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Sonim Technologies has announced commercial availability of the first fully redundant implementation of its OMA PoC 1.0, meeting the IMS-compliant standard for PTT interoperability. The Sonim PoC Server implementation has been accomplished through partnerships with a number of companies, including Adventnet, GoAhead Software and Solid Information Technology.

Sonim and its partners have been collaborating for several years on the design and production of a high-performance platform to deliver carrier-grade OMA PoC services at a low cost point, for both small and large-scale deployments. The new combined solution offers the performance and reporting capabilities expected by Tier 1 mobile operators, but also enables small-scale initial deployments through innovative PC clustering technologies.

The contribution from Adventnet enables a turnkey element and network management system to complement the Sonim platform with provisioning and reporting capabilities required by network operators. GoAhead adds standards-based, high availability middleware to the solution, facilitating real-time system failover and enabling five-nines availability or greater. Solid Information Technology has contributed its high-speed, always-on and affordable database, enabling Sonim customers to benefit from its high quality of services.

“Sonim has built a world class IMS-based OMA PoC solution that leverages Adventnet's unique approach to network and element management,” said Ian Wenig, director of business development at Adventnet. “Sonim is a great example of an Adventnet customer that has been able to significantly reduce development cost and time to market by leveraging our industry-leading OEM software solutions for system management and performance.”

“We have been very pleased to enable Sonim to ensure fault tolerance of its OMA PoC platform,” said Jim Ewel, CEO at GoAhead. “We believe the OMA PoC standard will be one of the first major IMS applications deployed by mobile operators. By leveraging GoAhead, Sonim can ensure deployments rapidly scale while maintaining carrier-grade system availability.”

“Sonim’s rigorous needs of nearly zero latency and always-on performance were an ideal match with Solid's industry leading database speed and 99.9999 percent availability,” said Paola Lubet, vice president, marketing and business development at Solid. “Solid is proud of its role in helping Sonim create a leading solution for customers of this fast emerging market.”

“By aligning with these three best-in-class companies, Sonim has successfully become first to market with a low cost, high-reliability OMA PoC application platform,” said Bob Plaschke, CEO of Sonim. “As we enhance our core solution with Push-to-Voicemail and Push-to-Video functionality, our platform partners will continue to play an important role in ensuring both cost and time-to-market advantages.”

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Laura Stotler writes about IP Communications and related topics for TMCnet. She has covered VoIP and related technologies for seven years, contributing to Internet Telephony magazine and TMCnet, and as a freelance writer. To see more articles, please visit: Laura Stotler’s columnist page.