CHICAGO, Sept. 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inteliquent, Inc. (NASDAQ:IQNT), the nation’s premier voice and messaging interconnection partner for communications service providers of all types, announced today that Kurt Abkemeier has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in order to pursue another career opportunity at a software company. Mr. Abkemeier’s last day with the Company is expected to be September 23, 2016. “On behalf of Inteliquent, I would like to express our appreciation to Kurt Abkemeier for his steady hand and contributions to Inteliquent,” said Matt Carter, Chief Executive Officer and President. “We were fortunate to have him join us during a time of transition and provide us with his leadership from the CFO’s office. We wish him well in his future endeavors. We will now conduct a nationwide search for his successor. I am confident that this search will produce a candidate who can continue to lead us as we continue to transform our business into the next-generation telecom space featuring our Omni IQsm suite of services.” About InteliquentInteliquent is a premier interconnection partner for communication service providers of all types. As the nation’s highest quality provider of voice and messaging interconnection services, Inteliquent is used by nearly all national and regional wireless carriers, cable companies, and CLECs in the markets it serves, and its network carries approximately 19 billion minutes of traffic per month. With the recent launch of its Omni IQ solution, Inteliquent is now also fully dedicated to supporting the growing market of next generation service providers. Please visit Inteliquent’s website at WWW.INTELIQUENT.COM and follow us on Twitter @Inteliquent. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains “forward-looking statements” that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “efforts,” “expects,” “estimates,” “projects,” “proposed,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: our ability to identify and successfully attract a highly qualified successor to our Chief Financial Officer and his or her future performance; the length of time required to complete an executive search; cooperation by key parties during the Chief Financial Officer transition process; and other important factors included in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2015, as such Risk Factors have been updated from time to time in subsequent reports. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.CONTACT: Analyst Contact:
investorrelations@inteliquent.com
Inteliquent Announces Departure of CFO Kurt Abkemeier
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Aegex Technologies to Launch New IoT Product during Microsoft Ignite
Atlanta, Sept. 20, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aegex Technologies LLC, developer of the world’s first universally certified intrinsically safe Windows 10 enterprise tablet, will launch its newest Internet of Things (IoT) solution for hazardous industries on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at a separate event during the Microsoft Ignite global conference. Aegex will present its news during a party at the Microsoft Innovation Center, FlatironCity, 84 Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30303, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. The invitation-only party is to include refreshments, music and digital artists creating artwork on Microsoft Surface Pro 4 laptops. The new Aegex product, to be announced by CEO Thomas P. Ventulett, is the next major component in the company’s portfolio of Internet of Everything (IoE) solutions for hazardous and explosive industrial environments. Aegex’s flagship IoT product is the Aegex10 Intrinsically Safe Tablet, the world’s first Windows 10 tablet globally certified for hazardous locations where high concentrations of flammable gases, vapors or dusts are likely to occur in normal operation, such as in oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, and other industries with explosive atmospheres. Ventulett’s Sept. 28 presentation will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the building’s main lobby. He will also give updates about Aegex’s cooperation with Microsoft, the Guardian Centers, and other technology partners to build the unprecedented Aegex IoT/IoE platform. “This is something that is really going to revolutionize large-scale hazardous industrial operations,” said Ventulett. “Think ‘Internet of Everything,’ the ‘Industrial Internet,’ and ‘Smart Cities,’ and then combine those with highly explosive environments. It’s very fitting that we are launching this during Microsoft Ignite.” Ignite is an annual conference hosted by Microsoft that brings thousands of IT professionals and developers from around the world to attend learning sessions, labs, trainings and certification opportunities about topics such as cloud infrastructure and management, big data, analytics, operating systems, mobile devices, etc. Contact Aegex for more information. Media inquiries to: Leigh Villegas, Manager Corporate Communications, lvillegas@aegex.com, 229.220.9660 Background: Aegex’s world headquarters is in the Flatiron Building in Atlanta. It also has a European headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; engineering and production facilities in Hungary; and sales offices in Southampton, United Kingdom and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company’s flagship IoT product, the Aegex10 Intrinsically Safe Tablet, is the first Windows 10 tablet to gain certifications for ATEX and IECEx Zone 1, UL 913 Class I, II, III Division 1 and CSA 22.2 areas of hazardous locations. These approvals made the Aegex10 the world’s first Windows 10 tablet globally certified for HazLoc operations where high concentrations of flammable gases, vapors or dusts are likely to occur in normal operation, such as in oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, and other industries with highly explosive environments. While most mobile devices are not permitted in highly volatile zones of hazardous locations because they could cause a spark, Aegex’s 10.1-inch tablets are certified intrinsically safe, or incapable of igniting an explosion. With full roaming capabilities, the Aegex10 4G LTE version is the only truly universal device for hazardous environments. Its Microsoft operating system and Intel architecture give the Aegex tablet unsurpassed Cloud, software and hardware support worldwide. Aegex10 intrinsically safe tablets synchronize with an organization’s Internet of Things to allow users to transmit real-time data from within the most hazardous zones of their operations. Such cloud-based connectivity improves safety, efficiency and compliance and lowers risk, resulting in decreased downtime and optimized operations.
