US
: Ecrio Inc., the leading provider of Real Time Communications software
for Mobile Phones announced that Ecrio's Embedded Push-to-Talk over
Cellular (PoC) solution has been licensed by NTT DoCoMo to be deployed
on the new 902i series 3G FOMA(R) handsets, the most advanced handsets
ever deployed by NTT DoCoMo.
"We are delighted
to establish this relationship with Ecrio," said Koji Chiba,
Vice President, Managing Director of Customer Equipment Development
Department. "PoC is going to be a key component of our mobile
network and next generation mobile terminals. Ecrio has demonstrated
its vision and leadership by delivering a highly flexible and portable
PoC architecture that was easily integrated in our Symbian OS(TM)
and Linux FOMA(R) handsets."
"NTT DoCoMo
is the world's leading mobile operator and we are proud to have been
selected for our PoC solution," said Nagesh Challa, President,
and CEO of Ecrio. "Ecrio is committed to providing an open and
interoperable IMS Client Framework that is compliant to the OMA and
3GPP standards, for the rapid deployment of new services on advanced
networks. Our PoC solution built on this platform has been designed
to deliver this vision."
About Ecrio
Headquartered
in Cupertino, California, Ecrio is the leading vendor of real time
communication software for mobile phones. Ecrio provides interoperable
and standard compliant software to Mobile Phone Manufacturers and
Mobile Operators. Ecrio offers solutions for Instant Messaging and
Presence Services (IMPS), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Push to
Talk over Cellular (PoC). Ecrio's customers include Mobile Industry
leaders such as NTT DoCoMo, Lucent, NEC and Panasonic. www.ecrio.com