Telefonica O2 Selects Paradial RealTunnel for 3G Video Service Connectivity

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22nd January, 2007

Europe Czech Republic : Telefonica O2 and Paradial said heir cooperation on next generation video services. By offering 3G video services that includes the Paradial RealTunnel Firewall/NAT, Telefonica O2 offers one of the most advanced desktop to 3G based solutions in the market. Above shows configuration modes : Residential, Enterprise, Standard and 3G cellular.

Telefonica O2 launched O2 Web Video calling service to provide contract customers as well as customers of pre-paid services with the option to make video calls. Customers may do so even if they do not have a handset enabled for this service or reside in areas that are not currently covered by the UMTS network signal. O2 Web Video calling in the Czech Republic is built on Ericsson Web Video Phone, a web client that provides PC users connectivity with 3G callers.

"The RealTunnel(tm) Firewall/NAT & media tunnelling solution works perfectly with our network and the deployment was really easy", said Jir Pavel, Director of External Customers Services at Telefonica O2 Czech Republic. "By bundling RealTunnel(tm) with the web client, we provide our 3G callers end-to-end connectivity and call completion every time to the PC based clients, regardless of the state of the public Internet."

"Telefonica O2 demonstrates the need for advanced FW/NAT solutions also in the network operator segment," said Kevin Kliland, Product Director at Paradial. "This contract shows the demand for our innovative firewall/NAT technology as part of a total IP telephony offering, also in the Telco segment."

About RealTunnel Paradial

RealTunnel is probably the world's most comprehensive FW/NAT (Firewall / Network Address Translation) product and works with virtually any SIP clients and any FW/NAT device - including strict corporate firewalls - without requiring FW/NAT or network reconfiguration. RealTunnel consists of RealTunnel clients, RealTunnel Signalling Servers and RealTunnel Media Servers. Paradial also offers a RealSIP Conferencing Unit (MCU). RealTunnel supports most SIP clients and SIP servers. Integration points are proxy (SIP proxy for SIP) and SDK.

For PC users, the RealTunnel Client works as an ActiveX/DLL component for seamless integration with other IM clients, providing single install and single sign-on. Please go to www.paradial.com for more product information.