Barcelona, Spain (2010 Mobile World Congress) and Santa Barbara, CA – February 15, 2010 — D2 Technologies, the market leader in embedded IP communications software platforms, today announced the next generation of its mCUE® product line, enabling OEMs and service providers to deliver the most advanced communications capabilities for Android[
]-based products. mCUE now offers feature upgrades including Skype™ interoperability, video call/chat, seamless call handover, cross-service conferencing and HD voice. mCUE has also been optimized to enable converged IP communications on new applications such as on digital TV, IPSTB, network media player and IP media frame/phone applications.
At the 2010 Mobile World Congress, being held February 15-18 in Barcelona, Spain, D2 is offering private demonstrations of mCUE’s new product features by staging “place shifting,” or seamless call handovers, between Android-based products. These products include an IPSTB/HD network media player based on the SMP8654AD processor by Sigma Designs, Inc., an IP media frame utilizing the NetLogic Microsystems’ Au1300® processor and the HTC Hero smartphone. Attendees interested in a demo of the upgraded mCUE for Android can contact D2 Technologies representatives at the show by sending email to sales@d2tech.com.
“Consumers are eager to use more devices than mobile handsets that offer the flexibility and feature richness of the Android platform,” said Doug Makishima, chief operating officer at D2 Technologies. “Through recent enhancements such as multi-radio, multi-network seamless voice call handover, mCUE offers OEMs and service providers a way to take advantage of cost economies and more quickly get new consumer electronics into the marketplace.”
Key mCUE product updates include:
- Skype interoperability
- Video call/chat capability
- HD voice via wideband CODECs
- Seamless call handover between various radio and networks, including cellular circuit voice, 3G cellular data (EDGE, HSPA, EVDO), 4G WiMAX, WiFi and more
- Place shifting – seamless call transfer from one device to another
- Cross-service conferencing – three way voice calls and IM chat bridging across disparate services
- Reference design implementation on new product device categories such as the IPSTB, HD network media player, IP media frame/phone and other connected home devices
D2’s mCUE solution, an innovative, patent-pending VoIP and IP communications client provides users with advanced presence-based and push-to-x control of circuit switched PSTN/cellular and VoIP calls, video chat/call, IM, presence, email, SMS, PBX, and other features typically only available on PC-based unified communications soft clients. Its revolutionary presence-based user interface, built on top of a multi-identity, multi-session, multi-protocol engine, enables flexible interoperability with multiple communications services such as enterprise IP PBXs and UC systems, and commercial IM and social networking services like GoogleTalk, Yahoo!, MSN, AIM and Skype. mCUE also provides multi-radio, multi-network seamless voice call handover to provide call cost and voice quality optimization.
About D2 Technologies
D2 is the recognized leader in converged IP communications for next generation devices. Manufacturers and service providers rely on D2 software to deliver carrier-grade IP connections across any network (WiFi, WiMAX, LTE, cellular, broadband, PSTN), service (voice, video, IM chat, SMS, presence/status, etc.) and system (IP PBX, UC, carrier, social network, etc.) for a broad range of fixed and mobile devices. From processing billions of VoIP minutes each month to adding enhanced IP communications for Android™, learn how D2 software is converging communications at www.D2Tech.com.
