CANNES, France-Fastmobile Inc., IBM Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Motorola Inc. were among the companies making announcements on the push-to-talk front, further evidence that players across the globe are gearing up to offer the service.
First, Fastmobile announced a deal with Samsung to ensure its Fastchat Instant Communication technology will work in Samsung mobile phones. The two companies also announced plans to jointly develop and market the technology.
Separately, Fastmobile announced a new partnership with technology giant IBM Corp. to promote its technology to wireless carriers. Fastmobile said the deal will allow it to offer its PTT technology on an application service provider basis or installed as a core feature in an operator’s network.
In other PTT news, Siemens showcased its new push-to-talk application dubbed Picture Chat, which the company said allows users to exchange photos and videos anonymously and then switch to the push-to-talk mode to talk to each other directly.
Finally, Motorola said it will license out its Push-To-Talk over Cellular technology to handset makers and software developers.
“As a company with decades of experience in push-to-talk systems and devices, we enthusiastically support all efforts-through our active engagement in standards development and making our PoC client available,” said Murali Aravamudan, vice president and general manager of the Winphoria Division of Motorola’s GTSS. “We support the harmonization of PoC specifications among all vendors, and have designed our network solutions to be compatible with the standards as they evolve.”
