Provider of software-based networking solutions Mavenir Systems today announced a new User Experience Center in Zagreb, Croatia. The center draws on the skill and creativity of a team of designers experienced with developing mobile services on common platforms like Android, Windows, iOS and BBOS to offer the insight needed to create compelling new IP services.
In particular, the center will deal in part with bringing to market advanced new offerings for VoWi-Fi, VoLTE and Rich Communication Services (RCS), all areas Mavenir is familiar with. However, the center's main focus will actually be WebRTC.
According to the company, the center will "focus on WebRTC as a potentially disruptive technology within the device ecosystem, which will affect how operators enable new services, removing the dependency on the 'app store' or device." Indeed, the fact that WebRTC will be given precedence over more operator-friendly services like RCS goes a long way to demonstrate WebRTC's level of disruptiveness.
However, it's not all that surprising considering the number of major players in the mobile industry and beyond — Google, Ericsson and the Mozilla Corporation, for example — that are backing the technology. Even beyond that, the potential of WebRTC is undeniable as it is capable of bringing real-time multimedia communications to any Web browser without the need for plug-ins or apps.
In fact, Mavenir itself has thrown its hat into the WebRTC ring beyond the new User Experience Center. The company's WebRTC Gateway enables the delivery of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) core network services to WebRTC clients by acting as a bridge between Web and mobile operator networks. In other words, the Gateway provides interworking between IMS and WebRTC, allowing mobile operators to extend their services beyond the Internet. This works both ways, too, meaning for example that RCS can be extended to any Web device, while Web applications can be enriched with operator network services.
Best of all, since the Gateway features simple HTTP REST-based APIs, developers are able to develop applications without needing to understand the intricacies of the telecom network.
Edited by
Rachel Ramsey
