GENBAND, a provider of IP infrastructure
and application solutions, announced enhancements to its S3 Intelligent Session
Border Control (SBC) product supporting enhanced Rich Communications Suite
(RCS-e) standards.
The S3 SBC Release 8.0 enables service
providers to securely interconnect and route RCS-e advanced communication
services over IP networks.
RCS-e is a joint strategic initiative led
by the GSM Association and supported by five leading European operators: France
Télécom, Telefónica, Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone.
It focuses on delivering a simplified
extension to voice and text and enabling mobile operators to effectively
compete with providers of Over the Top (OTT) services by allowing their
subscribers to send instant messages, video chat and exchange files in real
time.
RCS-e is an enhanced version of the Rich
Communications Suite (RCS) standards, which are interoperable specifications
based on the use of IP Multimedia Subsystem and VoLTE technology, architectural
frameworks for delivering IP multimedia services.
“With RCS-e support on the S3 Intelligent
SBC, GENBAND provides mobile carriers and IP eXchange (IPX) providers a secure,
reliable, and cost-effective solution for deploying advanced multimedia
services over IP,” said BG Kumar, president of Networking and Applications,
GENBAND.
The S3 SBC’s IPv4/IPv6 interworking
capabilities have also been enhanced for RCS-e services, enabling carriers to
securely deploy and interconnect RCS-e services over their existing IPv4
networks while gradually migrating to IPv6.
Release 8.0 also includes enhancements for
supporting advanced real-time session reporting, analytics, and dynamic routing
for RCS-e services in both IPv4 and IPv6 environments.
S3’s advanced dynamic routing capabilities
enable carriers to cost-effectively and reliably route RCS-e services around
the globe. Other key features of the S3 Intelligent SBC Release 8.0 include
improved signaling and multi-media interworking, more robust performance, and
extended security for IPX, SIP Trunking, and Unified Communication services.
“Interest in RCS-e has been growing
among carriers worldwide, which will require applications to be delivered
securely, reliably and with exceptional quality,” said Diane Myers, Infonetics
Research.
By Telecomlead.com Team
