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3 Mar 2006 at 05:41 GMT Timo Poropudas

Nokia and Telenor R&D are jointly trialing services for fixed and mobile environments using Fixed-Mobile Convergence technologies.

The results of the research and development collaboration include the ability to deliver IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services over Nokia’s D500 DSLAM multiservice broadband platform; VoIP calls between mobile and fixed SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) clients; and establishing test capabilities for gaming and video sharing on a converged platform.

The joint project began in 2005, seeking to assess how different IP services can be delivered over multiple access technologies like WLAN/DSL, GSM and WCDMA to a multiradio device such as the Nokia E60.

The Fixed-Mobile Convergence architecture is based on SIP technology and the Nokia IMS solution. With converged IP services, users will be able to integrate voice, video, text, content sharing and presence in a single communications session, regardless of the access network; for example, VoIP could be used over both a fixed network and WLAN (Wireless LAN) using IMS. The joint project will continue until end of 2006.

“The shift towards IP convergence over the next few years is clear to Telenor. Introducing an IMS-based architecture is central to this development,” says Hans-Christian Haugli, CEO Telenor R&D. “Taking a proactive role in the development positions us well to offer IP-based multimedia services to our customers.”

As defined by 3GPP standard, IMS will form the heart of the converged network of the future, and will provide authentication, roaming and network interconnectivity for IP-enabled terminals. The use of IP in core networks makes possible new service concepts and convergence between fixed and mobile networks.

Nokia ssays that it is the front runner in IMS for fixed and mobile networks, with over 70 references for IMS solutions, such as Push to talk over Cellular and video sharing. Nokia has also taken the lead in fixed mobile convergence, with 11 network customers.