Fixed Mobile Convergence

Media5 Corporation, developer of advanced MMoIP technologies and services, has announced that Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC) Unified Communications magazine has recognized its MC Client with a 2008 Product of the Year Award.

MC Client, a product built in conjunction with Comdasys (News - Alert), acts as a Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) application running on mobile handset for use in GSM, GSM/GPRS and GSM/GPRS/WLAN FMC networks.

It works together with MC Solution and the Comdasys MC Controller offering all of the benefits and cost savings of Mobile Unified Communication Services. It allows users to access their corporate IP-PBX (News - Alert) or their service provider’s Softswitch telephony features in both Cellular and WLAN mode.

Moreover, it is compatible with all Symbian based mobile handsets from Nokia, LG and Samsung (News - Alert) as well as RIM’s Blackberry. It includes various built-in and configurable security options and allows users to define a whole range of GUI elements. It even provides interoperability with a large number of manufacturers products and enables a broad set of developers to create value-added applications.

“We are honored to receive this prestigious award,” said Samuel Guénette, general manager of Media5’s M5T Division. “We view the MC Client as a natural extension of our core SIP-based components and this enables us to provide an application that is highly interoperable, flexible, reliable and secure.”

Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Unified Communications magazine, said that, Media5 Corporation (News - Alert), through its M5T brand, has proven that they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace.

He said that Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2008 Product of the Year Award to their MC Client and he looks forward to more innovative solutions from Media5 Corporation in the future.

The Media5 portfolio includes leading technologies of Mediatrix Telecom (News - Alert) and M5T to develop advanced, secure, and survivable MMoIP (Multi-Media over Internet Protocol) products, technologies and services for service providers and enterprise networks.

The company’s products and solutions are widely interoperable and have received commercial endorsement from some of the world’s leading manufacturers of telecommunication equipment as well as from large carriers and service providers.