Test Event Taking Place at University of New Hampshire's InterOp Lab February 25th - 29th, 2008
PLANO, Texas, February 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide, announced today that it will participate in the IMS Forum's IMS Plugfest(TM) IV interoperability test event being held February 25th to 29th, 2008, at the UNH InterOp Lab (IOL) in New Hampshire. More than a dozen companies have announced their participation in Plugfest IV to-date, and Intel has signed on as a Platinum Sponsor of the Event. IMS Magazine and the Pulvermedia Inc. are media sponsors of the event. Plugfest IV Results will be announced on March 18th at Spring VON.x 2008 in San Jose, CA.
The IMS Forum's IMS Plugfest IV is the fourth in a series of open testing events that are designed to foster interoperability by creating industry-recognized interoperability test plans for IMS applications and services, enabling service providers of all types to expedite IMS service rollout.
Acision will test its Message Application Server (MAS) which provides a centralized architecture for message delivery, store and forward, and store and retrieve functions. It enables the delivery and receipt of messages of any type through any preferred delivery channel, including SMS, MMS, email, voice/videomail, and IM-and is an important component in Acision's messaging portfolio.
"IMS is widely recognized as a technological advance, but advanced IMS based subscriber services are the key to operator adoption," said Wayne Irwin, President, the Americas, Acision. "Consumers expect total interoperability from mass communication services, and any operator able to provide a uniform messaging experience-regardless of the underlying messaging or network technology being used-will have a distinct advantage going forward. By working with the IMS Forum through events like Plugfest, we hope to accelerate IMS services and deliver end-to-end messaging solutions for wireless, wire line and cable and broadband operators."
IMS Forum Plugfests deliver interoperability for revenue generating applications and services. The complete portfolio of services to be tested is being defined by the IMS Forum Interoperability and Testing Working Group. It will include VoIP services for consumer and enterprise users, various types of video services, Fixed-Mobile Converged services, including support of Femtocell, unified communications (UC) and interworking with IMS and operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS).
"Ensuring the seamless integration of IMS and mass messaging services like SMS is critical as operators look to implement successful IMS deployments," said Michael Khalilian, IMS Forum Chairman & President. "IMS messaging applications must be as effective as SMS in accommodating dramatic increases in messaging volume, and leading messaging companies like Acision are key to ensuring this."
MAS complements and monetizes network vendors' core IMS offerings by providing any-to-any messaging and delivery based the on end-user's presence and preferences, and provides separate input and output connectors that function as protocol converters across various messaging technologies, As this technology is hidden to end-users, MAS enables an intuitive user experience across multiple messaging technologies, enabling users to focus on communication rather than technology.
About Acision
Acision is the messaging and charging partner of choice for more than 300 network operators and service providers, supporting over one and a half billion customers worldwide. With over 50 percent of global text and multimedia messaging traffic generated through its platforms, Acision's mobile data services expertise includes text messaging, multimedia messaging, IP messaging, mobile internet, mobile advertising, IP voicemail and IP videomail. Acision's payment systems have processed more than US $100 billion, providing sophisticated real-time charging and removing the boundaries between prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. All of Acision's solutions are backed up by a robust, global service organization, offering 24/7 support provided through 24 local service centers and three state of the art global support centers. With global market experience, Acision has a detailed understanding of what it takes to bring innovative services to full mass market adoption.
Privately owned by an equity consortium led by Atlantic Bridge Ventures and Access Industries, Acision is a half billion dollar company, working with customers in 135 countries across six continents. More information is available at http://www.acision.com/.
About the IMS Forum(R)
The IMS Forum is a global, non-profit industry association devoted to interoperable IP Multimedia Subsystem services delivery architecture and solutions. IMS Forum's mission is to accelerate the interoperability of IMS revenue-generating services and enabling enterprise and residential consumers to fully benefit from the delivery of multimedia mobile and fixed services over broadband cable, wireless, wireline and fiber networks. The IMS Forum is the creator and organizer of the IMS Plugfest(TM), the industry's only event focused on IMS service interoperability verification and certification through the IMS Certified(TM) program.
Through its organized Plugfests, working group interactions and other activities, forum members are able to develop cost-effective technical frameworks for converged IP services over wireline, cable, 3G, WiFi and WiMAX networks. For additional information or to join the IMS Forum and the IMS Plugfest, please visit http://www.imsforum.org/.
Press contacts For Acision: Kevin Walters Marketing Executive, North America Tel: +1-972-246-5404 Email: kevin.walters@acision.com Todd Van Hoosear Topaz Partners Tel: +1-781-404-2409 Email: acision@topazpartners.com For IMS Forum Communications: Tel: +1-970-262-6100 Email: PR@IMSForum.org
CONTACT: Press contacts, For Acision: Kevin Walters, Marketing Executive, North America, Tel: +1-972-246-5404, Email: kevin.walters@acision.com; Todd Van Hoosear, Topaz Partners, Tel: +1-781-404-2409, Email: acision@topazpartners.com; For IMS Forum Communications:Tel: +1-970-262-6100, Email: PR@IMSForum.org
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