Back from the 3rd ETSI IMS PlugTest

We spend a whole week at Lannion, France, participating to the 3rd ETSI IMS PlugTest. We met a lot a nice people and got a load of feedback. Even if the tests were dedicated towards NNI interoperability, the Mercuro IMS Client was widely used during testing !!!

Here are some nice pictures I took during the event:

From the ground.

From the above.

During our trip in the Briton islands.

Inexbee is participating at the 3rd ETSI IMS PlugTest with Mercuro IMS Client

Tomorrow (2009-10-16) will be the beginning of the 3rd ETSI IMS PlugTest at Lannion, France. Inexbee will participate to this event with its famous Mercuro IMS Client.

You can find all the information along with the test description document (ETSI TS 186 011) on the ETSI website.

We will also bring some surprise, if we can get them ready by then. Stay tuned !!!

New Release of Mercuro IMS Client (4.0.1258)

The latest release of Mercuro IMS Client(Version 4.0.1258) is now available for download at http://www.mercuro.net/.
This release comes with a some fixes and improvements. Here is a non-exhaustive list:

[BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD]
- Fix crash when DNS request failed
- Fix crash when system time shifts during a session
- Add support for Early IMS authentication

[SILVER, GOLD]
- Fix Uri parsing when dealing with IPv6 domain
- Fix display of CPIM messages
- Add support for embedded images in MSRP
- Add support for QoS advertisement in 200OK OPTIONS

[GOLD]
- Fix protected source port for response with IPSec
- Fix re-registration temporary SA generation with IPSec

Your feedback is welcomed (http://feedback.mercuro.net/)

P-Preferred-Identity : Selecting your preferred identity

Beginning with the release 4.0.1236 of Mercuro IMS Client, you now have the ability to select what will be the preferred identity when initiating sessions; this is reflected in the P-Preferred-Identity header.
To select the preferred identity, go to the Registration page, select the identity and click the button (see image below): the identity is now the preferred identity.


You must have a Silver or a Gold editions to have the button and note that by now, this selection is not persistent. Have fun !!!

New Release of Mercuro IMS Client (4.0.1236)

The latest release of Mercuro IMS Client(Version 4.0.1236) is now available for download at http://www.mercuro.net/.
This release comes with a some fixes and improvements. Here is a non-exhaustive list:

[BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD]
- Add feedback message when call failed to establish.
- Add support for PRACK for Bronze edition.
- Use P-Asserted-Identity header to identify remote party if present.
- Fix DMTF keyboard so it does not overlap the video.
- Fix the crash when Web Browser is too slow to respond.
- Fix the crash when used for a long time with Remote Desktop or Terminal Services.

[SILVER, GOLD]
- Add ability to select the preferred identity.
- Finalize the support for session timers.
- Fix the download notification not to show up before activation.
- Fix activation failure with some license codes.
- Fix TLS certificates update in options.
- Fix update download error for Silver edition.

[GOLD]
- Add visual feedback when security agreement is used.
- IPSec client ports are now distincts.
- Finalize support for QoS PreConditions (as per RFC 3312).
- Fix DHCP discovery, so multiple domains are correctly handled.

Your feedback is welcomed (http://feedback.mercuro.net/)

IMS Client versus IMS Softphone

Q: What is the difference between an IMS Client and an IMS Softphone ?
A: Well, an IMS Client is basically an IMS Softphone that comes with a lot of additionnal features. While an IMS Softphone will be dedicated to telephony (audio/video) features, an IMS Client will handle things such as IM chat, file transfers, network based address book, presence, service activation, image/video sharing, etc. But, more and more, IMS Softphones are becoming IMS Clients. The ultimate goal is to provide an integrated and simple access to the various IMS services, now and in the future.

New Release of Mercuro IMS Client (4.0.1202)

The latest release of Mercuro IMS Client(Version 4.0.1202) is now available for download at http://www.mercuro.net/.
This release comes with a some fixes and improvements. Here is a non-exhaustive list:

[BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD]
- Improve SHA-1 computation for MSRP file transfer
- Allow MSRP file transfer with unknown size
- Allow MSRP chunk size with arbitrary size
- Improve memory usage of audio codecs (G.711, GSM, iLBC)
- Fix crash when using Remote Desktop or Terminal Services
- Fix the invalid transaction Id in MSRP Report responses
- Fix a wrong feedback for 407 errors
- Fix invalid order in SDP attributes
- Fix MSRP byte range parsing for edge cases
- Fix MSRP session negociation when accept-types don't match
- Fix Allow header in SIP OPTIONS
- Fix SDP handling, when offer is not done in INVITE (as per RFC 3261)

[SILVER, GOLD]
- Fix a wrong escaping of the GSMA option tags
- Improve capabilities query with in-dialog SIP OPTIONS
- Fix User-Agent to be compliant with OMA specifications

Your feedback is welcomed (http://feedback.mercuro.net/).

