NextGen IP Messaging for Service Providers Networks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Sunnyvale, CA - January 21, 2002
Cisco Systems, the leading provider of end-to-end networking equipment, and WWWT, a leading provider of next generation messaging platforms, are showcasing an operational, commercially available NextGen IP Messaging solution. This integrated solution provides "Next Generation" Service Providers with an IP Messaging Platform for business telephony services over IP networks. WWWT provides both consumers and enterprises with a full range of unified IP messaging solutions.
What is IP Messaging? IP Messaging platforms converges voice, fax, email and wireless services to provide personal and business customers a full unified messaging solution. WWWT's platform is scalable and modular. It supports state-of-the-art protocols including the SIP protocol for connecting Soft-Switches, IP Gateways, IP Phones and other VoIP platforms, and Voice XML for enhanced customized voice messaging.
Why Unified IP messaging? In a nutshell, Unified Messaging (UM) is simplified communications. All your messages - voice, email, fax and electronic documents (files) are funneled into a single "inbox." The contents of an inbox are accessible from any web-enabled PC, wireline or wireless phone at any time, any place on the globe. The messages are stored in email format. Regardless of how the message was sent, users are able to read or listen to it using a web browser or telephone. For example, you can listen to and manage your email or listen to your voice mail via your telephone. Using a web browser and PC with a standard sound card and speakers you can also manage, read, listen and reply to voice mail, email and faxes.
UM is cost efficient. It eliminates the need for redundant services for each form of communication. UM provides greater ease of use, greater access to information and significant productivity and timesavings over non-integrated or non-unified communications solutions.
Why consider Unified IP Messaging? Unified Messaging has changed our perception of the word "communication". It has translated all forms of messaging into a single messaging entity for simplicity and timesaving. In the future terms such as "call me", "fax me", "send me an email", will all become obsolete. Instead, you will use the term - "message me". The quality of the INFORMATION in the message is the single most important part of the message. The form of the message and the method of communicating it have no significance. Unified messaging has simplified the process of sending, collecting and managing messages and other electronic documents.
Deploying a Unified IP Messaging solution. The Cisco and WWWT'S IP Messaging collaboration offers "NextGen" Telephony systems reliability, high performance, manageability and seamless integration with their IP network and voice services.
Furthermore, it results in greatly reduced time to market. A deployment of the integrated Cisco/MailVision solution typically takes three to six weeks. Furthermore, the integrated Cisco/MailVision solution reduces the total cost of ownership, as well as capital expenditure and operations costs by up to seventy percent.
The integrated Cisco/WWWT Unified IP Messaging solution incorporates Cisco's Access Servers (AS5xxx) and ATA186 or IP-Tel 7960) in conjunction with the WWWT IP messaging Platform.
About World-Wide-Walkie-Talkie (WWWT)
WWWT's mission is to provide a Unified Messaging platform that supports enhanced services and true IP messaging specifically for next generation Telcos, Communications ASPs, ITSPs, BLECS and CLECs. MailVision is a Cisco EcoPartner program member.
WWWT has offices in Sunnyvale, California and an R&D center in Haifa, Israel.
For more information about WWWT's Unified Messaging solutions go to www.picowalkietalkie.com or www.worldwalkietalkie.com
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