STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 30, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- SIP Forum, (www.sipforum.org), the industry organization for the promotion and inter-working of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), announced today that it is using the Ubiquity (www.ubiquity.net) Speak Conference Director application for member conference calls.
The use of Speak by the forum is evidence of the commitment of the group to leverage the technology and applications available in the market to further the aims of the Forum -- to promote awareness and provide information about the benefits and capabilities that are enabled by SIP.
Jorgen Bjorkner, Chairman for the SIP Forum said, "The Forum organizes regular calls at the board and marketing group levels and these calls are now using SIP through the Speak application. This application provides us with both a useful facility and proof points that SIP based applications have real world application. Calls can be made from PSTN and Mobile current endpoints as well as from SIP endpoints, ensuring access for members who are traveling. The application provides us with easy on-line scheduling and conference call management facilities through web browsers. Presence and instant messaging using SIMPLE are also supported as further evidence of leveraging SIP within applications."
Chris Haddock, Board Member and Director European Marketing for Ubiquity confirmed, "Bringing together the worlds of voice and web conferencing, Ubiquity has designed and built the industry's first integrated conferencing system based on SIP technology. Speak Conference Director has provided a means for the forum to manage its regular calls as well as a showcase for the application of SIP. Ubiquity's pleased to be able to support the forum in this area."
ABOUT SIP FORUM
The SIP Forum is a non-profit association whose mission is to promote awareness and provide information about the benefits and capabilities that are enabled by SIP. The objective of the SIP Forum is to facilitate the integration of SIP with other areas of work on the Internet. The SIP Forum is the meeting place for developers of commercial SIP based services and Internet technology, such as IP phones, PC clients, SIP servers and IP telephony gateways. www.sipforum.org
ABOUT UBIQUITY SOFTWARE
Ubiquity Software Corporation develops and markets SIP-based communications software. Ubiquity's award-winning SIP Application Server (SIP A/S) is both a carrier-class deployment platform and a programmable, standards-based application-creation environment (ACE) that allows providers to develop and deploy converged communications services. Ubiquity's award-winning Speak Conference Director is a rich media conferencing application built using the SIP A/S and sold to service providers worldwide. Use of the SIP A/S is extended to service providers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) through open, standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs). Ubiquity has corporate offices in the US, UK and Canada.
For more information, visit www.ubiquity.net or email info@ubiquity.net