Thanks to Christoph Köpernick’s from www.ivvr.de blog, we are very please to reference his point of view about the video IVR / IVVR challenge today for telecom’s services evolution: from person-to-person to person-to-application 3G video telephony.

Interactive voice and video response (IVVR) is a mobile technology that enables interactive services based on a 3G video call. IVVR is using the 3G video call technology to deliver applications and services to 3G users. In contrast to person-to-person video telephony, an application server answers when a 3G user places a video call. The application server generates and transmits an audio and video stream that is shown on the handset of the caller.

Instead of a real person or scene, the application server can transmit any kind of audio and video—whether a pre-recorded “talking head”, movie trailer, a live feed from TV, or a video showing traffic information—or even the order process for electronic shopping. As 3G video calls are generally bidirectional, the user is automatically sending the handset’s build-in camera and microphone signals to the other party. This paves the ground for interactive applications based on gesture and speech recognition. Another, simpler way to realise interaction is by processing DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency) signals sent with the 3G-324M session when the caller uses the handset’s numpad to type.

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Madrid/Sevilla – Spain, April 27th, 2009 – I6NET provider of 3G/IP IVR / IVVR VoiceXML communications components and Orizom / VisualCentury an innovative company that provide advanced image recognition and multimedia products, have chosen to create together new value added mobile services.

The Feelterz software from Orizom / VisualCentury is a high performance Image Recognition engine that allows to find and link products with information in a matter of seconds. Using this software with an interactive video VoiceXML service allows to manage new possibilities of business. An example of a 3G videocall service powered by VXI* and Feelterz is a tourism monuments or places information phone number to provide text, voice or video information about different city’s places. You just make a simple videocall with your 3G mobile phone and this video self-service will recognize automatically the monument in front of you, accessing in few seconds to a text/voice/video interactive content during the call.

Iván Sixto, CEO of I6NET, says: “We are very please to work with Orizom with their Video & Image Recognition because our both technologies provide a very easy way to solve complex situations. Feelterz provide smart behavior to a 3G videocall service for tourism, marketing or any other endless business cases”.

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Thank you to all who attended the 2009 3G Connectivity conference!

Last Friday, was a  fantastic Spring’s day at Brussels to talk with experts about 3G video telephony and security. Over the course of the next few days, participants will receive PDF presentations of all the keynotes from speakers. Interoperability for 3G wireless network was shown in this conference, partners companies will make soon new announcements about it. Stay tuned at www.3gconnectivity.com  and our website / blog.

Thank you to Guy Romanus from iWatel for the organization as well  all our sponsors whose generous support made this event possible:

• iWatel International Wave and Telecommunications
• i6net Solutions and Tecnologies
• Seris Security
• ACIC, Intelligent Vision Systems
• Voxbone, The Inbound Operator

France – Spain, April 20th, 2009 – I6NET provider of 3G/IP IVR / IVVR VoiceXML communications components and 3G FACTORY™, the innovative french company that leads 3G video applications market, have successfully integrated their solution.

The VXI* VoiceXML browser gives the ability to rapidly develop and deploy innovative voice and video applications via IP, PSTN, and 3G-324M networks. VXI* is fully compliant with the W3C’s VoiceXML 2.0+ specification and is integrated with automatic speech recognition and text-to-speech software to enable advanced voice and video solutions, and real-time video calling applications.

The 3G FACTORY VISIODIOTEL™ service, which made it possible to launch interactive video services such as friendship sites, information portals, video blogs, image transmission sites, distance voting, tourist information services, etc. now comes complete with solutions for automatic payment, such as Credit Cards, SMS+, Scratch Card, etc.

After two successful years, “The VISIODIOTEL™ Service integrates new functionalities – which make convergence possible with the world of Mobile Internet and especially the Internet itself – with our solutions, putting THE VIDEO CALL at the heart of WEB 2 and mobile convergence, so we can bring our clients and web users solutions capable of generating immediate revenue,” comments Dante Tota, founder of 3G FACTORY™.

Iván Sixto, CEO of I6NET, says: “3G FACTORY™ is a company who understands very well business around videocall services and has a large experience providing innovative applications for 3G networks. Working with the 3G FACTORY™’‘s professional team provide to I6NET an high value added partner support for our IVVR platforms that increase our business development”

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Join us at 3G Connectivity conference, Videocalling & Security Services Evolution

3G Connectivity | Brussels (Belgium), April 24 2009

With the global rollout of high bandwidth 3G networks, and value added video telephony services rapidly taking centre stage, it will become critical to have a reliable video delivery platform in place to support the complex video transmission to enable processes across different types of networks (Wireless Mobile & IP). 

