Web hosting and software development company, Sun Microsystems, is developing a new Communications Application Server,

through the Open Source GlassFish Community, in a collaboration with Ericsson.

The application development is designed to address the need for an Open Source, Java technology-based platform that supports

the portability of applications and services across numerous devices and networks. The multi-faceted collaboration agreement

with Ericsson to jointly develop an open source, Java technology-based communications application server as part of the

GlassFish community. This open source contribution means Java software developers, Independent Software Vendors (ISV), System

Integrators and individuals will have access to telecommunications technologies and resources to help accelerate the

development of multimedia, VOIP, IM and next generation applications.

As part of this announcement, Ericsson will contribute its standards-based Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Servlet 1.0

compatible application server, to the GlassFish community under the OSI-approved Common Development and Distribution License

(CDDL) and dual licensed under under the GNU General Public License version two (GPLv2). Ericsson will also take module

ownership for the JSR 289 compatible SIP servlet container under Project SailFin a subproject of the GlassFish open source

project.

Sun and Ericsson also announced a supporting program to provide developers and ISVs with additional resources, technical

information, access to network-enabled testing and demo environments, as well as tools and expertise from both companies.

Karen Tegan Padir, Vice President of Enterprise Java Platforms at Sun remarked, ‘’The collaborative efforts of Sun and

Ericsson represent a significant step in the convergence of enterprise IT and telecommunications development and the promise

of Next Generation Networks (NGNs) based on IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS). Using the communications application server,

developers and ISVs will be able to build voice-over-IP (VOIP), instant messaging and multimedia into their Java Platform

Enterprise Edition applications that can then be delivered to any connected consumer device including mobile phones, PCs and

set-top boxes.'’

Claes Odman, head of Multimedia Solutions at Ericsson’s Multimedia Business Unit added, ‘’Through this collaboration,

Ericsson takes a very active role to enable all involved industry players and consumers to reap the benefits from IMS, such

as scalability, quality of service and a strong user experience, building on open source. By giving developer communities the

tools necessary to build applications that seamlessly fit in an IMS environment we stimulate the creation of a wider variety

of new applications that support the emerging communication culture with every day life experiences anywhere, anytime and on

any device.'’