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Unified Communications Provides Lifeline to Doctors in Haiti
(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/02/10 --
Establishing communications for a
group of American doctors who have rushed to Haiti to aid victims of the
massive earthquake that shook this region recently, Business Mobility?
Systems, a new breed of Unified Communications service provider,
supported by solutions from Ingate®
Systems, has swiftly deployed a Unified Communications solution for these
medical professionals as a replacement for the country's destroyed
traditional telephony infrastructure.
Business Mobility? Systems is working directly with Dr. Troy Silvernale,
a surgeon, and his team from Advantage Health Physician Network, a
progressive network of doctors in Michigan. Dr. Silvernale and his
colleagues needed a stable communications system set up quickly for their
immediate deployment to Haiti. Business Mobility Systems, using Ingate
solutions, provided them with an end-to-end Unified Communications solution
to enable voice calls over IP (VoIP),
texting capability and Internet access.
Dr. Silvernale and his team are using Nokia E-71 smartphones equipped with
Business Mobility? Systems' bMC client, the Hosted Business Mobility?
1 Service. An Ingate SIParator? is
installed at the edge of the network to provide far-end Network Address
Translation (NAT) traversal, which makes it possible for the VoIP calls to
"go through" or be completed. The solution enables voice calls, as well as
texting and full Internet access.
"With this solution our doctors are able to reach anywhere in the world
quickly and easily, to get consults from colleagues, facilitate treatment,
order supplies 'on the fly' and also help victims report back to families,"
said Dr. Silvernale. "The solution from Business Mobility? Systems and
Ingate worked immediately. Within minutes of hitting the ground in Haiti
we were up and running with phones and Internet, calling worried families,
texting colleagues overseas for more medical supplies, getting consults.
Being able to set up so quickly literally saved lives."
The smartphones are also outfitted with a Scosche "SolBAT" solar-powered
recharger to allow functionality during power failures, and to give the
team greater mobility.
"In very short order we put together a complete solution that worked with
the only comunications network that was functioning, the GSM packet
network, to establish true voice communications over the Internet," said
Art Hale, Chief Technology Officer, Business Mobility? Systems. "Ingate
products are solid. They have the flexibility to get any job done, and
were exceptional at handling this kind of complicated, immediate project.
Ingate products just work. And they work really well."
"When Art called us with this urgent need, Ingate was proud to jump in with
both feet. Business Mobility? Systems has the knowledge and the
capability to pull this kind of end-to-end solution together quickly."
About Business Mobility? Systems
Business Mobility? Systems delivers fully integrated mobile Unified
Communications solutions for both service providers and enterprise
customers, including the FIRST truly hosted business mobility? solution
in the USA. The BMS products extend full PBX functionality including four
digit dialing, music on hold, and call transfer to the Smart Phones and
drive productivity by fully integrating UC applications (IM, Presence,
e-mail, voice, etc.) directly on the Smart Phone. The BMS solution will
also enable enterprises to fully leverage their existing IP-PBX
infrastructure as well as their WLAN networks to deliver more efficient
voice communication, while drastically reducing the cost of mobile
communication. The products deliver seamless roaming between Wi-Fi and
cellular networks, thus minimizing cellular and international roaming
charges, while maximizing the call quality, and providing for continuous
availability at the least possible cost. The BMS solution will work with
all major softswitch and IP-PBX vendors, as well as every major Smart Phone
platform including iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile. For
additional information, please contact BMS at
www.businessmobilitysystems.com, or at 1-888-205-1930.
About Ingate® Systems
Ingate® Systems develops firewall technology to enable global SIP-based
person-to-person communication such as IP telephony, presence, Instant
Messaging, video conferencing, IP-PBX connections and Unified
Communications. With a history based in security, Ingate offers
enterprises, service providers and carriers elegant solutions that make
trusted SIP communications possible beyond the LAN. Among the company's
award-winning products are the Ingate Firewall® and Enterprise Session
Border Controllers (E-SBCs) including the Ingate SIParator® and the
Intertex IX78 E-SBC for operator volume SIP trunking deployments. These
are widely used to connect service providers' SIP trunks to enterprise
IP-PBXs and Unified Communication solutions and to allow remote users
outside the LAN. Ingate products are used by retail companies, financial
institutions, industrial firms, government agencies and small-to-large
enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
A leading educator on SIP trunking, Ingate hosts the SIP Trunk Seminar
Series at the ITEXPO and the Ingate SIP Trunking Community at
http://sip-trunking.tmcnet.com. Both bring together industry visionaries
to generate awareness for the benefits of SIP, SIP trunks and Unified
Communications.
Ingate Systems AB is headquartered in Stockholm. Sweden. Its U.S.
headquarters is located in Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on
Ingate Systems, visit www.ingate.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Hillary Call
Public Relations Manager
Ingate Systems
(917) 414-9262
SIP and email: Email Contact
Karen Solliday
PR Manager
Business Mobility? Systems, Inc.
(323) 275-9900
Email Contact
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