NewStep Networks Joins Femto Forum
NewStep Networks Inc., a market and technology leader in service
convergence solutions for carriers and enterprises, today announced
that it has joined the Femto Forum, an independent organization formed
to standardize, support and promote femtocell deployments worldwide.
The forum brings together the foremost femtocell product and solution
vendors with major global mobile operators assessing the technology.
As convergence evolves, operators will deploy multiple strategies
to meet end user requirements. Voice Call Continuity (VCC) and
femtocell technologies will be required to meet the broad demands
dictated by the convergence transition. As this evolution occurs,
NewStep is committed to enabling a consistent user experience
regardless of the underlying technology. NewStep´s Converged Services
Node (CSN) utilizes session management capabilities to enable VCC and
will leverage the same technology to inherently support femtocell
solution delivery.
NewStep was one of the original authors of the VCC standard and
believes that participating in the standardization of femtocell
solution development and delivery is critical to enable operators and
enterprises to leverage a more efficient, standardized approach to
delivering on the promise of fixed mobile convergence.
"Joining the Femto Forum supports NewStep´s ongoing strategy of
providing a single service convergence platform that supports multiple
access mechanisms for delivering convergence solutions," said Shannon
Bell, vice president of product management, NewStep. "As one of the
early contributors and key authors of the VCC specifications for 3GPP,
NewStep is committed to providing the same level of focus and support
to the ongoing progress of the Femto Forum and the continued drive for
standardization.
"We are excited about working with NewStep within the Femto Forum
community. The Forum is committed to creating a more standardized
environment that enables femtocell and fixed mobile convergence
adoption," said Simon Saunders, the Femto Forum´s Chairman. "Veteran
organizations such as NewStep will strengthen our efforts in creating
an environment that enables service providers and enterprises around
the world to leverage a more efficient approach with femtocell
technology."
Femto Forum members are committed to promoting standards-based
solutions across the industry and to the relevant industry standards
bodies. In addition to the promotion of femtocell deployment and
standardization, the forum is focused on building and maintaining an
eco-system that delivers the most commercial and technically efficient
solutions, as well as addressing several key technical issues,
including radio planning and control, provisioning and management, and
device-to-core network connectivity.
About NewStep Networks
NewStep Networks is an award-winning provider of seamless session
management solutions based on its patented CSN platform. NewStep
solutions enable enterprises and consumers to have an "any device, any
place, any content" communications experience by facilitating the
movement of information across all access technologies. Currently
deployed and handling millions of calls per day, NewStep Networks´
platform offers a rich set of features that works with today´s
technology and devices, as well as those being developed for tomorrow.
For more information, visit www.newstep.com.
About The Femto Forum
Femtocells are low-power wireless access points that operate in
licensed spectrum to connect standard mobile devices to a mobile
operator´s network using residential DSL or cable broadband
connections. The Femto Forum (www.femtoforum.org) has been set up to
promote the wide-scale adoption of femtocells. The Forum will support
and drive the adoption of industry wide standards and common
architectures to enable the widespread adoption & deployment of
femtocells by operators around the world. It will direct and implement
a multi-faceted marketing campaign to raise the profile, drive
technology development & deployment and to promote the potential of
femto solutions among industry stakeholders, journalists, analysts,
regulators, special interest groups, standards bodies and consumers.
The Femto Forum, the independent industry association that
supports femtocell deployment worldwide.
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