Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC)
Pario’s Hosted Mobile Services enable cellular operators to introduce new Value-Added Services such as Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC). With a minimal capital investment, mobile operators can accelerate their ability to offer this exciting new service, enhance their voice services, differentiate their services from their competition, increase subscribers and their Average Revenue Per User.
Push-to-Talk is a “walkie-talkie” type service that allows users to communicate over cellular networks by simply pushing a button on their mobile phone in order to connect privately (one-to-one), or to a group. It’s an “always on” service, yet spectrum efficient, using network resources only during call bursts. Operators that select Presence, a management availability control tool, can offer their subscribers the ability to check the availability of others prior to making a call. Presence provides features such as “Do not disturb” and “Silent/Vibrate”.
The demand for Push-to-Talk services has grown in the consumer market due to its appeal to teenagers, college students and young adults who enjoy the ability to have spontaneous communication. Additionally, service industries are adopting cost-effective PoC services to enhance communication between employees and increase productivity. Push-to-talk connections allow instant, secure access to communications, making the service extremely attractive to companies in manufacturing, transportation, and utility industries.
Pario’s Technical Advantages
Pario’s hosted solution is based on Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) standards, giving cellular operators the opportunity to introduce interoperable PoC services that span internationally across devices, networks and geographies. This architecture also allows IP voice packets to be sent and received over GSM and CDMA networks, giving rural operators the ability to offer superior services compared to those provided by national carriers. Additionally, the IP based technology uses the networks’ resources “one-way” when a user talks, making PoC more spectrum efficient than traditional cellular voice services that require a “two-way” reservation for the duration of the call. Pario Solutions maintains, supports and provides 24X7 network monitoring for all of its hosted services including Push-to-Talk with Presence.
Free 30 Day Trial
Pario’s hosted PoC/Presence 30 day free trial service is available to GSM operators with 850 and/or 1900 spectrum that operate GPRS and/or EDGE networks. Pario’s 30 Day Free Trial is an excellent opportunity for operators to “Test Drive” a “walkie-talkie” type service, evaluate PoC as a new source of revenue and differentiate their products from the competition.
Pario offers the Nokia 6085, a PoC enabled, feature rich quad band phone as the recommended handset for the trial. Your company can acquire this device directly from Pario Solutions.
