iPhone 3G is not out. As I have predicted, it doesn’t include any video conferencing technology. Instead of starting to analyze and explain what this new version is going to do to the market, I’d like to step back and look at what the first iPhone already did. Simply put, the iPhone has placed the ODMs and the handset vendors in a UI-frenzy.The iPhone came out as an innovative handset. Apple boldly decided not to try and compete in the
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | June 12th, 2008 | Filed under Clients
Two weeks ago, RADVISION hosted the IMTC SuperOp! 2008 event. The most obvious conclusion from this event is that multimedia conferencing (or should I say Unified Communications) is getting better – at least in terms of interoperability. Without exceptions, all companies successfully connected video sessions with one another. The IMTC SuperOp! event is the main interoperability event of the IMTC. In this event multiple activity groups, each dealing with a different multimedia communications technology, gather in a single room to
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | May 29th, 2008 | Filed under Interoperability
The IMTC’s SuperOp! event is just across the corner, and this time, I am proud to say that RADVISION will be hosting it (pdf). Companies coming to this event will be testing their products for interoperability. There are parts of the market though, that are ignoring interoperability. From my own experience, they pay dearly for it in due time. Interoperability can be viewed as a process where you hurtle your product against a product of a different vendor and
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | May 1st, 2008 | Filed under Interoperability
When you work with standards it is hard to differentiate. Take for example the browser market. Not all browsers are created equal. Taking a look at the 4 major browsers on the market today, and trying to summarize each one in a sentence, this is what you will get: Internet Explorer - Largest “customer base”, not adhering to standards Firefox - Full of plugins, liked by developers and
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | March 20th, 2008 | Filed under Standardization
We have just announced that Quanta is using our IMS Video Share Application.What is so interesting about this press release? Video Sharing Quanta Windows Mobile Video Sharing [You can learn more about Video Sharing here. Basically - it’s a point-to-point service for mobile handsets.] The adoption of Video Sharing by operators is expanding. Video Sharing is an interesting service for 3G mobile handsets - my own feeling is
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | March 4th, 2008 | Filed under Clients
I read a while ago an opinion stating that there is no need anymore for standards - people choose their proprietary way of communication by installing a given application on their desktop or mobile device - be it Skype or one of the other services out there. I disagree with this view. Proprietary solutions definitely have room in our world. If you take telecommunication, the first thing that comes to mind is Skype. They are based on a proprietary protocol,
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | February 7th, 2008 | Filed under Standardization
The developers I work with are back from an interoperability event held by the IMTC. They tested there 3G-324M and IMS Video Share technologies to make sure our products are interoperable. What are the insights from these events? 3G-324M Today, 3G-324M is a stable technology available in almost every 3G handset in Europe and Asia. It is stable, interoperable and working - between different handset vendors, against multiple servers, and through roaming services around the world. There are, however, two
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | January 31st, 2008 | Filed under Interoperability
It’s the beginning of 2008 and of course, people love to make predictions for the year ahead (if anything to guarantee a good laughter after all). Yours truly is not an exception - this post was thought to appear under the name of Crystal Ball 2008, and it was supposed to make a number of bold (how else) predictions regarding the future of the communication technologies for upcoming year. Thinking about it, isn’t it great to know what the future
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By Anatoli Levine | January 29th, 2008 | Filed under Technology
This is the second part of Interoperability in SIP and its relation to Art. You can read the first part here. SIP Interoperability workshop There were about 20 short but essential presentations at the 90 minutes workshop by the people representing different companies and organizations (yours truly represented IMTC and RADVISION). Overall message was rather unified. It is not all doom and gloom - there is basic interoperability in SIP. But all interoperability is extremely clustered - implementations usually work
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By Anatoli Levine | January 22nd, 2008 | Filed under Interoperability
The way in which communication standards are implemented is usually done through protocol stacks. Companies will usually acquire such stacks from third parties and not implement and maintain on their own. How does one select a protocol stack? What makes a protocol stack of one vendor better than that of another? 1. Support Support is definitely the most important aspect of a protocol stack. VoIP products are complex - developers building such products will need all the help they can
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | January 17th, 2008 | Filed under Protocol stacks
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