Telsis Enables Conferencing

FAREHAM, U.K. -- T-Mobile's newly-launched Group Call service turns voice conferencing - previously considered mainly a business tool - into a mass-market service. In contrast to established voice conferencing systems which require registration with an operator, Group Call conferences are entirely automated and can be held on the spur of the moment. There are no complicated access codes and every conference participant pays through their own normal bill. One of a range of advanced conferencing solutions developed by Telsis, the technology behind Group Call is delivered as a stand-alone package of hardware and software. Branded 'LinkCall' by Telsis, the system supports up to 640 simultaneous chat rooms or conferences, each with a capacity of 10 callers. Participants can join and leave a conference in any order. LinkCall runs on three products from the Telsis Ocean family of carrier-grade infrastructure platforms. Ocean fastIP intelligent peripherals incorporate powerful digital processing algorithms to support high-quality audio conferencing. The Ocean fastSSP programmable switch, with its on-board interactive functions, provides start-at-the-beginning audio greetings and DTMF detection on every port, while the Ocean fastSCP service control point allocates callers to an appropriate fastIP. Welcoming the launch of Group Call, product manager John Cowan at T-Mobile, said: "This service will help our customers to achieve true mobility, enabling them to hold meetings over the phone, as well as to organise their lives outside work. In line with our brand promise of 'Get more value, Get more features and Get more service', Group Call is a genuine time saver for people with busy, mobile lifestyles and, like all T-Mobile products, is affordable and simple to use." T-Mobile Telsis Ltd.