Parlay Group Public Newsletter
Q4 2005

Mark Your Calendars -- Parlay/OSA 2006 EMEA Conference in Prague

Join us at the Parlay/OSA 2006 EMEA Conference (April 25-28, 2006) Prague, Czech Republic

EVENT FOCUS: Parlay and IMS FULL-DAY PARLAY CONFERENCE -- First hear all about Parlay and IMS, how Parlay is collaborating with the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), and learn firsthand from local operators why Eastern Europe is the hotbed for Parlay technology. Then attend our Operator or Developer Track to find out how you can generate new revenue streams using Parlay/OSA. Operators -- Attend our Business Summit to learn about Parlay and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), the role of Parlay/Parlay X in Service Enablement for the Next Generation, and more! Developers -- Don't miss our Developer Forum, which includes an overview of the technology, deployments and market situation, Parlay X Web Services, a start-up guide to developing Parlay Applications, and more!

• FULL-DAY PRODUCT EXPO -- See Parlay in action! Hear about the latest Parlay products during our Product Showcase and see live demos in our Expo!

Watch for registration information in early 2006!

View presentations from the Parlay/OSA 2005 Americas Conference.

First time to Prague? Learn more about the beautiful city of Prague and plan an extra day or two for sight-seeing.

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Feel the Need for Speed? Become a Parlay Member and Participate in Our Next "API Accelerator Workshop"!

As you may have read in our last press release, Parlay launched its revolutionary API Accelerator Program at the October
Parlay/OSA 2005 Americas Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. This first event resulted in a remarkable 5 new speclets in just 2 days! And now the momentum continues ....

Become a Parlay Group Member, so you can join us at the next Parlay API Accelerator Workshop
January 16-18, 2006
Radisson SAS Hotel
Malmo, Sweden

HOSTED BY:

Parlay is pleased to announce its 2nd API Accelerator Workshop, hosted by Appium in Malmo, Sweden. After a hugely successful inagural event in Boston, Appium agreed to help keep the momentum rolling by hosting this second workshop. The workshop is open only to Parlay members, so join now so you can participate in this exciting and energy-charged, fast-paced, innovative process! The event is free to all Parlay Members and both Affiliates and Full Members can participate. Learn more about the benefits of Parlay Membership and find out how to join.

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What Do Beer and the Parlay APIs Have in Common?

In Boston, at the inagural API Accelerator Workshop, each of the 5 participating teams were ranked. Rankings were based on peer voting, Joint Work Group (JWG) rep and Accelerator champions voting, and points for production WSDL. And the winners were ...

	Congratulations to the 1st Place winner: "Team Beer" (Subscriber Profile): Each member of Team Beer received a $75 (USD) gift certificate for Amazon.com. Daniel Sobirk -- Appium (Team Lead) Eamonn Murray -- AePONA (Team Lead) Anders Lundqvist -- BEA Systems Hyun Joo Bae -- ETRI Shirato Atsuyoshi -- NTT
	2nd Place Winner -- "Team Borderline" (Extend Mobility with Geo coding mapping) Steve Mueller -- SBC Labs (Team Lead) Sean O’Sullivan -- Rococo Software Ilhan Bagoren -- Telenity Hyun-Kyung Yoo -- ETRI Bjorn Gulla -- Gintel Frank Suraci -- NCS
	3rd Place Winner -- "Team MB" (Message Broadcast) Jeong-Hwan Kim -- ETRI (Team Lead) Kyung-Mee Kim -- KT Andreas Bjarlestam -- Ericsson Masafumi Michioka -- NTT Gaute Nygreen -- Telenor
And congratulations to the other winners and hardworking Accelerators: Team CAD (Calendar and Address Book) Jane Humphrey -- Marconi (Team Lead) Thomas Lundqvist -- Ericsson Jorgen Dyst -- Appium Yoo-mi Park -- ETRI Kristofer Kimbler -- Appium Team Easy API (Content Management) Zygmunt Lozinski -- IBM (Team Lead) James Aitken -- AePONA Darren Gunning -- BT Kyung-Mee Kim -- KT John Wullert -- Telcordia Jeff Popoff -- Redknee Oddvar Rismes -- Telenor

View the "API Accelerator" closing plenary presentation from Boston

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The Parlay community was EXTREMELY active in 2005 and, thanks to Parlay Member companies, the following is a mere sample of the 2005 Parlay-related news.

