Today Devicescape announced its Devicescape Easy Wi-Fi for Handsets solution will enable Fujitsu to provide enterprise-level security and roaming access using the Fujitsu F1100 Smartphone.
Devicescape software maintains a WiFi connection on different access points automatically. The Fujitsu F1100 is distributed by NTT DoCoMo, a leading Japanese telecom operator, and is aimed at enterprise markets.
The F1100 Smartphone does double duty. It can function as both a conventional mobile phone via a WCDMA network, and as a VoIP handset using 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi networks.
It includes the Devicescape Agent with Cisco Compatibility eXtensions (CCX) and offers simple and secure Wi-Fi access to Cisco-based enterprise Wi-Fi networks. It enables the F1100 to seamlessly switch to VoIP calls within a company firewall without disruption to the user of the phone, making it easy for users to roam inside and outside of an enterprise without interrupting service.
Easy Wi-Fi is also available for iPhone and iPod touch at Apple’s iPhone App Store. It will automatically connect to different access points. Devicescape and T-Mobile, have also integrated the software to enable easier access at T-Mobile HotSpots.
In other news, MeshDynamics’ new Persistent Baseline Voice (PBV) technology allows the company’s MD4000 Third Generation wireless mesh nodes to function as a back-up Voice-over-IP (VoIP) server for mobile and highly survivable applications. It incorporates a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Proxy Agent to efficiently route SIP user agent and call set-up requests from WiFi-connected handheld VoIP devices across the wireless network to any SIP Registrar.
Individual VoIP phones typically register with the central server, explains MeshDynamics. As call requests are received, each wireless mesh node is also automatically maintaining a list of voice devices, along with their location and address, in a Back-up SIP Registrar. The SIP information gleaned by each individual wireless mesh node is also shared with all other nodes in the network automatically to create a complete back-up SIP Registrar in every node. Voice traffic is automatically routed via the most efficient path through the network.