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Inteliquent Announces Appointment of Eric Carlson
CHICAGO, Sept. 21, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inteliquent, Inc. (NASDAQ:IQNT), the nation’s premier voice and messaging interconnection partner for communications service providers of all types, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Eric Carlson as its interim Principal Financial Officer and interim Principal Accounting Officer effective on September 24, 2016. Inteliquent is currently identifying a candidate to serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer on a permanent basis. Mr. Carlson, 54, joined Inteliquent in May 2004 and has served as Controller since that time. In addition, Mr. Carlson previously served as the company’s interim Principal Financial Officer and interim Principal Accounting Officer from August 2013 to January 2014. Mr. Carlson holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Carlson is a certified public accountant and a member of AICPA and the Illinois CPA Society. “Eric has played an integral role in leading and strengthening our finance and accounting functions for more than a decade,” said Matt Carter, Inteliquent’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “He has previously served in this capacity as the Inteliquent’s interim Principal Financial Officer and we are supremely confident in his ability to maintain the positive momentum to transform our business into the next-generation space while we conduct our search.” On September 19, 2016, Inteliquent announced the resignation of Kurt J. Abkemeier as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. About InteliquentInteliquent is a premier interconnection partner for communication service providers of all types. As the nation’s highest quality provider of voice and messaging interconnection services, Inteliquent is used by nearly all national and regional wireless carriers, cable companies, and CLECs in the markets it serves, and its network carries approximately 19 billion minutes of traffic per month. With the recent launch of its Omni IQsm solution, Inteliquent is now also fully dedicated to supporting the growing market of next generation service providers. Please visit Inteliquent’s website at WWW.INTELIQUENT.COM and follow us on Twitter @Inteliquent. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains “forward-looking statements” that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “efforts,” “expects,” “estimates,” “projects,” “proposed,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: our ability to identify and successfully attract a highly qualified successor to our Chief Financial Officer and his or her future performance; the length of time required to complete an executive search; cooperation by key parties during the Chief Financial Officer transition process; and other important factors included in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2015, as such Risk Factors have been updated from time to time in subsequent reports. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.CONTACT: Analyst Contact:
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3 Steps to Future-Proof Your Nortel Investments
by Gary Audin
Do you want a vendor specific or vendor neutral Unified Communications solution? In today’s environment you want a software defined solution not based on a specific hardware platform. Therefore you need to find software that is interoperable with any platform. Wouldn’t it be great to move the same software and user experience to new hardware as you retire the old hardware or scale to a larger operation? The decision will affect the enterprise, VAR, MSP, and consultant.
Hardy Myers, CEO and President of AVST www.avst.com and Gary Audin discuss software only UC solutions in this EDUcast. Hardy speaks of the trend of software UC solutions and their flexibility to operate on many platforms. He discusses different delivery models for UC from telecom incumbents, IT incumbents, service providers and integrators, and pure play providers all of which may be part of the enterprise solution. Interoperability is therefore paramount.
What you will learn:
Emerging Influencers/Trends Impacting UC Decisions
Immediate Security and Compliance Concerns
for Nortel Customers
Enhance Your Nortel Environment with
Next-Generation UC Features
Future-Proof your Nortel Infrastructure
to Facilitate Evolution
UC solutions should include flexible and secure unified messaging, speech-based call processing, contextually aware personal assistant, powerful UC mobile clients, and advanced notification and information access solutions that integrate with the databases of your organization.
The broadest interoperability suite in the communications industry serves as the foundation of our best-of-breed UC solutions. By connecting new and existing communications technologies, AVST facilitates the migration of your enterprise to the Cloud, IP, and Microsoft Skype4B. AVST maintains relationships with virtually all of the major premise and cloud communications technology providers to ensure that your UC solutions and your business are always “future-proofed.”
