Atos, an international leader in digital services, teams up with service-layer innovator OpenCloud to extend the reach and strength of its innovative WiFi Calling solution. Atos’ WiFi Calling application which runs on OpenCloud’s Rhino service delivery platform to reduce complexity and speed up time-to-market, is designed to help Communication Service Providers (CSP) to enhance customer loyalty, boost indoor coverage, and offload traffic from 3G networks.
Building on their long-standing partnership, both companies are bringing the solution to market, with Atos acting as prime contractor and the provider of the end-to-end WiFi Calling solution strengthened with partnerships such as Lydrasoft for the mobile device client. WiFi Calling is tightly integrated in the operators’ network infrastructure and has the benefit - over VoIP applications - of providing enhanced quality and reliability.
According to Atos, Wifi is a cost-effective mean of offloading large amounts of mobile traffic from cellular radio access over to WiFi, reducing or delaying capital expenditure requirements in deploying 4G. The company added that WiFi calling can help operators to monetize new revenue generating models by providing customers with value added services related to advertising, location and analytics -delivered over WiFi.
Christopher Dulya, VP Telco Network Products at Atos
WiFi Calling is a disruptive technology that has the potential to become second nature for mobile users in the short term. We see evidence that many CSPs across Europe, Middle East,Africa and Asia are now strongly considering launching WiFi Calling and they require the fastest possible time-to-market to gain competitive advantage. Atos has the ambition, the market knowledge and the technology to make that a reality. OpenCloud’s Rhino platform allows our products to be developed quickly and flexibly, giving us all of the complex functionality required while maintaining Telco-grade performance and reliability.
Michael Aspinall VP Global Sales at OpenCloud
Connectivity is commodity. Value comes from how that connectivity is used: the communication services. Voice remains a central pillar for CSPs and finding new ways to add value to that service is critical. OpenCloud provides an open, virtualisable service-layer to enable such innovation across all generations of communication network. It’s great to see partners such as Atos leverage OpenCloud’s products to rapidly create and deploy advanced communication solutions. WiFi Calling is a solution that can deliver value and competitive advantage.
