In the world of IMS, which is SIP-based, there is a confusion over client implementations. Some companies are emerging to deliver what they call “IMS clients”, which is really a strange idea, but it is easy to see why this has happened. These IMS clients are mostly a bunch of apps that will run natively […]

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Currently, the architecture of the two approaches is very different. With apps, all the processing logic is on the device. With browsers, especially WAP ones, only display logic is on the device - the business logic is on the server. Whilst it is tempting to think that a fast and reliable link between the client […]

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Over on the Oxford Uni. next generation mobile apps forum, the question posed by Russell Buckely is what would it take to get users to sign-up for location-based ads. Some commentators think that “cheap milk here” ads from the local Tesco Metro won’t ever make it. The future of loc. ads is special promos to […]

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In the world of “next generation” and “converged” networks, IMS is currently looking to become king. One of the aspects of IMS that gets talked up is the so-called “combinatorial services” idea. The concept here is a mix-and-match services built upon a variety of underlying services, such as a bit of push-to-talk, a bit of […]

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