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May 19, 2015

Radisys, WIT Software Offer RCS, WebRTC Solution for Carriers


Radisys and WIT Software have announced a joint solution that lets carriers roll out WebRTC, VoLTE and Rich Communications Services (RCS) to customers.

The new system combines WIT’s RCS and WebRTC application server platform with Radisys’ MediaEngine Multimedia Resource Function (MRF) system. The MRF handles all of the video processing required to offer WebRTC at a large scale.

“WIT Software provides a comprehensive end-to-end RCS solution, but we needed robust and scalable media processing and transcoding capabilities that would allow mobile operators to extend and interwork their existing 3G service offerings to the web with VoLTE, RCS and WebRTC services,” said Luis Silva, CEO, WIT Software. “Radisys’ MediaEngine products allow us to offer our customers a complete, deployment-ready solution that enables interactive communications across legacy and next-generation endpoint technology.”

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For both companies, supporting WebRTC is not about “buzzword compliance,” but about allowing carriers to compete with over-the-top services. ABI Research predicts that there will be 4.7 billion devices capable of WebRTC communication by 2018.

That’s a very large potential audience, and if it’s easier for users to go with their carriers instead of OTT options, it could make them a lot of money. MarketsandMarkets also expects the RCS market to reach $5.75 billion by 2019.

“This important partnership with WIT Software extends our WebRTC and RCS ecosystem and helps create another end-to-end solution that mobile operators can seamlessly deploy today when they embrace our OneMRF strategy,”  Grant Henderson, vice president, of MediaEngine and corporate marketing for Radisys said. “Mobile operators need a real-time transcoding solution that can tear down interoperability barriers present between WebRTC, VoLTE and 3G endpoints, enabling advanced communication services to be delivered broadly and ubiquitously, irrespective of the endpoint/terminal. WIT Software is one of the most experienced companies in RCS, and the early traction and excitement we’ve seen in Asia for this integrated solution further validates this partnership.”




Edited by Dominick Sorrentino
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