iMessage: Apple vs Operators Pt.2

Apple yesterday unveiled 10 key features of iOS 5, and iMessage app is one of these, a mobile IM client, which I suspect includes SMS integration, as I don't see Apple having two message systems in iOS.

Including or not integration between IM and SMS, this will be the second Apple stab to traditional telco operators revenue - Facetime was #1 - since iOS will exchange free messages among iOS users, perhaps even OSX users at some point (same route as Facetime), going around SMS. Of course, IM is nothing new, just like video calling was nothing new, but what is relevant here, is that #1 mobile platform (according to yesterday's keynote) is replacing/extending the standard mobile device messaging system, SMS, with IM, and that opens doors for a much clever system, and where the traditional telco operator is not involved, other than be the data pipe if 3G is used instead of Wi-Fi.

The details about iMessage system are almost none, besides what you can view at the keynote video (iMessage is announced at around 1h and 11min), the Apple SVP just slips the detail that it will use the proven and reliable Apple Push Notification System, which serves billions of notifications. If I remember correctly this system uses XMPP. In humble opinion Apple is in the right direction, choosing finest standards for each functionality needed, SIP for call control, XMPP for IM.

In my mind there are a few doubts for what is coming next, the first about iOS 6, will there be an iVoice/iCall, closing the circle and providing a final stab into operators? The second, related with Android, will Google turn GTalk the main messaging system too, with SMS integration, and put SMS as "past" feature for old mobile phones? The third related with all mobile OSes, will there be any interop?

Hello SLEE World JAIN SLEE Tutorial

Yes, I finally managed to get some time and do a new tutorial for JAIN SLEE beginners, using Mobicents JAIN SLEE, Eclipse and our EclipSLEE plugin, please check it out ... and leave some feedback, alright? Thanks in advance.

Mobicents JAIN SLEE Development Environment Setup

Want to setup the development environment to work with Mobicents JAIN SLEE but no clue how or where to start? Maybe this tutorial will help ;-)

Mobicents JAIN SLEE 2.4.0.FINAL released

Mobicents JAIN-SLEE 2.4.0.FINAL, the first stable version of SAKURA, is now available for download. Standouts for the release:

• Refined JAIN SLEE container startup, shutdown and deployment phases
• ChildRelationExt and SbbLocalObjectExt JAIN SLEE 1.1 Extensions
• Fault Tolerant Timer for FT Resource Adaptor API
• JDBC Resource Adaptor
• TFTP Server Resource Adaptor
• Candidate Release for all Application Enablers
• EclipSLEE 2.0.0.BETA3
• Mobicents SS7 1.0.0.BETA8

Read the complete release announcement here, or skip that and download it here.

Mobicents SLEE Maven Plugins Go FINAL

Hello, FINAL versions of the SLEE Maven Plugins released:

• Maven DU Plugin 2.0.0.FINAL
• Maven Library Plugin 1.0.0.FINAL

The only change regarding last candidate releases is the possibility of adding security permissions in the library plugin.

Custom JBoss AS Deployment Ordering

Sometimes you need to deploy complex applications which touch different standards/platform, for instance a SLEE application which interacts with a Java EE component, and in such case it is important that each part of the system deploys (and undeploys) in correct order. In JBoss AS5 and 6 it is possible to setup a custom deploy order by using some specific meta data, and I just create an article on how to do it, check it out.

Mobicents JAIN SLEE 2.4.0.CR1 released!

Mobicents JAIN SLEE 2.4.0.CR1, codenamed SAKURA, the first LGPL release of the popular open source container, is now available for download. Check the announcement at http://goo.gl/lfE9S.

Mobicents is now fully LGPL 2.1!!!

That's right, Red Hat decided to change the licenses of all Mobicents projects, including JAIN SLEE and SIP Presence, to LGPL. I believe this will allow the community to grow even more, and hopefully, increase 3rd party code contributions.

Mobicents JAIN SLEE Maven Plugins Update

New versions of the Maven plugins for Mobicents JAIN SLEE can be found on JBoss Maven repository, which are compatible with Maven 2.x and 3.x:

• Maven DU Plugin 2.0.0.CR1 - a plugin which creates JAIN SLEE deployable units
• Maven Library Plugin 1.0.0.CR1 - a plugin which creates JAIN SLEE Library jars

A couple of articles were added to the new Mobicents wiki at jboss.org, explaining how the plugins may be used.

UPDATE 1: CR1 versions of both plugins had an issue with the plugins descriptor, both are fixed in new versions:

• Maven DU Plugin 2.0.0.CR2
• Maven Library Plugin 1.0.0.CR2

UPDATE 2: A couple more issues were found with DU Plugin CR2, with respect to bundling services, a new fixed version is already available:

• Maven DU Plugin 2.0.0.CR3

Also, all the RA, Enabler and Example projects of components bundled with the Mobicents JAIN SLEE release now use the newest plugin versions. A few examples:

• Diameter Base RA Library
• Diameter Sh Client RA Library (refers the one above)
• SIP UAS Example DU

Mobicents JAIN SLEE 2.3.0.FINAL released!

Hello there, Mobicents JAIN SLEE 2.3.0.FINAL, codenamed SUPERSONIC, is now available for download, so what are you waiting for? Get all the details about the release, including the download link, at http://goo.gl/e3vMF