Sun has launched an Open Service Delivery Platform (OSDP) Solutions Program designed to assist telecommunications service providers deliver consumer and enterprise services using technologies such as IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Voice Over IP (VoIP).

This program presents a framework of discrete technologies, products and services based on Sun products and technologies, like its carrier-grade SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS), in collaboration with other industry players. Among Sun's initial partners to build out this framework are Appium, Drutt, EDS, jNetx, Open Cloud and Terraplay.

Service delivery platform programs were introduced from Sun in 2003, to enable service providers to launch new, secured and innovative services quickly while maintaining control of their own networks. Today, Sun's OSDP Solutions Program has evolved to allow new services to be developed for existing networks, to coordinate services from third-party vendors and to integrate, package and deliver services to end-user customers. This latest program offers service provider customers the option to pick and choose components from the framework according to their unique needs.

"Leveraging Sun's rich tradition in the telecoms space and our heritage as a champion of open standards, we are able to offer customized solutions that empower service providers to build their next-generation delivery infrastructure and create the network of the future," said Darrell Jordan-Smith, vice president, Global Telecommunications, Sun.

To deliver diverse implementations appropriate to each service provider customer, Sun has created a multi-layer Open SDP architecture that is end-to-end JavaTM technology.

Key to the power and range of the Open SDP infrastructure is Sun's diverse product portfolio. For example, end-user services can be created or consumed using the Sun JavaTM Studio software, while the SunTM Content Delivery Server provides content management, digital-rights management, access control, customer management and personalization functions. Supporting the creation and execution of services while delivering specific carrier-grade functions, such as transaction security and persistence, can be obtained with the JavaTM 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2METM), JavaTM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EETM) and JAINTM specification for Service Logic Execution Environment (SLEE). The Sun JavaTM System Identity Manager is in charge of user provisioning and the exchange of identity data between applications.

Sun technology also underlies the integration of operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) to ensure that service providers properly manage their billing systems as new services are launched more rapidly.

"Differentiated telecommunications services are set to add sparkle to the daily lives of consumers and bring enhanced competitiveness, customer loyalty and longevity to service providers able to evolve their current service delivery infrastructure to take advantage of the opportunities ahead," Jordan-Smith added. "The Open SDP Solutions Program supports Sun's component-oriented approach to its Open SDP by creating an ecosystem of industry leaders and a clear, open standards-based framework within which collaboration can flourish. The end result is a highly flexible, customizable solution that helps service providers deliver exciting differentiated services faster, more efficiently and more cost-effectively."

Some of the first solutions created under the OSDP Solutions Program include:

• Appium, Drutt, Terraplay: This joint solution demonstrates the depth of converged mobile services available today. It allows users to purchase, download and play multi-player games and then voice conference with the other players. Leveraging the existing mobile network, this scenario combines three revenue streams: m-commerce, online gaming and phone conferencing into a seamless customer experience.

• jNETx: The jNetX solution demonstrates how Java technology-based services can be used in a convergent carrier-grade network environment to simplify IMS service delivery and deliver portability across 2G/3G mobile, IMS and PSTN networks.

• Open Cloud: Open Cloud's Fault Tolerant 3G IMS Application Server and SCIM Java solutions [...read more...]
  
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