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SAN JOSE, CA, Spring VON 2006 – March 16, 2006
Industry leaders announced today a joint effort to use,
evolve, and promote the standardization of Media Server Markup Language
(MSML), a powerful, extensible, open, and IPR-free language used to control
IP media servers. MSML is used along with the Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP) to provide comprehensive and standards-based control of IP media
servers when deployed in VoIP and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks.
Convedia, the leading supplier of IP media servers, uses MSML as a control
interface for their CMS-6000™ and CMS-1000™ Media Servers.
Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, has completed considerable
research with MSML and their multimedia servers built on Intel NetStructure®
Host Media Processing Software 3.0 for Windows* and 3.1 for Linux*. NMS
Communications, a leading provider of technologies and solutions for mobile
applications and infrastructure, is using MSML to control IVR and conferencing
functions in its Vision Media Server family, supporting TDM and VoIP networks.
They are among the technology providers driving MSML from an Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) Internet Draft to an IETF RFC standard,
as well as promoting the interface to other standards bodies.
“Over the past few years there has been considerable debate in the
industry with respect to defining and standardizing a protocol for controlling
media servers in VoIP and IMS networks,” said Brian Partridge, Senior
Analyst – Communications Network Infrastructure at the Yankee Group.
“MSML is gathering significant momentum with the backing of three
of the market’s leading media server vendors, and is very well positioned
to become the standard for SIP-controlled media servers in enterprise
and carrier networks.”
Based on eXtensible Markup Language (XML), MSML provides a common language
that can be implemented by all application and media server vendors enabling
simplified integration and broader solution interoperability. MSML enables
SIP application developers to control the voice, video, and multimedia
processing capabilities provided by IP media servers. Media servers enable
traditional enhanced services such as voicemail, voice conferencing, and
interactive voice response, as well as new services such as ringback tones,
online gaming, and video messaging to be delivered efficiently and cost-effectively
in an IP network.
The industry leaders’ support for MSML makes it the most widely
supported and deployed media server control language in the industry.
Server side implementations of MSML are available with Convedia CMS-6000™
and CMS-1000™ media servers, Intel Netstructure® Host Media
Processing 3.0 for Windows* and 3.1 for Linux*, and NMS’ Vision
Media Servers. In addition, there are over 30 client side implementations
of MSML in fixed and mobile softswitches and application servers. These
industry leaders are committed to the continued evolution and extension
of MSML in conjunction with other industry players and plan to champion
the protocol to full standards status.
Media servers are at the heart of IMS and service delivery in IP networks.
They can be used by in enterprise and carrier networks to drive capital
and operational cost out of a service delivery platform as well as providing
common, reusable infrastructure for a broad range of network-based value-added
services.
MSML is a derivative of two earlier IETF drafts
known as Media Sessions Markup Language and Media Objects Markup Language.
These two drafts were first introduced by Convedia in 2003 and were designed
to complement RFC 4240, Basic Network Media Services with SIP (previously
known as Netann) and VoiceXML. The consolidation of the Media Sessions
Markup Language and Media Objects Markup Language into the new MSML is
fully backward compatible and simplifies adoption, use, and evolution
of the control interface. The current version of the MSML draft can be
found at
www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-saleem-msml-00.txt
Convedia is the leading supplier of VoIP and IMS
media servers, which enable telecommunication service providers to reduce
service delivery costs and increase revenues through new approaches to
enhanced services. Since pioneering the IP media server market in early
2000, Convedia has deployed its multi-service media processing platforms
and technology with over 175 customers worldwide, including over 25 of
world’s top 50 carriers. Convedia’s award-winning family of
products includes the CMS-6000 Media Server, a carrier-class media server
capable of scaling to 18,000 ports per shelf, and the CMS-1000 Media Server,
a low-cost, entry-level media server. Convedia is a privately held company
headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with regional offices in Asia, the
United States, and Europe. For additional information about Convedia,
its products, or the role of media servers in Softswitch, Packet Cable,
or 2.5 and 3G/IMS wireless architectures, visit www.convedia.com.
Interprose PR for Convedia
Becky Obbema
+1-408-778-2024
becky_obbema@interprosepr.com
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