Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Global IMS&SDP Deployments July 2008
Global IMS&SDP Deployments July 2008
Operator Announcements
Operator Infrastructure Service Planned Launch Date
Vendor
AIS Nokia Announced November 2005 2005
(Thailand)
Arcor AG&Co Italtel Sophisticated enterprise services via Class 4 Announced September 2006 2006
(Germany) SIP-trunking
ArmenTel Ericsson IP telephony and multimedia services to Announced February 2008 2008
(Armenia) consumers and business customers
AT&T (formerly Lucent IP-Based TV programming, VoD, High- Service deployment scheduled late 2006 or early 2005
SBC) Technologies Speed Internet access, etc. to 18M US 2007. Deal announced December 2005.
(U.S.) households
Residential VoIP services
Push-to-Video services
Presence
AT&T (formerly Alcatel-Lucent Video call 2007 2007
Cingular)
(U.S.)
Bahamas Convergin Fixed-mobile convergence and to advance Deal announced May 2006; deployments under 2006
Telecommun- BTC’s migration to an IMS architecture way
ications Co.
(Bahamas)
Belgacom Alcatel-Lucent, Integrated Telephony Services (ITS) is Announced May 2008 2008
(Belgium) Broadsoft targeting SMEs and multisite enterprises, e.g.
retailers with Hosted Unified
Communications service packages and
phones, including desktop clients that
increase productivity
BellSouth Lucent Advanced consumer IP services, including Multi-year deal announced in November 2005. 2005
(U.S.) Technologies VoIP
Bharti Airtel
(India)
Brasil Telecom Lucent Lucent's MiLife service platform Feb-06 2006
(Brazil)
Brasil Telecom Ericsson Announced January 2008 2008
(Brazil)
BT Alcatel/Lucent Fixed mobile convergence phone service Deal announced June 2006. Commercial 2006
(U.K.) Technologies deployment planned for early 2007
BT Ericsson BT Fusion (formerly Project Bluephone) Launched planned for Spring 2006; deal announced 2005
(U.K.) (for network) fixed/mobile converged phone service June 2005 with 400 early adopters. On Dec. 8,
2005, BT reiterated these plans and announced it
will offer customers a wide range of handsets
alongside the Motorola v560 and forthcoming
Razr. The company also said that in 2Q 2006, the
next generation of Fusion phones will be Wi-Fi
powered.
China Netcom's Ericsson IP-Centrex targeting enterprise customers Delivery has started and the network is expected to 2007
Beijing Branch be completed during April 2007
(Beijing Netcom)
China Unicom Bridgeport Mobile VoIP Technical trials under way. Deal announced 2005
(China) Networks* September 2005.
Chunghwa Alcatel-Lucent real-time video telephony and video Announced December 2006 2006
Telecom conferencing services between 3G mobile
(Taiwan) networks and fixed broadband networks
Cingular Wireless Lucent Advanced consumer IP services, including Multi-year deal announced in November 2005. 2005
(U.S.) Technologies VoIP Launch date not yet released.
Frontier
Communications
(USA)
Fujian Telecom
(China)
Globacom Alcatel-Lucent IMS-ready next-generation network solution. Announced May 2007 2007
(Nigeria) mobile broadband and converged services,
such as video call, video streaming and high-
speed mobile Internet access on 3G mobile
handsets, phone-to-phone and fixed-to-
mobile video telephony, video greeting kiosk
and video mail box
Global Crossing
(India/USA)
Global Telecom
(Philippines)
Hellas online Ericsson Integrating softswitch and IMS Announced January 2008 2008
(Greek ISP)
Hot Telecom Nortel Managed VoIP, IM, and presence Announced June 2006 and to be deployed by the 2006
end of 2006
Instituto Lucent IMS-ready solution, MPLS Contracted June 2006 2006
Costarricense de Juniper Networks'
Electricidad M320 routers,
(ICE) Acme Packet's Net-
Net Session Border
Controllers, Dorado
Software's RedCell
MPLS Manager
and VPN Service
Center, and
BayPackets' Agility
Platform
Jersey Telecom
(Jersey, Channel
Islands, UK)
JSC Nortel IMS-ready NGN Announced May 2007 2007
Kazakhtelecom
KPN Siemens Mobile convergence, including VoIP, video Announced December 2004. KPN network 2004
(Netherlands), E- conferencing and instant messaging agreement is five-year deal. A user trial or
Plus (Germany) deployment across the KPN enterprise only.
