these domains has been Web services. Web services have given rise to intense activity in the area of mash-ups – applications that integrate distributed resources and applications on the Internet to deliver new hybrid applications. As creating a mash-up becomes easier, what will matter is the quality of user experience enabled by the combination of capabilities the mash-up brings together.
In this talk, Shirish will bring together his experiences from delivering speech, communication, and collaboration applications over the past decade and provide insights on how mash-up developers can move beyond “toy” applications to drive compelling user experiences that drive application adoption.
Presented by:
Jeanne Sauer VP of Field Marketing Sylantro Sytems
