News Release
For Immediate Release
Tel Aviv, 16thOctober 2018
Softil Joins TCCA To Continue Advancing Interoperability of Mission Critical Communications Solutions
Forum defining world class interoperability standards key in driving transition to MCC deployments and implementations over LTE and 5G
Mission critical communications (MCC) enablerSoftiltoday announces that it is joining The Critical Communications AssociationTCCAto assist in the development of open interoperable standardsfor next generation products in mission critical or business critical environments.
The announcement heraldsSoftil bringing its vast experience in leading industry standards bodies and its participation and organization of interoperability testing events to TCCA initiatives, and helping to drive transition to the MCC over LTE and 5G eras.
"Softil's decision to become a member of TCCA is welcomed. We look forward to the benefits that Softil's expertise can bring to the development of open, interoperable standards for critical broadband to enhance public safety," says Tony Gray, TCCA's Chief Executive.
"Any revolutionary technology such as MCC over LTE/5G combining a variety of products from various vendors can only advance through open standards, interoperability of market solutions and wholescale industry education,"adds Pierre Hagendorf, Softil's CEO. "This explainswhy Softil sees joining leading critical communications organisations such as TCCA as critical."
Technology standards a referred to as open standards mean they are openly published and available to all and provide a foundation for products from different companies to work with one another.
"The foundation of open standards can be summarized aspracticalityand enables developers to have access to best available, interoperable components from different vendors," stressesHagendorf. "Interoperability is not a destination, but a journey - every new release of a vendor's product and every update in applicable standards requires interoperability with all competing or complementary products to be established."
Interoperability is achieved through an extensive testing process and requires the cooperation of multiple companies and organizations.
Softil's rich pedigree in the development of global standards
Softil's history in the development of global industry standards dates back to 1995 when it was first known as RADVISION and contributed to the works of the ITU-T, IETF, 3GPP, ETSI and other standards bodies over the years. It was on the board of IMTC (International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium) for more than 20 years, and was President of the body for more than 11 years. As IMTC was the leading organization in interoperability of multimedia technologies, Softil also chaired multiple IMTC Activity Groups, such as H.323, Conferencing over IP, 3G-324M and IMS.
Softil also held Board positions in the SIP Forum, IMS Forum and UC Interoperability Forum and participated in the work of OMA, GSMA, oneM2M, GCF and many other organizations and has also participated in hundreds of interoperability testing events including IMTC SuperOp!, IMS Forum Plugfets, SIP Forum SIPit and SIMPLEitand ETSI Plugtests.
About TCCA
TCCA represents all standard mobile critical communications technologies and complementary applications. Our Members are drawn from end users, operators and industry across the globe. We believe in and promote the principle of open and competitive markets worldwide through the use of open standards and harmonised spectrum. We maintain and enhance the TETRA Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) standard, and drive the development of common global mobile standards for critical broadband. TCCA is a3GPP Market Representation Partnerand a member of the Mission Critical Open Platform (MCOP) project, and our Members actively contribute in 3GPP working groups. To find out more, please visitwww.tcca.info. Follow us@TCCAcritcomms
About Softil
Softil's is today'sde-factoIP communications leader and enabler for more than 800 corporations across the globe. Its technological achievements include the pioneering of Voice and Video over IP with a wide range of embedded technologies and testing solutions, combining our unique expertise in standards-based signalling, multimedia and IMS. Softil's award-winning suite of Protocol Stacks, including IMS, Diameter, SIP and H.323, as well as its state-of-the-art BEEHD client framework, provide the core technology behind the rich media applications and products of today's Enterprise, IMS/VoLTE, and Mission Critical communications industry, greatly simplifies their development, and ensures earliest time-to-market.For further information, visithttps://www.softil.com.
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