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Brooktrout Technology Executive Appointed Chairperson of IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS) Session at the 21st Century Communications World
Forum
Where: 21st Century Communications World Forum,
Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, England, stand 1006
When: Wednesday 23 February, 2005
What: Brooktrout Technology, Inc., a leading supplier
of media processing, and call control products, today announced
that its Vice President, Chief Technology Officer for Next-Gen Communications,
Eric Burger, will chair the “IMS for Wireless and Wireline
Services” session at the 21st Century Communications World
Forum. Also speaking as part of the panel, will be Guy Redmill,
Brooktrout’s Market Development Manager for EMEA.
This session will give a brief overview of the IP Multimedia Subsystem
(IMS), followed by a discussion of the service-deployment philosophy,
and will offer perspectives and experiences from operators deploying
services with the new model.
Brooktrout’s SnowShore Media Server is an open, carrier class
media processing resource that can support a broad range of applications,
from basic messaging and multiparty calling to prepaid services
and network announcements. A specific discussion of Brooktrout’s
SnowShore Media Server’s role in the IMS architecture can
be found on Brooktrout’s website, available at http://www.brooktrout.com/papers/ims.cfm
Speakers: Chairperson, Eric Burger,
is Vice President, Chief Technology Officer for Next-Gen Communications
for Brooktrout Technology and is a pioneer of the SIP-Controlled
Media Server. Mr. Burger represents Brooktrout Technology on several
industry standards forums including the IETF, IEEE and SIP Forum.
He is the author of numerous IETF RFCs and SIP-related drafts, as
well as contributions to the W3C, PacketCable, and other standards
organizations. Mr. Burger currently has eight patents issued and
eight patents pending, and holds degrees from MIT and the Catholic
University of Leuven and was an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
at George Mason University.
Eli Doron, Chief Technology Officer, and Co-Founder,
RADVISON, is responsible for leading the company's service provider
initiative, both wireless and wireline. Mr. Doron is RADVISION's
technology visionary and an industry pioneer in the development
of voice and video over IP technologies.
Chris Haddock, Marketing Director EMEA, Ubiquity
Software, is responsible for all aspects of marketing across the
Ubiquity software product range in Europe, Middle East and Africa,
including a specific focus on the wireless sector.
Dominic O'Neill, Head of Solution Design, Service
Networks, Orange Group, is primarily responsible for end-to-end
design of communications services across the Orange group of companies.
Guy Redmill, Market Development Manager, EMEA,
Brooktrout Technology, is primarily responsible for developing Brooktrout's
enterprise voice and carrier enhanced service businesses in the
EMEA marketplace.
Demo: On the Brooktrout stand 1006, Ubiquity will
demonstrate a Ringback Tone service, which utilizes
the capabilities of the Brooktrout SnowShore IP Media Server™.
Ubiquity Ringback Tone (RBT) is a multi-tenant, IP and PSTN application
that provides personalized ring back tone service for service providers.
Visit the Ubiquity demonstration on the Brooktrout stand, 1006.
Visitors to the Brooktrout stand will be able to select a favorite
tune, and once selected, this tune will then be the color ring back
tone they hear when making a phone call to a given number. Brooktrout’s
IP Media Server, in conjunction with Ubiquity’s RBT application,
will play the selected tune to the caller until the call is answered.
Also on display in Brooktrout’s booth will be its NS700™
SS7 product line that provides a robust SS7 signaling feature set;
its TR1000™, voice and speech processing platform; its TR1500™,
carrier-grade voice processing platform and its TR2500™ platform
for voice over packet gateways and enhanced services
Other: Brooktrout will also host a dinner on
Wednesday 23 February at 5.30 pm in the Park Room of the Royal Lancaster
Hotel. Those interested in attending can contact a Brooktrout representative
at the Brooktrout stand for more information.
Press and industry analysts interested in meeting with Brooktrout
to learn more about the company’s products can contact Lida
Joly at +32 2 658 01 90.
Who: Brooktrout Technology is a leading supplier
of media processing, network interface, call control and signal
processing products that enable the development of applications,
systems and services for both the New Network™ (packet-based)
and the traditional telephone (TDM) network. The company’s
strategy is to partner with its customers and collaborate closely
with them to help accelerate their delivery of new applications
and services, increase their existing business, and expand into
new markets. For more information, visit http://www.brooktrout.com.
Brooktrout Technology is a subsidiary of Brooktrout, Inc. (NASDAQ:
BRKT).
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