SANA’A, Yemen-Motorola Inc. said it plans to supply and install its end-to-end push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) offering in partnership with a public sector telecommunications company in Yemen.
The Illinois-based manufacturer said the deal calls for it to provide infrastructure, servers and mobile devices for subscribers of Public Telecommunications Corp. The technology is designed to allow users to participate in walkie-talkie-type conversations, Motorola said, providing one-touch connections to groups or individual contacts.
Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
“The increasingly competitive Middle Eastern market requires telecom providers to offer services that will help differentiate them and attract new customers,” said Ali Amer, a regional director of sales for Motorola Networks. “This move toward bringing seamless solutions and technologies to new markets can help PTC achieve its long-term business objectives.”
Meanwhile, California-based developer Sonim Technologies Inc. unveiled what it claimed is the first commercially announced PoC server to be compliant with Open Mobile Alliance standards. The company launched Xtend, which it says complies with the OMA’s PoC and 3GPP IMS standards and is designed to allow carriers to deploy PoC as an independent application or within a 3GPP IMS environment.
“Operators in Europe, Asia, Russia and around the globe have consistently told us they want a standardized PTT solution they can make money with now,” said Bob Plaschke, chief executive officer of Sonim. “We listened, and built XPS to meet the needs of operators.”