See more at: http://www.avst.com/company/index.asp#sthash.fLk1vRf2.dpuf
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Windstream expands metro fiber network in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 21, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications, today announced a major expansion of its advanced metro fiber network in Minneapolis. Windstream’s expansion will provide the area’s growing business community with world-class fiber and fixed-wireless infrastructure that connects even more local data centers and commercial buildings with Windstream’s high-speed, highly available nationwide fiber network. “The investment that Windstream is making in the greater Minneapolis area is a direct reflection of how important the area’s business community is to our company,” said Chris Nein, regional president for Windstream. “This ambitious project will result in a new level of connectivity and network stability for all businesses in Minneapolis and will allow us to offer our customers an expanded product suite and higher levels of service. We have already started to connect some of our customers directly to the Windstream metro-Minneapolis network and are ready to grow this rapidly.” Windstream’s expansion of its local metro fiber network and the addition of fixed wireless service will connect the company’s national fiber network to major data center complexes and commercial buildings in the Minneapolis area. This expansion will connect companies directly to other major and mid-size markets across the country, and it also will enable business customers to utilize the enterprise-class data, voice, network and cloud services that Windstream customers in other major markets use as the foundation of their technology strategy. One company that will benefit directly from Windstream expansion is Berger Transfer & Storage, which is headquartered in St. Paul and has 17 service locations located across the country. Berger has been one of the most trusted names in transportation and storage logistics for more than 100 years, and today it has a fleet of more than 600 vehicles and moves more than 24,000 customers each year. “Having a reliable and cost-effective IT network is critical to serving our customers, and we applaud Windstream for investing in and expanding its fiber network in the Twin Cities,” said Kevin Johnson, CIO of Berger Transfer & Storage. “The improvements will give the network better reliability and reach, and will allow Windstream to offer additional services such as fixed wireless that will benefit all businesses in our area." The Windstream expansion increases both the footprint of the company’s network and the services that are available to local customers – including fixed wireless service, unified communications, managed services, network security, business continuity, network solutions and cloud services, all of which are provided with the support of a truly local team. Windstream is expanding local metro fiber networks across the country as part of an initiative that will support customers in the banking, financial services, legal services, education, healthcare, government, hospitality and retail industries, among others. In addition to Minneapolis, Windstream is expanding its metro fiber networks in a number of cities including Charlotte, Nashville, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia and Cleveland. For more information on Windstream and the company’s Minneapolis network expansion, please visit windstreambusiness.com. About WindstreamWindstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions for consumers, small businesses, enterprise organizations and carrier partners across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled services, including broadband, security solutions, voice and digital TV to consumers. The company also provides data, cloud solutions, unified communications and managed services to business and enterprise clients. The company supplies core transport solutions on a local and long-haul fiber-optic network spanning approximately 125,
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Vocera Integration with Prescriptive Analytics Reduces Patient Falls
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), the leading healthcare communications company, today announced that long-time customer MedStar Montgomery Medical Center has once again improved patient care with the launch of a fall prevention program. The innovative new initiative combines prescriptive analytics using the hospital’s clinical data with the Vocera Communication System, an intelligent software platform enabling real-time alerts and notifications, secure texting, hands-free communication, and integration with more than 75 clinical systems including electronic health records, nurse call and bed management solutions. The program is supported by analyticsMD’s prescriptive analytics solution. For more than 13 years, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center has been a Vocera customer, initially implementing the Vocera Communication System enterprise-wide to reduce noise levels. That objective was quickly met; and over the years, the hospital has leveraged Vocera technology in many other ways to improve patient experience and workflow efficiency. Equipping environmental services staff with wearable, voice-controlled communication devices helped improve room turnover rates, and integration between the bed tracking system and the Vocera solution significantly improved patient wait times and throughput in the emergency department. In 2012, the hospital integrated its nurse call solution with the Vocera system, connecting patients quickly to their caregivers and reducing staff response times. With a continuous focus on patient safety and satisfaction, MedStar implemented analyticsMD’s prescriptive analytics solution in 2016, gaining real-time, actionable insight into its patient population. The analyticsMD platform looks at both historical and transactional data to proactively notify MedStar team members about fall risks. Now MedStar has a real-time fall alert system that notifies care teams about high-risk patients. These alerts are sent directly to assigned nurses via their Vocera Communication Badge. Because the badges are wearable, staff members’ hands are free to quickly help patients at the bedside while also calling for co-workers’ assistance if needed. “We are noticing a downward trend in falls since implementing the prevention program