This event is an excellent opportunity to introduce the latest advance platforms and toolkit sharing technical complexities of mobile video. It offers you a leg-up to produce compelling and profitable applications enabling the deloyment of new video-based services.

Event objectives:

• Encourage innovation within the 3G communications
• Facilitate business between local and foreign businesses
• Help local companies to import and export visions, concepts, technologies…
• Present innovative visions, trends, forecasts from of 3G technology
• Facilitate and create agreements and partnerships
• Contribute to the education of a broader public

More information and register at: www.3gconnectivity.com

3G Videocalls from a mobile phone to a web enabled flash softphone using VXI* IVVR platform for Asterisk PBX

Everybody has dreamt to make videocalls as easy as possible without any specific software installation at both sides. From a standard 3G mobile phone’s videocall to a web enabled flash application opened inside an web browser. This is now possible, opening new communication opportunities for people and businesses. Some important elements of this configuration is the ability to manage the videocall between this two worlds, 3G telecom network and IP with Flash technology using VoiceXML interactivity as a bridge with Asterisk. All integrations are now available with newest VXI* 4.1rc IVVR solution.

Some examples:

• Web enabled video call centers agents
• Online videocall assistance for websites
• Online videocall services
• Videocall 3G mobile phone from any webpage having flash…

Now, possibilities are endless…

I6NET is please to announce that VXI* VoiceXML browser for Asterisk is interoperable with Zingaya MediaServer – Flashphone – DMZ. The softphone client from InnoSystems acts as a SIP sofphone complementary software for VXI*. The two interoperable products offer a dependable peer-to-peer and peer-to-anyone phone videocall solution to IP/3G service providers, helping them serve their customers better.

Boths products are now able to provide most advanced real time video services thru 3G/IP technology.  VXI* and Zingaya / Flaphone is today a very powerful combination that can be offered both as complete solution for video callcenter, video selfservices, … The “call via Web site” solution, with Flashphone is powered by InnoSystems’ Zingaya Media Server VoIP gateway and the Video 3G/IP Service by VXI* using the VoiceXML language to define any advanced voice or video XML applications. This solution allows low-cost Web/SIP/3G telephony convergence. All end-users need is a Web browser, a PC headset, the free Adobe Flash Player plug-in and sufficient bandwidth. The mutual support of VXI* and Flashphone creates an instant value-add for service providers that can deploy now a complete web base video call center service with video inbound/outbound 3G videocall. A software-based communication services and subscriber management solution, VXI* allows IP telephony services providers to deliver SIP/3G VoiceXML applications with the support of 3G-h324m videocall.

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Be ready for 3G-UMTS technology don’t represent is very special innovative situation today for countries. Past days, we was traveling to Mexico and i discover that 3G wireless network coverage is very good there in most small or big cities of the Yucatan’s region. Main local wireless operators as Movistar, Telcel and Telmex; even in the road all wireless antennas were 3G enabled! Videocall is possible it’s not a far dream… Here our driver Victor show us his own Nokia N95 3G mobile phone, ready for videocall… ready for Internet, ready for a lot of things but there is a lack of videocall services like in most other countries, Operators only provide very basic services and promote voice and data… no significant value added video services yet available. 

This is your opportunity here in Mexico and in most of the countries today, IVVR 3G network for videocalling are ready and consumers too, people already have 3G devices… it’s not a question of coverage, mobile phones or more network’s investments…

It’s really a question of lack of services and promotion!

3G Connectivity for 3G Video Services Evolution is delighted to invite you to attend this Conference on next April 24th 2009 in Brussels (Belgium)

This event is an excellent opportunity to introduce the latest advance platforms and toolkit sharing technical complexities of mobile video. It offers you a leg-up you need to produce compelling and profitable applications enabling the deployment of new video-based services. 3G Connectivity has been quick to adapt to the changing needs of the market and recognizes the demand for feature rich, engaging video applications which are enabled by highly scalable 3G networks. In addition, anyone can record content to the Video Portal for applications from any 3G mobile phone. Furthermore, 3G content can be live-streamed to the Internet.

Our keynote  will be presented by  Ivan Sixto, CEO & Business Dev. Manager at I6NET.

More information at: www.3gconnectivity.com