PortaOne, MailVision Announce Interoperability of PortaSwitch With PICO Mobile VoIP Platform

COQUITLAM, British Columbia and HAIFA, Israel, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PortaOne, Inc., a global provider of software for the communications and utility industries, and MailVision, a provider of SIP mobile platforms for wireless and NGN service providers, today announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between PortaOne's PortaSwitch VoIP call control/subscriber management platform and MailVision's PICO Mobile VoIP Client Management System.  The compatibility is a major advancement for VoIP telephony providers and their customers, enabling easy, inexpensive VoIP calling and value-added services on smart devices including iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia smartphones.

MailVision's PICO Mobile Client system supports private-branded delivery of high quality VoIP telephony and SMS via WiFi and 3G data networks.  The PICO mobile client is distributed, managed, configured and upgraded remotely by the Client Management System (CMS) that gives telcos, NGNs, ITSPs and carriers a complete solution for managing business, residential and roaming customers.

"MailVision is pleased to announce its PICO Mobile VoIP platform integration with PortaOne's PortaSwitch telephony system," stated Ariel Pessah, VP/Professional Services at MailVision.  "This collaboration provides a strategic, comprehensive solution for our customers utilizing WiFi or Data Cellular networks who aim to expand their telecommunication services such as voice and SMS services."

Compatibility with PICO provides even greater value to PortaSwitch, one of the industry's most reliable and popular integrated VoIP infrastructure systems.  The PortaSwitch family, which includes the PortaBilling customer management application, is capable of handling the complete call control, routing, proxying, and converged VoIP billing functions of a diversified digital services company, enabling wholesale VoIP carriers and telecommunication service providers to deliver a wide variety of business models quickly and flexibly.  

PortaSwitch consists of a real-time billing system, class 4/5 SIP softswitch, and media applications that deliver converged VoIP billing and provisioning, SIP call control, unified messaging, IP Centrex and hosted IP PBX, callback management, IVRs, conferencing and more.

"The interoperability of PICO Mobile with PortaSwitch is a huge development for established VoIP telcos and service providers," said Roman Khalenkov, Sales and Marketing Director for PortaOne.  "PICO is a total mobile client management platform, offering providers a comprehensive calling and value-added services capability.  The combination of our two systems allows an end-to-end, reliable and highly scalable product mix that can significantly grow the provider's business."

For more information about PortaSwitch, email PortaOne at [email protected] or call 866 SIP VOIP (866 747 8647) or +1 604 628 2508 outside North America.  Additional information about the PICO VoIP SIP Client can be found at http://www.mailvision.com/html/pico.html.

About PortaOne:

Based in Canada, PortaOne is a leading global provider of software for the telecommunications and utility industries.  The company's products enable service providers, producers and carriers to run a broad line of retail and wholesale services within a single software package.  PortaOne's flagship products, PortaSwitch and PortaMDM (www.portamdm.com) are a fundamental part of the business infrastructure at hundreds of service provider locations worldwide.  To learn more, visit www.portaone.com.

About MailVision:

MailVision, founded in 1997, a private held company, a leading provider of Mobile VoIP SIP Solutions, with over 13 years of experience in providing mobile VoIP solutions to wireless, telcos, NGNs, ITSP and VoIP carriers.  MailVision's Pico Mobile VoIP platform supports major mobile operating systems such as Apple iOS based OS, Google Android OS, Nokia Symbian OS and BlackBerry OS.  In addition to its PC Client supporting MS Windows OS, and its Web Client supporting Flash technology, telcos, Mobile Operators, ITSPs, NGNs and Leading VoIP worldwide carriers have chosen MailVision Pico Mobile VoIP Platform, including Vonage, Bezeq, Cellcom, Telefonica, OOMA, Bezeq International and 013 NetVision.  For more information, visit www.mailvision.com.

SOURCE PortaOne, Inc.