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MaCS consortium interconnects Next Generation Networks
The MaCS consortium demonstrates for the first time a pan-European multimedia
call based on interconnected Next Generation Network Platforms. This call is a
significant industry milestone in the maturity of the NGN and IMS technology for
fixed networks.
The consortium works intensively on the so-called "Next Generation Networks"
(NGN), using the standardized IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture as defined
by 3GPP for mobile networks and being adapted by ETSI TISPAN to also cover fixed
networks. This provides the launching pad for the MaCS project team to specify
and develop the next generation fixed telephony service that will be multimedia
(voice, image and/or text) and enriched with innovative services such as videotelephony,
personal environment, presence-information, reachability-settings, and address-book
functions, with a consequently high quality, simplicity and unmatched user experience.
In the next step of the MaCS project, the development of the already interconnected
NGN platforms will be continued with the emphasis on the end-to-end integration
and interoperability testing of the developed service.
The cooperation between the involved companies takes place in the framework of
CELTIC MaCS Project. CELTIC is a 5 years European EUREKA research program, which
on a private basis initiates and runs research projects in the field of telecommunications.
MaCS involved partners
France Télécom R&D, France/ Nokia, Finland & France
Deutsche Telekom, Germany/ IPtel, Germany
Telefónica I+D, Spain/ Ericsson Spain
Philips, France/ Sagem, France
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
About MaCS project
The goal of the Multimedia Communication Service (MaCS) project is to specify,
develop and test the new generation of broadband telephony services for the residential
market. By integrating different IMS platforms (France Telecom & Nokia in
France, Deutsche Telekom & IPtel in Germany, Telefónica & Ericsson in
Spain), terminals (both PC-based Operator soft phones and multimedia terminals
from Sagem & Philips) and services enablers (Network Address Book server,
Presence server, .), MaCS intends to assess the maturity of both the IMS technology
and the European Industry to answer the real needs of residential customers asking
for more simplicity and closer emotional interactivity in their interpersonal
communications.
Glossary
MaCS: Multimedia Communication Services Project
CELTIC: Cooperation for a sustained European Leadership in Telecommunications.
(http://www.celtic-initiative.org)
EUREKA : Pan-European Network for market oriented Industry research and development
(http://www.eureka.be)
ETSI: European Telecommunications Standards Institute (http://www.etsi.org)
IMS: IMS is a promising technology developed by ETSI both for mobile and fixed
IP networks. IMS provides multi-access multi-service platforms enabling telecom
operators to develop true convergent services, to integrate multimedia services
with fixed and mobile telephony, to regain control on IP service usage, as well
as to improve opex and capex with common components for fixed and mobile.
3GPP: 3rd Generation Partnership Project is a collaboration agreement to produce
Technical Specifications and Reports for 3rd Generation Mobile Systems. (http://www.3gpp.org)
TISPAN : The Telecoms & Internet converged Services & Protocols for Advanced
Networks committee is the ETSI core competence center for fixed networks and migration
from current to future networks (http://portal.etsi.org/tispan)
Multimedia Communication Service (MaCS)
CELTIC Initiative Projects
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