Cingular, Siemens, Georgia Tech Announce IMS Research Program

Cingular Wireless, Siemens Communications Inc. and the Georgia Institute of Technology have announced a program to encourage the creation of advanced Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) applications and services. The program includes developing an IMS laboratory at Georgia Tech, co-sponsored by the Georgia Electronic Design Center and the Office of Information Technology, for use by students and researchers.

“We are excited to join together with Cingular and Georgia Tech to develop the first ongoing, live third-generation convergence test bed in the country,” said Berndt Baumgartl, president and CEO of Siemens Communications Inc.

A public demonstration of the IMS lab, which features $5 million of equipment donated by Siemens, is scheduled for October 2006.

The initial project for the relationship is an IMS Research Competition, which challenges upperclassmen and graduate students in the schools of engineering, computing and business management to team together to create services blending audio, video, text messaging, chatting and gaming in the open-systems IMS architecture. Qualified students who participate in the year-long competition will be eligible to receive a portion of $100,000 in cash prizes -- $35,000 of which will be awarded to the grand prize winner.

An IMS Research Competition kickoff event will be held on April 25, 2006, 6-9 p.m., at Georgia Tech’s Technology Square Research Building in Atlanta.

Cingular Wireless  www.cingular.com 

Georgia Institute of Technology  www.gatech.edu 

Siemens Communications Inc.  www.usa.siemens.com/communications 

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