Cisco and iSkoot To Integrate VoIP To Wireline Networks

            Cisco and iSkoot has integrated VoIP features in the networks of several international mobile phone operators. This information is based on reports made by Mobile software from iSkoot that it has achieved carrier-class interoperability with with Cisco.

            According to iSkoot, "iSkoot's software has been integrated and successfully tested with the Cisco AS5000 Series Universal Gateway and the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch to carry out signalling and call-control operations interconnecting advanced IP networks to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The company's software lets users view their buddy lists, make and receive Internet calls, and enjoy instant messaging using nearly any mobile handset."

            It was Jacob Guedalia, iSkoot's chief operations officer that declared this at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

            This was his statement, "As a result of our successful interoperability testing, iSkoot's mobile solution is now commercially deployed by mobile operators around the globe."

            In a statement with regards to the integrated product, the Director of mobility marketing for Cisco, Jon Hindle, said, "As the Internet increasingly becomes the foundation for all mobile communications, the Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network architecture provides the scalability, openness, and reliability that service providers need to deploy innovative applications such as iSkoot and deliver new profitable services to their subscribers."

            Mobile operators in Austria, Australia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Sweden and the U.K have adopted the mobile-to-VoIP product. Presently, the iSkoot software is supported on……………………

            Skype has also emulated the use of iSkoot's mobile VoIP method. Their method operates on native platforms like the Symbian S60, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, UIQ, Nokia 60 Series, some Motorola RAZR models, and Palm. The other platforms it also supports are the J2ME and BREW platforms.