BASE (Belgium)
KPN Alcatel-Lucent VoD, Mobile Video Announced August 2006 2006
(Netherlands) Ericsson Ethernet Virtual Private Network (VPN)
services for business customers
PBX switcheds connected to IMS (Ericsson)
KTF
(South Korea)
Magyar Comverse and voice and video calls over IP, fixed-mobile Announced August 2006 2006
Telekom's T- Huawei convergence (FMC) services, presence-
Mobile and T- enabled applications, rich video, and
Com multimedia messaging services, personalized
(Hungary) content services, and converged billing
solutions.
Manx Telecom Lucent Multimedia services including Voice over Announced July 2006 2006
(Isle of Man. A Internet Protocol and data services
subsidiary of O2)
Mediatel Business trunking deployed over WiMax
(Morocco)
MegaFon
(Russia)
Mena Telecom End-to-end network, comprising 3.5GHz
(Kingdom of WiMax infrastructure, IMS core, customer
Bahrain) premises equipment (CPE), voice and data
applications, and operational and business
support systems. Provides broadband
connectivity and advanced voice and
nomadic broadband data services to both
business and residential customers
MiRS Tekelec Fixed-mobile convergence and hosted SIP Deployment under way. Deal announced December 2005
Communications 2005.
(Israel)
MMO2 Siemens Push-to-talk over Cellular (POC), multimedia EOY 2005 first launch in two-year program 2005
(U.K.) conferencing
Mobilkom
Austria
(austria)
Mobile Satellite
Ventures
(USA)
Netia Lucent IMS-based voice and data services to Frame agreement announced September 2005 2005
(Poland) business customers
Neuf Cegetel FMC voice service (TWIN巻): unlimited
(France) voice and access to media content (TV,
music, Neuf Giga) for a low price
NTT DoCoMo
(Japan)
NWT Lucent Coverged fixed mobile service Announced August 2006 2006
(HongKong)
ONEMAX Alcatel-Lucent Mobile handoffs on a commercial WiMAX Announced October 2007 2007
(Dominican
Republic)
Optimus Ericsson HSDPA, video Deal announced March 2006 2006
(Portugal)
O2 Lucent Voice services, DVD-quality streaming Service set to launch early 2006 2006
(Isle of Man) Technologies video, fast downloads of large files and VPN
access to corporate networks
PCCW
(Hong Kong)
Phone Systems Alcatel Transition from TDM to VoIP network Launched May 2006 2006
and Network
(France)
Rogers Ericsson HSDPA, Quadruple-play services Trial announced October 2005 to be completed by 2005
Communications March 2006. Commercial launch expected Fall
(Canada) 2006.
Saunalahti Nokia VoIP and rich multimedia to both mobile and Announced in June 2005. Launch date not yet set. 2005
(Finland) fixed telephony customers
Shandong Lucent Voice over IP (VoIP) services for large- and Announced July 2005. Launch date not yet 2005
Telecom medium-sized enterprises released.
(China)
SmarTone- Ericsson Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Announced April 2008 2008
Vodafone (MBMS)
(Hong Kong)
SoftBank Mobile Ericsson Circle Talk (push-to-talk) and HotStatus Announced December 2006 2006
(Japan) (presence, group list management).
Sonaecom
(Portugal)
Sprint Nextel Lucent EV-DO Announced in December 2004. Expanded Power 2004
(U.S.) Vision network in mid-November 2005
Sprint Nextel Not Announced A "quadruple play" of wireless, high-speed Announced Nov. 2, 2005. Sprint Nextel and the 2005
(U.S.) Joint data, voice and video. The venture adds cable consortium are each investing $100 million.
Venture with wireless to the cable operators' bundles. It Customers could receive cable TV programs on
Comcast, Cox will also integrate mobile/cable content their cell phones as early as this year.
