BEA Systems Teams with HP to Lead Industry Effort to Simplify Creation of IMS-based Services
Wednesday 28 March 2007Leading telecom and media companies champion new Java standard.
BEA Systems, Inc. announced that it is co-chairing a new Java Specification Request (JSR) with HP. The main objective of the proposed specification is to simplify the development process and reduce the effort required to build and deploy new telecommunications services. Ultimately, service providers will be able to accelerate service creation – and millions of subscribers will be able to enjoy exciting new multimedia services sooner rather than later.
The collaborative standards work is designed to provide the developer community with an API that standardizes access to external media server resources from services built on Java application servers. While this standards effort is being led by BEA and HP, it is supported by a number of key members of the telecommunications community including leading media server companies, application companies, network equipment providers and service providers. For a complete list of supporters, please visit http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=309 .
BEA and HP have a long-standing strategic alliance in the telecommunications industry, initially in the OSS/BSS arena and more recently in the area of service delivery platforms. In 2006, the companies completed interoperability testing between BEA WebLogic SIP Server and the HP OpenCall Media Platform and the HP OpenCall Home Subscriber Server (HSS) solution. The companies’ joint work in support of a standardized approach to accessing external media server resources marks yet another milestone in the alliance between BEA and HP.
There is need today for an explicit media control API for application servers that can take advantage of the new media server capabilities now available. The Media Server Control API can enable developers to write and deploy media applications and services without in-depth knowledge of multiple media control protocols or proprietary APIs. Moreover, the proposed specification is designed to help solve call control and media manipulation for embedded telephony systems.
"“We have enjoyed a close working relationship with the HP OpenCall team in developing unique application solutions for service providers,” said Mike McHugh, vice president and general manager, BEA WebLogic Communications Platform, BEA Systems. “The new JSR adds a standard API to write multimedia applications and services for both IP and converging networks, helping to further reinforce the portability and long-term viability of applications built with BEA and HP technology.”
"
"“This new standard reaffirms HP commitment to industry standards and interoperability,” said Steven Dietch, director, worldwide OpenCall marketing, HP. “This is also is an important step in enabling easier creation of compelling multimedia services in both legacy and IMS environments. HP is pleased to work with BEA to coordinate so many capable companies and ultimately help service providers realize the benefits of their network infrastructure investments and deliver an improved customer experience to their subscribers.
"
JSR 309 has received broad industry support from a host of leading telecommunications companies:
"“Atos Origin promotes standardization on JSR 309 as making much easier operability between systems of various providers and technologies,” said Etienne Paul, Solution Manager, Telecom Service Platform Domain of Atos Origin, an integrator and developer of service applications for most of the tier 1 operators in Europe. “The main benefits are cost-effectiveness, the decrease of development effort and quick time-to-market for new services.”
"
""Cantata applauds BEA Systems’ JSR 309 Media Server Control API initiative,” said Andrew Bezaitis, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Cantata. “Today’s announcement represents an important technological milestone that can significantly enhance the accessibility of advanced media processing functions, and fuel widespread creation of exciting, media-rich applications.”
"
"“Huawei’s services can be deployed on any of the media servers developed by our R&D staff,” said Xiaoguang Tang, Director IMS, Application and Software at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the largest IMS/NGN telecom solution provider in Asia. “We truly believe that a common media control API can help us provide flexible solutions to our customers.”
"
"“RadiSys is pleased to support BEA’s Media Server Control API JSR project because of the simplicity and standardization it can bring to the control of media servers/MRFPs for enhanced services,” said Grant Henderson, Vice President of Product Marketing at RadiSys. “The new API can allow application developers to make use of powerful media processing as easily as they send a SIP INVITE today. We believe that the combination of the BEA WebLogic SIP Server, RadiSys’ family of Convedia Media Servers and the new Media Server Control API will be a winning one.”
"
"“One of the challenges in creating multimedia services lies in controlling media servers effectively,” said Ilhan Bagoren, CTO at Telenity, a leading provider of next generation converged services platforms and applications for communications networks. “We are committed to standards for value-added services and our overarching goal is to achieve levels of abstraction and control over the entire range of media server capabilities.”
"
For more information about JSR 309, please visit www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=309 . For more information about BEA WebLogic SIP Server, and the BEA WebLogic Communications Platform, please visit http://www.bea.com/sip and http://www.bea.com/wlcom , respectively.