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Sonim Announces OMA-PoC 1.0 Ratification and Availability of Interoperable Push-to-Talk Solutions
San Mateo, CA -- June 20, 2006
Ratification by Open Mobile Alliance unleashes PTT market and provides interoperability framework for future P2P IMS applications.
Sonim Technologies, provider of high-performance VoIP applications for mobile networks, announced the successful culmination of standardization work and interoperability testing for its suite of OMA-PoC 1.0 compliant products. Sonim's end-to-end OMA-PoC 1.0 solutions have completed exhaustive interoperability testing via OMA-sponsored TestFest activities dating to early 2005, as well as private bilateral IOT efforts sponsored by leading mobile operators.
Today's announcement coincides with Board Approval of the PoC 1.0 AER standard by the Open Mobile Alliance, a significant milestone in the industry's effort to bring interoperable push-to-talk services to enterprise and consumer subscribers. As the only pure-play provider of end-to-end OMA-PoC 1.0 solutions, Sonim played an instrumental role in bringing the standard from concept to realization.
"Sonim Technologies has been an active participant in drafting, testing and optimizing the OMA-PoC 1.0 standard together with other OMA member companies," said Jari Alvinen, Chairman of Board, Open Mobile Alliance. "OMA has extended significant effort making push-to-talk interoperable on a global scale and we look forward to seeing broad usage of OMA-PoC 1.0 across worldwide markets."
Sonim has also assisted wireless test equipment vendors in development of OMA-PoC 1.0 compliance tools. Now that several of these tools are complete, Sonim's products are among the first to be able to claim compliance with the standard - ensuring interoperable products for its customers.
"Sonim has highlighted the importance of interoperability among PTT solutions since our inception as a company in 2000," said Bob Plaschke, Sonim's CEO. "With today's ratification of the OMA-PoC 1.0 standard, an exciting market opportunity begins - one in which proprietary and expensive niche PTT services are rapidly replaced by feature-rich PoC services that are interoperable across all wireless networks and handsets."
About Sonim Technologies, Inc.
Sonim Technologies enables today’s GPRS, UMTS, EVDO, WiFi and WiMAX data networks to deliver high-performance mobile VoIP “Push-to-X” applications and services, specifically optimized to meet the productivity objectives of mobile enterprises. Sonim’s OMA PoC 1.0 server, client and handset solutions represent the industry’s only business class implementation of the push-to-talk standard and form the basis of an emerging suite of streaming IMS-compliant applications. Sonim is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in Bangalore, London, Paris, Stockholm and Madrid. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.sonimtech.com or learn more about the push to talk at www.mobilesforworkers.com .
Press contact:
Jennifer Abelson
Abelson Group for Sonim
+1 917-445-4454
Jennifer@abelsongroup.com
Press Releases Sonim Technologies, provider of high-performance VoIP applications for mobile networks, announced the successful culmination of standardization work and interoperability testing for its suite of OMA-PoC 1.0 compliant products. Sonim's end-to-end OMA-PoC 1.0 solutions have completed exhaustive interoperability testing via OMA-sponsored TestFest activities dating to early 2005, as well as private bilateral IOT efforts sponsored by leading mobile operators.
Today's announcement coincides with Board Approval of the PoC 1.0 AER standard by the Open Mobile Alliance, a significant milestone in the industry's effort to bring interoperable push-to-talk services to enterprise and consumer subscribers. As the only pure-play provider of end-to-end OMA-PoC 1.0 solutions, Sonim played an instrumental role in bringing the standard from concept to realization.
"Sonim Technologies has been an active participant in drafting, testing and optimizing the OMA-PoC 1.0 standard together with other OMA member companies," said Jari Alvinen, Chairman of Board, Open Mobile Alliance. "OMA has extended significant effort making push-to-talk interoperable on a global scale and we look forward to seeing broad usage of OMA-PoC 1.0 across worldwide markets."
Sonim has also assisted wireless test equipment vendors in development of OMA-PoC 1.0 compliance tools. Now that several of these tools are complete, Sonim's products are among the first to be able to claim compliance with the standard - ensuring interoperable products for its customers.
"Sonim has highlighted the importance of interoperability among PTT solutions since our inception as a company in 2000," said Bob Plaschke, Sonim's CEO. "With today's ratification of the OMA-PoC 1.0 standard, an exciting market opportunity begins - one in which proprietary and expensive niche PTT services are rapidly replaced by feature-rich PoC services that are interoperable across all wireless networks and handsets."
About Sonim Technologies, Inc.
Sonim Technologies enables today’s GPRS, UMTS, EVDO, WiFi and WiMAX data networks to deliver high-performance mobile VoIP “Push-to-X” applications and services, specifically optimized to meet the productivity objectives of mobile enterprises. Sonim’s OMA PoC 1.0 server, client and handset solutions represent the industry’s only business class implementation of the push-to-talk standard and form the basis of an emerging suite of streaming IMS-compliant applications. Sonim is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in Bangalore, London, Paris, Stockholm and Madrid. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.sonimtech.com or learn more about the push to talk at www.mobilesforworkers.com .
Press contact:
Jennifer Abelson
Abelson Group for Sonim
+1 917-445-4454
Jennifer@abelsongroup.com