Communications,T delivery. Services may include unified
ime Warner Cable messaging.
and Advance/
Newhouse
Communications
SureWest Alcatel-Lucent Caller ID, Call Waiting with ID, Find Announced April 2008 2008
(USA) Me/Follow Me, sequential ringing,
simultaneous ringing and Selective Call
Screening
911/E911
Swisscom Mobile Telcordia Converged mobile Migration of network under way 2005
(Switzerland)
Swisscom Ericsson converged fixed and mobile multimedia Delivery will start during 2007 and the frame 2006
(Switzerland) services agreement will last until 2013
TDC Erisccon IP telephony and IP Centrex to business users Announced June 2005 2005
(Denmark)
TELE Greenland Ericsson integrated fixed and mobile convergent Announced January 2008 2008
(Greenland) services
Telecom Italia Ericsson and Nokia Video sharing Mass market launch 2Q05 2005
Mobile
(Italy)
Telekomunikacja Ericsson multimedia telephony, presence, instant Planned to integrate IMS solution until the end of 2007
Polska messaging and IP centrex services, via either 2007
(Poland) fixed or mobile broadband access
Telefonica Ericsson IP telephony and IP Centrex Announced in April 2005. Deployment of IMS 2005
(Spain) Video Telephony on TV solution began in late spring 2005.
Telefonica Alcatel-Lucent Presence-based service Announced December 2007 2007
instant messaging, video mailbox, push-to-
talk and push-to-view, click-to-call, or
instant collaboration, both in fixed and
mobile communications
TELE Greenland Erisccon fixed and mobile convergent services Announced January 2008 2008
(Greenland)
Telemar Oi Nokia Converged wireless/wireline IMS Trial announced October 2005 2005
(Brazil) deployment
Telenor Nokia Fixed mobile convergence trial Partnership initiated late 2005; service trials to end 2005
(Norway) at the close of 2006.
Telenor Ericsson IMS-based IP Centrex Announced July 2007 2007
(Sweden)
Telia Sonera Ericsson, Nokia Instant messaging, photoshare, video sharing, Trial in spring 2005 2005
(Nordic Region) and Siemens gaming among different mobile operators
Telkomsel Nokia 3G services, such as video sharing. Based on Six-month trial under way now 2006
(Indonesia) standardized 3GPP and IETF technologies.
Enabled by IMS core network
GSM Association Ericsson, Lucent, Video sharing initiative led by TeliaSonera Announced February 2006 as a follow-on to
Interoperability LG, Motorola, European IMS trials announced by the group in
Initiative #2 Nokia, NEC, September 2005. Video trials set to continue
(Europe, Asia, Samsung, Siemens, through 2006. Not commercial.
U.S.) Sony-Ericsson
IMS Forum 25 founding Will offer consultancy and expertise to the None planned
(U.S.) member companies, industry on best practices and approaches for
mainly VoIP IMS rollouts, interconnectivity and
companies convergence
Rich The Rich Will offerMain features of Rich Plan is to have RCS devices in the shops in 2009
Communication Communication Communication Suite Phase 1
Suite Suite Initiative is an Rich Call: calls enhanced with media sharing
effort of a group of Enhanced phone book, contacts enhanced
operators, network with capabilities and rich presence,
and terminal Enhanced messaging, conversational
vendors to launch a messaging experience.consultancy and
set of interoperable expertise to the industry on best practices and
services based on approaches for IMS rollouts,
IMS interconnectivity and convergence
Operators: Orange,
Telecom Italia,
Telefonica,
TeliaSonera,
AT&T, NTT
DoCoMo, Telenor,
Telstra, SFR, SK
Telecom
Vendors: Nokia,
Nokia Siemens
Networks, Samsung
Sony-Ericsson,,
Ericsson, Alcatel-
Lucent, Motorola,
LG
Operator Announcements
Wireless Infrastructure Vendor Service Planned Launch Date
Operator
AT&T Microsoft's Connected Services Announced June 2005
Framework (CSF)
Bell Canada Microsoft's Connected Services Launched February 2005
(Canada) Framework (CSF)
BT Microsoft's Connected Services ‘plug and play’ facility for launching Launched February 2005