November 2005

• 16 Nov 2005. Parlay Launches Revolutionary API Accelerator Program: First Event Results in 5 New Speclets Within 2 Days.[http://www.parlay.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?contentID=7156]

October 2005

• 10 Oct 2005. Net4Call Deploys Virtual PBX with National Operator in Northern Europe. [http://www.parlay.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?contentID=7019]
• 03 Oct 2005. PTK Centertel, Operator of Orange Network in Poland, Adopts Aepona Causeway for Services Enablement. [http://www.parlaygateway.com/press_zone/centertel.htm]

September 2005

• 29 Sept 2005. TIS.kis sign double deal with Eronet. MOSTAR, ZAGREB. and [http://www.prnewsnow.com/PR%20News%20Releases/Technology/TISkis%20Signs%20Double%20Deal%20with%20Eronet]
• 27 Sept 2005. Lucent Technologies Hosted Custom Applications Center Enables Carriers to Rapidly... [http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?viewPR&symbolLU.N&storyID183619+27-Sep-2005+PRN]
• 23 Sep 2005. SIP/IMS demonstration. (Appium and Gintel) [http://www.gintel.no/news/sip_ims]
• 21 Sept 2005. Appium and Ericpol partner to provide advanced Telecom Applications for fixed, mobile and convergent Network Operators [http://www.appium.com/news.php?newsID35&archive1]
• 13 Sept 2005 Parlay Group announces Board of Director Election Results and 2005 Americas Conference [http://www.parlay.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?contentID=6684]
• 12 Sept 2005. OpenApiSolutions Application Test Suite 2.0 release. [http://www.openapisolutions.com/news/press_release_12_10_2005.html]

August 2005

• 23 Aug 2005. SPRINT PRECISION LOCATOR(SM) HELPS BUSINESSES LOCATE FLEETS AND MOBILE WORKERS THROUGH THEIR WIRELESS DEVICES. [http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id7880]
• 01 Aug 2005. Ericsson Development & Demonstration Lab [http://www.appium.com/newsarchive.php?newsID33]

June 2005

• 27 Jun 2005. Redknee Completes Financing for $10 Million USD. [http://www.redknee.com/newsletter/pdf/2005_9.pdf]
• 15 Jun 2005. Largest Mobile Joint Venture in Asia Pacific Chooses Aepona Causeway [http://www.parlaygateway.com/press_zone/mobile_joint_venture.htm]
• 07 Jun 2005. BAYPACKETS EXPANDS ITS IMS OFFERING TO DELIVER FIXED MOBILE CONVERGENCE Company Announces General Availability of Parlay/OSA Gateway and Advanced Call Center Application [http://www.baypackets.com/press_37.html]
• ** Also: Converge! Network Digest V12 N110 [http://www.convergedigest.com/Daily/daily.asp?vnv12n110&fecha6%2F13%2F2005]

May 2005

• 16 May 2005. Sprint Launches Sprint Business Mobility Framework(SM) to Help Businesses Locate and Share Information with Mobile Workers. [http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id6580]
• 16 May 2005. Sprint and Microsoft Join Forces to Deliver Real-Time Location Services to U.S. Businesses [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/may05/05-16SprintforMLSPR.asp]
• 11 May 2005. Rococo Steps-Up Plans to Deliver OSA/Parlay Enterprise Applications for Telecoms Operators. [http://www.rococosoft.com/releases/110505.html]

April 2005

• 28 Apr 2005. Speakanet and SoloMio announce partnership to provide enhanced Virtual PBX services. [http://www.solomio.com/news/28apr05_pr/0,1230,,00.html] (Solomio) and [http://www.speakanet.com/neobuilder.20050428082355290000002001852371.html] (Speakanet)
• 26 Apr 2005. Parlay/Open Service Access Bridges Telecoms and IT at International Conference: Expanded Conference Offers Japanese Translation [http://www.parlay.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?contentID=6815]
• 21 Apr 2005. Aepona and Oracle Give Web Services Further Boost in Telco Sector [http://www.aepona.com/press_zone/aepona_and_oracle_bpel_announcement_ver_2_final.htm]