IMS Client for Windows Mobile

After the success of Mercuro IMS Client on Windows XP/Vista, Inexbee has launched Mercuro Pocket.

Mercuro Pocket is fully compliant with main 3GPP/IETF specifications and can be used to make voice calls over wireless connection (Both IPv4 and IPv6 networks are supported).

This IMS client includes OMA/IETF XDM features that make possible to store your buddy list on a remote server using XCAP protocol, and get the presence information.

Inexbee has incorporated a special mechanism that routes the audio streams for the SIP/IMS calls to the handset's earpiece instead of the handset's speaker. This results in high quality audio on all major handsets (HTC, BenQ, Samsung, HP, …).

GSMA Image Sharing and Video Sharing features are under development and will be released soon.

Mercuro Pocket can be used as a normal SIP /VoIP client and is now available for download at http://www.mercuro.net.

Commercial version of Mercuro IMS Client is now available

	Inexbee’s Mercuro IMS Client is the result of more than four years of expertise in telecom and convergence software development. Today, the Mercuro IMS Client is the most complete and 3GPP/IMS/RCS compliant softphone available. After several months of live testing and thanks to the active contribution of many of you, the beta version is withdrawn to give birth to a Bronze, Silver and Gold edition on Windows and Windows Mobile.
	Mercuro Bronze Edition Inexbee is providing a free version of the Mercuro IMS Client. The Bronze edition is the entry level version that offers all of the most common features of IMS. It is perfect to begin IMS testing and deployment. The Mercuro Bronze edition is downloadable for free directly from our website: www.mercuro.net
	Mercuro Silver Edition + Mercuro Pocket (beta) The Mercuro IMS Client Silver edition is our most complete version of IMS Client. It includes all of the features of the Bronze edition. Additionaly, it is compliant with the latest security Networks and is carrying OMA XDMS support. It can be used in carrier-grade IMS environment. Be among the first to buy the Mercuro Silver Edition and get the beta Mercuro Pocket Silver edition (for Windows Mobile) for free. You can buy it directly from our website: www.mercuro.net
	Mercuro Gold Edition (On Request) Fully customizable, the Gold edition is available on request and is dedicated to large deployments and provides custom branding, QoS features and high quality codec. For further information please refer to: www.mercuro.net
	About Mercuro Inexbee is a worldwide leader in software development for multimedia convergence and interoperability. Mercuro team is part of a large community of companies and independent engineers setting up the standards of the next Rich Communication Suite and bringing to life the concept of Multimedia Convergence Service. For further information please refer to: www.mercuro.net
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Inexbee advances interoperability by participating in IMS PlugFest™ 6 event

Inexbee, the provider of Mercuro IMS Client, has participated to the 6th PlugFest event. The event was hold January 12-16, 2009, at the University of New Hampshire IMS Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL) in Durham, N.H.

Plugfest 6 has addressed the User-to network ‘Gm interface', the vital link between end-users and service providers. In addition, Plugfest 6 has expanded the success from previous interoperability events to include robustness, reliability and certification of key IMS SIP and Diameter interfaces as well as local and visited network services.

Mercuro IMS Client, as a User End-Point, was able to integrate seamlessly with cores from different vendors, in local or visited situation.

In addition to participating in the IMS Forum's Plugfests, Inexbee is conducting SIP and IMS interoperability testing with partners (Core provider, AS providers, etc) in order to improve the Mercuro IMS Client.

Mercuro IMS Client and IETF/3GPP/OMA specifications

On every subject, the Mercuro IMS Client tries to be as close as it can to the IETF/3GPP/OMA specifications. This means that we have to harvest and collect information spread accross thousand pages of specifications in order to provide a compliant IMS client.

Most of the development is done on the basis of these specifications; the remaining is done on the basis on the users' feedback. Because the Mercuro IMS Client is still a work in progress, your feedback is really important to us.

So, please take some time to log on http://feedback.mercuro.net/ and drop some lines about what goes wrong, what you would like to see, or anything else. Thank you.

New Release of Mercuro IMS Client (4.0.864)

The latest Beta release of Mercuro IMS Client(Version 4.0.864) is now available for download at http://www.mercuro.net.
This release comes with a lot of fixes and improvements. Here is a non-exhaustive list:

- Add new audio and video codecs (GSM, Speex, Theora, etc)
- Full screen mode support
- Add the ability to choose the codecs used during Voice/Visio calls
- Add a better validation of Uri values
- Add ability to set custom XDMS documents
- Add a dialog box when a connection error occurs
- Add an anonymous crash report sending to ease feedback
- Add a DTMF sound feedback
- Fix a crash when running under Microsoft Remote Desktop
- Fix a crash when making a Voice call with IMS Communicator
- Fix the jitter buffer for a better sound quality
- Fix the session rejection with IM SIMPLE Session
- Fix the ugly noise when playing the ring tones
- Fix label alignment under Windows Vista
- Fix the tab-stop order of various screens
- ...

For more information about Mercuro IMS Client visit http://www.mercuro.net.