(UK) Framework (CSF) Internet-hosted software services to smaller
businesses in the U.K
Celcom Malaysia Microsoft's Connected Services E-mail, calendaring, IM to mobile device Announced March 2005
(Malaysia) Framework (CSF)
China Mobile Ericsson 2005
(China)
China Unicom Ericsson 2005
(China)
China Unicom Motorola messaging, location, browsing and push Announced March 2008
(Shanghai, China) services, etc
Chunghwa Ericsson
Telecom
(Taiwan)
EMT Ericsson
(Estonia)
France Telecom Microsoft's Connected Services Announced July 2005
(France) Framework (CSF)
Hutchison 3 Ericsson
(Sweden,
Denmark)
Hutchison Nokia Siemens Networks
(Indonesia) (Xiam, mobilecohesion, Openet)
Mobilkom Austria Ericsson
(Austria)
NetCom Ericsson
(Norway)
NTT DoCoMo NEC
(Japan)
mmO2 Same as NTT DoCoMo
Omnitel Ericsson
(Lithuamia)
Proximus Ericsson Mobile TV Announced November 2006
(Belgium)
SFR Ericsson(LHS) Billing solution
(France)
SiMobil Ericsson
(Slovenia)
SK Telecom HP Mobile E-services Server
(South Korea)
Sprint Wireless Presence, Cell Sector Location, Precision Announced May 2005
(USA) Location, SMS Alerts, Voice Alerts,
Presence Notifications, Location
Notifications
Swisscom Mobile IBM Announced February 2006
(Switzerland)
Tele2 Ericsson
(Sweden)
Tele2 Ericsson
(Norway)
Telefonica Ericsson
Moviles
(Mexico)
Telefonica HP
Moviles
(Spain)
Telenor Ericsson
(Sweden)
Telia Ericsson
(Denmark)
Telia Ericsson
(Sweden)
Telstra Ericsson Service Fusion: Interwoven fixed and mobile
(Australia) voice, data, video and other multimedia
content
Identity, Presence, Location, Storage,
Speech, Payments
TIM HP, BEA Messaging, LBS, Video call
(Italy)
Turkcell Telenity’s Canvas CSP Announced February 2007
(Turkey)
VIP Ericsson
(Croatia)
Vivo Ericsson Announced February 2007
(Brazil)
Vodacom Ericsson
(South Africa)
Vodafone Ericsson
Wind Ericsson
Telecommunicazi
oni
(Italy)
Yoigo Ericsson
(Spain)
Redknee IMS billing, rating, charging, and policy servers, Policy Decision Rules Server, Unified FarEasTone
application servers Rating & Charging System
Reef Point Systems IMS Border Gateways and Mobile Access IP Base Station Gateway, Wireless
Gateways for FMC and femtocell deployments. Gateway, IMS Release 7 BGF and IMS
Security gateway
Solinet Testing SOLINET Signaling Tester, SIP IMS Test
Suite
Sonus Networks VOIP solutions; billing IMS architecture products, SMARTT;
billing products under development –
alliance with NeuStar
Spirent Testing Spirent Protocol Tester, Test Center
Communications
Starent Networks Session controlers Session Control Manager, ST16
Intelligent Mobile Gateway
Stratus Session controllers, signaling gateways, service ENTICE Family of Open Packet Based
Technologies brokerage and mediation Network Solutions
Sylantro Systems Applications feature servers Synergy multiplay application feature Swisscom
server
Tatara Systems IMS SIP application servers (mobile and femtocell Tatara Convergence Server, Tatara
applications), AAA Subscriber Gateway
Tazz Networks Policy servers TAZZ Policy Control System
Tekelec IMS applications and session control TekCore Session Manager (SIP signaling Not disclosed
and session manager in IMS and/or NGN
core), TekSCIM Service Mediator
(service orchestration and mediation in
pre-IMS, IMS and hybrid networks),
TekPath Route Director (ENUM-based
subscriber database for routing IP
services), TekMedia (IMS messaging
gateway for routing messaging between
SS7 and SIP-based subscribers in IMS
network)
Tektronix IMS performance monitoring and testing Unified Assurance suite – covers IMS-
based applications such as Converged
voice (fixed mobile convergence), VOIP
(hosted VoIP, IP Centrex), Peer to peer
video services (mobile-to-mobile
multimedia services), and Presence
based applications (unified messaging,
push-to-talk), and covers enabling
technologies such as SIP, H.248/GCP,
BICC, HTTP, WAP, SMS & MMS; RTP,
RTCP, RTSP; DNS/ENUM, DHCP,
RADIUS & DIAMETER;
GPRS/UMTS/UTRAN access networks;
UMA access networks; Fixed Broadband
access networks