March 2005

• 21 Mar 2005. E-Plus Selects SoloMio Smart Call Services Platform [http://www.solomio.com/news/21mar05_pr/0,1227,,00.html]
• 17 Mar 2005. ETSI hosts tests for ParlayX Web Services standards. [http://www.etsi.org/pressroom/Previous/2005/2005_03_parlayx.htm]
• 14 Mar 2005. Aepona Delivers the Industry’s First Open Operating System to Bridge the Gap between IT and Telecoms: Aepona Causeway Allows Web Services to be Introduced into Mobile Telecom Networks. [http://www.nexgear.com/index.php?showtopic8254]
• 14 Mar 2005. Aepona closes $20m funding round [http://www.parlaygateway.com/press_zone/030415_aepona_funding_release_final.htm]
• 14 Mar 2005. Lucent Technologies Expands its Market Advantage Program (MAP) to Support Creation of "Blended Lifestyle" Services. [http://www.lucent.com/press/0305/050314.nsc.html]

February 2005

• 25 Feb 2005. Ericsson and TCC in Taiwan sign systems integration and service delivery solution agreement [http://www.ericsson.com/press/20050225-124554.html]
• 15 Feb 2005. E-Plus Mobilfunk Chooses Aepona for Value-Added Service Roll-Out Call Completion ‘Red Key’ First of New Services Road-Map. [http://www.aepona.com/press_zone/approved_eplus_release_cannes_05.htm]
• 15 Feb 2005. Speakanet Virtual Mobile PBX Solution Opens Enterprise Market. [http://cws.huginonline.com/N/131881/PR/200502/980265_5_2.html]
• 14 Feb 2005. Mobile Industry Applauds Latest 3G Specifications. [http://www.3gamericas.org/English/News_room/DisplayPressRelease.cfm?id1557]
• 14 Feb 2005. Parlay Group sees record attendance at 3GSM Wireless Developer Show [http://www.parlay.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?contentID=6812]
• 14 Feb 2005 Rococo Software Joins Parlay Group, Advances Parlay Standards for Enterprise Telecoms Applications [http://www.parlay.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?contentID=6813]
• 14 Feb 2005. Aepona Announces Availability of Causeway with Web Services Support [http://www.aepona.com/press_zone/microsoft_cannes_05_release.htm]
• 14 Feb 2005. elata launches connect™ partner management gateway to bridge the gap between mobile operators and content providers. [http://www.elata.com/show.asp?aid343]
• 11 Feb 2005. Infitel announces network agnostic value added service platform. [http://www.infitel.com/press/release_38.html]

January 2005

• 24 Jan 2005. MARCONI SUPPORTS EMERGING TELECOM INDUSTRY STANDARDS THROUGH THE EXTENSIBILITY OF IONA'S ARTIX. [http://www.iona.com/pressroom/2005/20050124.htm]
• 14 Jan 2005. Telia markets M1000 MobileAttendant. Telia has entered an agreement with Speakanet to sell M1000 MobileAttendant in the Danish market. [http://www.speakanet.com/neobuilder.20040611124446220000002144524088.html]
• 12 Jan 2005. Iona joins Parlay Group [http://www.parlay.org/imwp/idms/popups/pop_download.asp?contentID=6811]
• 05 Jan 2005. BEA Systems Acquires Incomit, a Telco Infrastructure Software Provider; Acquisition to Add Key Technologies to the BEA Telco Solution Framework [http://uk.bea.com/news/2005/050105_bea_acquires_incomit.jsp]
• 03 Jan 2005. Telefónica Móviles España Deploys SoloMio Smart Call Services[http://www.solomio.com/news/03jan05_pr/0,1217,,00.html]

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Where You'll Find Us

3GSM World Congress 2006 (February 13-16, 2006) Barcelona, Spain The Parlay Group is proud to be exhibiting at 3GSM 2006, February 13-16, 2006 in Barcelona, Spain. Sponsoring and participating Member Companies include: AePONA Ericsson Gintel Infitel Net4Call Redknee Xentronic Watch for additional informaton about Parlay at 3GSM 2006 coming soon to your inbox!

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