using the Vocera technology in conjunction with analyticsMD prescriptive analytics,” said Christiane Brown, assistant vice president of information technology at MedStar. “It’s amazing how the right information combined with the right communication technology can have such as positive impact on patient care and safety.” In addition to safeguarding patients, an effective fall prevention program can improve operational efficiency. On average, a serious fall-related injury adds 6.3 days to a patient’s hospital stay and costs approximately $14,056, according The Joint Commission. “Real-time communication between care teams impacts multiple aspects of a health system’s operations and is essential in improving patient safety,” said Brent Lang, president and CEO of Vocera. “I’m impressed by the way MedStar Montgomery Medical Center has integrated its clinical data with the Vocera Communication Platform to improve staff responsiveness and reduce falls. This innovative approach is a great example of how human-centered technology can elevate the patient experience.” About MedStar Montgomery Medical Center MedStar Montgomery Medical Center is a 138-bed not-for-profit hospital serving the greater Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas. A proud member of MedStar Health, MedStar Montgomery is committed to delivering the latest in modern medicine and medical technology. About analyticsMDThe analyticsMD platform empowers frontline hospital managers to make data-driven operational decisions in real time. Machine learning and artificial intelligence uses a hospital’s data along with proprietary external signals empower staff and improve patient sa...
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The DSP Makes the Conference Call
by Gary Audin
Echo cancellation, gain control, mixing, gating – these are all functions that can make or break a conference call. You’ve all probably heard of the Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The job of a DSP in a conferencing system is to mitigate challenges like those listed above.
Randy Lee, Director of Marketing at Revolabs www.revolabs.com, and Gary Audin discuss the DSP and its functionality within conferencing technologies. Attend this short course to explore how the DSP mitigates and resolves sound problems encountered in conference rooms and the technologies deployed to provide a quality sound experience.
You’ll Learn:
What is a DSP?
Role of a DSP for audio conferences
DSP functionality
Problems solved by a DSP during collaboration meetings
DSP scaling for audio conference solutions
Revolabs www.revolabs.com delivers professional microphone systems and conference phones for telephony and unified communications. The company’s introduction of wireless microphones for conferencing revolutionized business communications by allowing unprecedented freedom in meetings. Revolabs’ ability to produce superior sound in large, complex spaces delivers a full portfolio of conferencing solutions that enable the most reliable and natural conversation in every meeting space. With a full range of choices — from installed to simple plug-and-play systems, wireless or wired solutions, and local or cloud-based management — Revolabs offers the most flexible and uniform set of solutions to accommodate the needs of the entire business.
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Windstream introduces Fixed Wireless service in Salt Lake City that gives local businesses more high-bandwidth telecom options
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications, has launched Fixed Wireless access in Salt Lake City, Utah. The introduction gives local businesses – including those in the region’s important financial services, real estate, tourism and high-tech industries – another option for secure, reliable and high-bandwidth telecommunications services. Windstream’s Fixed Wireless access services provide companies with Ethernet connectivity via a dedicated microwave wireless connection. Windstream is the first major provider to bring Fixed Wireless to Salt Lake City, and its solution is designed to meet the high-availability requirements of companies that rely on the cloud for their most important software applications. “Salt Lake City is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, as people drawn to the business climate and quality of life continue to ‘discover’ it,” said Chris Nein, regional president of sales for Windstream. “But that growth can challenge the infrastructure of a city, and many businesses struggle to access the network services they need. Our diverse voice and data solutions will give Salt Lake City businesses true high-bandwidth alternatives that both complement and replace existing fiber options in a reliable and secure manner.” Windstream’s Fixed Wireless access service provides Salt Lake City companies with: A highly reliable alternative to fiber- and copper-based services
A quickly-deployable supplement to those services, immediately bolstering access to the cloud and providing critical business continuity in the event of service interruptions from fiber- and copper-based servicesHigh reliability and uptime with 99.99 percent availability and SLAScalable bandwidths ranging from 1 Mbps to 1 GbpsNo shared single point of failure with fiber as a result of engineering that routes to alternative gateways over the airwaves
Rapid deployment to buildings of all types and in a variety of locations
Support for private line, MPLS with Quality of Service (QoS),Voice (SIP or TDM) and dedicated Internet
High security with the use of encryption that provides enterprise-class protection to data and communicationsSalt Lake City-area businesses in industries such as financial services, government, healthcare, professional services, engineering, retail, hospitality and manufacturing are among those that have the strongest need for reliable, secure, high-bandwidth services because of the types of applications they use, the way those applications rely on the cloud, and the regulatory requirements they face. Because of the landscape of fiber- and wire-based telecommunications infrastructure in Salt Lake City, these companies cannot always obtain the services they need. In many cases, these companies are also seeking more diversity in their telecommunications services, ensuring that operations do not come to a halt if there is an interruption to their main telecommunications service. Fixed Wireless access from Windstream solves both of those challenges.
