Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Ericsson to Deploy IMS-based Platform for Beijing Olympics

Ericsson has inked an agreement with Beijing Netcom, a branch of China Netcom, to provide the company with a Command Supporting System based on Ericsson’s IMS solution for the Beijing Olympic Games.

Under the agreement, Ericsson will be the sole supplier and systems integrator for an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) platform to enable personal multimedia communication.

China Netcom is the official fixed-telecom service partner for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Ericsson’s IMS solution enables the convergence of data, speech and network technology over an IP-based infrastructure. It supports fast and efficient management and coordination of value-added services, including voice, text, pictures and video, providing end users with a personalized, richer communications experience.

According to a statement released by the communications giant yesterday, deployment and systems integration is already underway and is set to be completed by March 2008. It will span the six Olympic Games cities in China.

This agreement is an extension of a contract signed between Ericsson and Beijing Netcom in April 2007 to build the first commercial IMS network in China.

“Ericsson is extremely proud to build on its longstanding relationship to provide Beijing Netcom with the first IMS-based multimedia service for the 2008 Olympic Games. This contract confirms that IMS has come of age, enabling volume deployment supporting multimedia capabilities within the fixed-network operator’s service,” said Mats H. Olsson, President of Ericsson Greater China.