The market for Wi-Fi fixed mobile convergence (FMC) is
heating up with the launch of a new product offering from
DiVitas Networks.
DiVitas has launched a mobile software client and office
connectivity box which allows mobile users to get access to their
office applications and comms using any public Wi-Fi hotspot.
Avaya and Nokia launched their own Wi-Fi mobile phone
offering in a blaze of publicity at the recently held
3GSM Congress in Barcelona, but that offering -
which is still in beta - only works with enterprise campus wireless
access points and not public ones.
DiVitas showed off its product offering at this week’s
NetEvents
networking and telecoms symposium in Evian.
The company’s product means a user travelling in their own
country or abroad simply has to click the client icon on their
device to get access to their desk phone or office applications via
a public Wi-Fi hotspot.
Like the Avaya/Nokia offering, the user can also get access over
a mobile phone network.
Both products allow users to make calls over an internet
connection and route them via their desk phone to slash call costs.
The FMC offering also allow users to take advantage of desk phone
call features on their mobile device - including group calling and
unified messaging.
DiVitas said it had now trained up its first resellers to sell
the product. The cost for a minimum of 10 user licences is $500
(£265) for each user a year in the US - pricing for other countries
has yet to be confirmed.
The box that enables the connection to the desk phone is
installed free, said DiVitas.
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