For more information on Windstream’s Fixed Wireless services in Salt Lake City, please visit www.windstreambusiness.com or follow us on Twitter at @WindstreamBiz. About WindstreamWindstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions for consumers, small businesses, enterprise organizations and carrier partners across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled services, including broadband, security solutions, voice and digital TV to consumers. The company also provides data, cloud solutions, unified communications and managed services to business and enterprise clients. The company supplies core transport solutions on a local and long-haul fiber-optic network spanning approximately 125,000 miles. Additional information is available at www.windstream.com. Please visit our newsroom at news.windstream.
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West Provides 911 Services for Carriers
West Corporation provides diversified services including messaging, hosted telecommunications and call center for the enterprise. They also provide 911 services for carriers. In this podcast Jerry Wilke, Director of Customer Management at West talks about the Safety Services Division which sells support services to wireless and VoIP providers. Jerry explains how West helps carriers comply with the FCC rules for 911 including the 4th Report and Order Compliance. He also comments on VoLTE and voice over Wi-Fi deployments and how these relate to 911 location information. This podcast was recorded at the Competitive Carriers Association annual event in Seattle, WA.
Learn more at https://www.west.com/safety-services/
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If you are migrating to Skype for Business and to Office 365 – You need to hear about Prognosis from IR
Skip Chilcott, Global head of Product Marketing at IR, reviews the migration process and product features of Prognosis, to Don Witt of Telecom Reseller. It is all about the experience and IR’s goal is to assess the network need to make sure the requirements for the migration are met and provide for a smooth transition.
When moving to the cloud and Office 365, Prognosis will help you:
1. Plan, Deploy & Migrate
2. Operate, Troubleshoot & Optimize
3. Maximize Usage & Adoption
Microsoft Skype Operations Framework will help you:
• Plan
• Assess
• Deploy
• Operate
• Achieve a Success migration
IR is the corporate brand name of Integrated Research Limited (ASX:IRI), a leading global provider of proactive performance management software for critical IT infrastructure, payments and communications ecosystems.
More than 1,000 organizations in over 60 countries—including some of the world’s largest banks, airlines and telecommunications companies rely on IR Prognosis to provide business critical insights and ensure continuity-critical systems deliver high availability and performance for millions of their customers across the globe.
- See more at: http://www.ir.com/
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Ericsson Connects People, Places and Things
40% of the world's mobile traffic is on Ericsson's Radio Network. In this podcast Amy McCune, Vice President & General Manager for Ericsson's Regional Carriers Customer Unit talks about "the network society" connecting people, places and things. She also discusses Ericsson's analytic tools, inside of an operator's network, that help to optimize the network. Ericsson is a 140-year-old worldwide company that is primarily in the telecommunications infrastructure space. Notably, they invented the telegraph and Bluetooth technology. This podcast was recorded at the Competitive Carriers Association annual event in Seattle, WA.
Learn more at https://www.ericsson.com/networked-society
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The Competitive Carriers Association Advocates for Its Members
In this podcast Steven Berry, President & CEO of the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) explains how the CCA advocates for its members with the FCC and Capitol Hill. This includes addressing policies that will allow carriers to remain competitive and provide services to all markets. He highlights the importance of the Universal Service Fund and Mobility Fund in relation to wireless carrier service in rural areas. Steven also talks about Business Data Services (BDS), roaming relationships and the road to 5G. The CCA has an innovative Industry Development Program that allows members to work out issues, such as roaming coverage, with CCA staff and other carrier members. The Competitive Carriers Association holds events in the spring and fall every year.
Learn more at https://ccamobile.org/
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WebRTC is a maturing technology to Oracle – It was released 3 years ago and is stronger than ever helping providers and enterprise deploy WebRTC
The Oracle implementation of WebRTC as described by Chris King, Senior Director – CSP Product Marketing to Don Witt of The Channel Daily News from Telecom Reseller, will help carriers enable their networks for WebRTC and help enterprise establish WebRTC to WebRTC communications.
While countless numbers have deployed, Chris talks about several examples.
Chat by itself is no longer acceptable for customer engagement from the browser. Consumers are looking for:
• Video
• Shared Messaging
• Chat
• Texting
• Communicate in a rich manner with the companies they are doing business
They provide a roaming service to clients going outside the normal territory.
Chris goes on to describe his favorite project which is the SIP application server.
Oracle Communications WebRTC Session Controller
Security
• Choice of user authentication mechanism: web-based user authentication (OAuth) or traditional telco/enterprise authentication
• Efficiently handle encryption keys and network authentication
Easy interoperability
• Bridge WebRTC to existing networks—WebRTC to SIP/IMS signaling—and WebRTC media to existing VoIP system
• Network-based encryption, codec transcoding, and multivendor interoperability
• Provide automatic browser mediation, client authentication, and session and connection management with extensible JavaScript Client SDK
Assured reliability
• Automatically reestablish dropped WebRTC sessions, including dropped network signal, browser reset, network handover, or user-initiated swap of devices
• Distributed high-availability signaling and media architecture for carrier-grade scalability
• Highly scalable, software-based SRTP termination
https://search.oracle.com/search/?start=1&search_p_main_operator=all&q=communications
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COMTECH Supports Carriers with e911 Services
Telecommunications Systems (TCS) recently became a part of COMTECH Telecommunications and has provided carriers with e911 services for almost 20 years. In this podcast Megan Stapleton, Director of Product Management in the Safety and Security Technologies Division of COMTECH explains how they support the public safety needs of wireless carriers. Megan talks about the COMTECH VoIP Conditioning Center (VPC) which provides VoLTE, voice over Wi-Fi and indoor locations solutions. She also discusses how COMTECH works with their customers to ensure compliance with FCC 911 regulations. This podcast was recorded at the Competitive Carriers Association annual event in Seattle, WA.
Learn more at http://www.comtechtel.com/sst.cfm
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AudioCodes Management Pack 365 Helps Migration to Skype for Business Cloud PBX: Podcast
AudioCodes Skype for Business Podcast Series
With days to go before this week’s Ignite, AudioCodes introduced the AudioCodes User Management Pack 365 to support organizations migrating to Skype for Business Cloud PBX. AudioCodes User Management Pack 365 is an advanced software solution that enables consolidated, cost-effective user lifecycle and identity management across all Skype for Business deployments. In this brief product podcast, Eric Bauer of AudioCodes discusses how Management Pack 365 is a powerful choice for end users looking at migration to Skype for Business.
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InterDigital Demonstrates Integrated Fronthaul and Backhaul Over Millimeter Wave System
WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, will participate in a milestone demonstration for the H2020 5GPPP 5G-Crosshaul consortium by integrating its EdgeLink™ system into an integrated fronthaul and backhaul trial at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin today. 5G-Crosshaul is an international project with 21 members aimed at developing integrated fronthaul and backhaul system solutions to support flexibility and unified management for 5G network architectures. InterDigital’s EdgeLink is a wireless transport solution that provides mesh network connectivity over a 60GHz data link. The demonstration will validate the project’s technology innovations through showcasing a multiplex of backhaul and new fronthaul traffic carried over the same millimeter wave (mmW) link, and under the control of a Software Defined Networking (SDN) mesh controller for mmW small cells. InterDigital’s EdgeLink nodes have been installed within the 5G-testbed and will serve as the mmW link within the demonstration. “Various research and standardization forums leading the development of 5G, have aligned on the vision that fronthaul and backhaul will converge,” said Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital Europe. “This demonstration validates the industry-wide alignment and showcases how the technology presented is an important ingredient to enable a cost effective and scalable 5G network, by providing a wireless solution for the transport of fronthaul and backhaul data.” To learn more about the project, visit http://5g-crosshaul.eu/. About InterDigital® InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index. InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc. EdgeLink is a trademark of InterDigital, Inc. For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.CONTACT:
InterDigital Contact:
Patrick Van de Wille
Email: patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com
+1 (858) 210-4814
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Reporting API By Continuum Allows Integration With Any Third Party Vendor
European Commission supported study, carried out by InterDigital and others, finds that in 28 EU Member States total cost of 5G deployment could reach approximately €56 billion in 2020Study suggests that investment in 5G could achieve trickle-down effects totalling €141.8bn annually by 2025These effects are likely to create 2.4 million jobs across the EULONDON and WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Findings from a new study completed for the European Commission has identified a potential annual benefit to its member states of €113.1 billion annually as early as 2025 from deploying 5G, with trickle-down benefits from 5G investment totaling as much as €141 billion. The findings come from a major new study entitled “Identification and quantification of key socio-economic data to support strategic planning for the introduction of 5G in Europe,” prepared for the European Commission by InterDigital Europe, Real Wireless, Tech4i2 and CONNECT (Trinity College Dublin). The primary aim of the study was to forecast the benefits, impacts and technical requirements to assist strategic planning for the introduction of 5G across Europe. In addition to the economic benefits resulting from 5G deployment, it is also expected to create 2.3 million jobs in EU28 Member States. The study estimates that in EU28 Member States the total cost of 5G deployment will be approximately €56 billion by 2020. The report is the result of more than a year of research by team leads from InterDigital Europe and the study’s other contributors, punctuated by two group working sessions held in Brussels during 2016. Those group workshops brought together more than 80 experts from four main vertical industries: automotive, healthcare, transportation and energy. While 5G benefits and capabilities are extremely broad and varied, the study identified three main capabilities that will bring beneficial changes and development. These were: 50Mbps everywhere - Truly ubiquitous coverage is expected to help overcome the “digital divide” caused by poor broadband coverageScalable solutions for sensor networks - Support for large scale M2M/IoT networks is a priority for all verticals and environments, in particular, automotive, healthcare, transport and utilitiesUltra-tactile Internet - A step-change capability that has the potential to unlock futuristic applications and services including real-time sense-respond-actuation cycles that enable human-device and device-device interactions.The combined annual benefit of €113.1 billion by 2025 identified in the study comes from two main groupings, first order benefits across four vertical industries, totalling €62.5 billion, and second order benefits across four “environments”, totalling €50.6 billion. In further findings from the report, 63 percent of these total benefits will arise for business and 37 percent will be provided for both consumers and society. In vertical industries, the automotive, healthcare, transport and utilities sectors are expected to experience major benefit. From an economic perspective, strategic benefits of 5G are forecast as follows: Automotive €13.8 billionHealthcare: €1.1 billionTransport: €5.1 billionUtilities: €775 millionIn the four environments of Smart Cities, Non-Urban, Smart Homes and Workplace, the total economic, social and environmental benefits of 5G are forecast as follows: Smart City: €8.1 billionNon-Urban: €10.6 billionSmart Home: €1.3 billionWorkplace: €30.6 billionOn the findings, Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital Europe, stated: “Many people are excited about 5G technology, but the goal of this study was to investigate what 5G might actually mean for industries, including the mobile industry, as well as various other stakeholders. This study should provide a basis for regulators, other public authorities and various stakeholders to plan future policy in areas such as spectrum allocation planning and future market regulation.
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Aegex Technologies Launches New IoT Platform for Hazardous Industries
Atlanta, Ga., USA, Sept. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aegex Technologies LLC has launched the world’s first IoT Platform built specifically for regulated hazardous locations, where explosive atmospheres require Internet of Things equipment that is certified intrinsically safe, or incapable of causing an explosion. The new Aegex IoT Platform for Hazardous Locations includes Aegex’s universally certified intrinsically safe Windows 10 enterprise tablet, an array of intrinsically safe sensors, and other hardware and software components that, together, capture, transmit and analyze big data in oil & gas refineries, chemical manufacturing plants and other “meta-scale” industrial facilities to help improve operations for better safety and productivity. Aegex CEO Thomas P. Ventulett announced the new platform during a Sept. 28 reception at its world headquarters hosted by the Microsoft Innovation Center and the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 group at the FlatironCity building in Atlanta, Ga., USA. In attendance were hundreds of guests and attendees of the Microsoft Ignite global conference. The Aegex IoT Platform is the next major component in the company’s portfolio of Internet of Everything (IoE) solutions for hazardous and explosive industrial environments. Aegex’s flagship IoE product is the Aegex10 Intrinsically Safe Tablet, the world’s first Windows 10 tablet globally certified for hazardous locations where high concentrations of flammable gases, vapors or dusts are likely to occur in normal operation, such as in oil & gas, petrochemical, and other industries with explosive atmospheres. The Aegex IoT Platform for Hazardous Locations includes: the Aegex10 IS Tablet; industrial applications and APIs that make the tablet a powerful communications and data management tool; intrinsically safe sensors that detect gases, temperatures, wind speeds and other facility data; intrinsically safe wearables that monitor worker health and ability; and user interface and analytics systems that manage and interpret data captured by the Aegex devices.Aegex is testing this IoT Platform for Hazardous Locations in cooperation with Microsoft and other technology partners in a “smart city” at the Guardian Centers in Perry, Ga. “We have learned that to manage a meta-scale IoT platform, particularly one where hazardous or explosive materials are present, you have to consider multiple, constantly changing factors that make these expansive operations unique,” Ventulett said. “The only test facility that meets hazardous industries’ unique challenges is the world’s largest privately held “city” for training first responders, special forces and other teams for disaster planning and recovery: The Guardian Centers.” Aegex has installed at the Guardian Centers more than 80 IS sensors of 30+ different types that feed data to a central hub for processing and analysis. A Microsoft Power BI dashboard displays the test data to turn it into useable information, which is shared via the cloud with Microsoft Azure. Through this realistic testing process at the Guardian Centers, Aegex expects to perfect its IoT for Hazardous Locations and provide proof of concept for customers in the oil & gas, aerospace, chemical manufacturing, logistics, mining, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, public safety, utilities, and other global industries with hazardous location environments. Contact Aegex for more information. About Aegex Technologies, LLC Aegex Technologies provides intrinsically safe mobile and IoT solutions for hazardous locations in the oil and gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, public safety and utilities industries. Aegex’s unified mobile platform enables enterprises to customize our Windows 10 intrinsically safe 10.1-inch tablets with enterprise-class software and industry-specific applications to meet the mobility needs of all personnel in multiple zones of hazardous locations. Aegex’s world headquarters is in the Flatiron Build...
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Getting Voice in the Cloud
by Gary Audin
Skype4B does not do everything. There are gaps. Wouldn’t you want an appliance that is a turnkey solution for voice connections to the cloud? You need simplicity to accelerate implementation time and reduce risks.
Eric Bauer, VP Marketing & Business Development for AudioCodes www.audiocodes.com in North America and Gary Audin discuss the devices and tools AudioCodes has available for implementing voice in the cloud. Eric covers the Cloud Connector Edition http://www.audiocodes.com/solutions/microsoft/microsoft-cloud-connector-edition-cce turnkey solution. He goes on to present facts about the AudioCodes IP phones and conferencing devices.
AudioCodes’ CloudBond 365 is the next-generation solution in their One Voice for Skype for Business suite of products that integrates with Skype for Business deployments, supporting full capabilities and smooth migration of users from on premise Lync, Skype for Business Server or legacy PBX deployments to Microsoft’s Cloud PBX.
User Management Pack 365 www.audiocodes.com/products/user-management-pack-365 is the latest addition to the AudioCodes One Voice for Skype for Business portfolio, a unified solutions, products and services offering that is intended to simplify and accelerate voice-enablement of Skype for Business implementations.
AudioCodes User Management Pack 365 is an advanced software solution that enables consolidated, cost-effective user lifecycle and identity management across all Skype for Business deployments. The solution provides a powerful, yet simple web interface for centralized control of all common user management activities, including voice policy configuration and location (premises/cloud) determination. User Management Pack 365 enables system integrators, service providers, and IT professionals to build out an effective managed user environment.
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Konftel Ego offer personal communication and more in a conference phone
In July Konftel released a portable device, that Konftel says is, "perfect for Skype for Business conferences." Ego can run corded or on bluetooth, can deliver a conference call involving multiple people in a room or be used as a desktop device for calls and even for entertainment. In this podcast Torbjörn Karlsson walks us through Ego's ability to fit in both at the office and at home, and how it matches contemporary work needs in the many spaces people makes calls or need a speaker. Ego supports Skype for Business, Cisco Jabber, Avaya Communicator and other conferencing tools, supports HD calls via Bluetooth, offers simplified Bluetooth pairing and connection using NFC, Bluetooth A2DP for superior audio performance when playing music. Ego uses OmniSound® audio technology to improve on the quality of conference calls and it won an award for design.
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