Konftel announced the new Konftel 300M, the world’s first 3G conference phone for businesses. Scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2010, the Konftel 300M will be the first conference phone to accommodate a SIM card for full-on adaptation to today’s rapidly growing number of Mobile offices.

To compete in an increasingly mobile work environment, business professionals need the ability to communicate clearly from wherever they happen to be. No wonder so many companies are opting for mobile solutions instead of traditional switchboards with fixed-line phones. And no wonder wireless offices are a strongly growing trend in the global business community. Business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan predicts the Mobile office market will see substantial growth—up to 300 percent—from 2009 through 2015 (revenue 2009: $1.7 billion. Forecast 2015: $6.8 billion).

Trend-setting features based on sound values
Konftel 300M delivers 3G-network communications with the same sophisticated features as Konftel’s award-winning fixed-line 300 series phones—including OmniSound2.0. OmniSound’s impressive audio performance delivers superior sound quality for maximum teleconferencing efficiency. Other innovative Konftel 300M features include memory-card recording, text messaging, and a conference guide for quick and convenient multi-party dialling. The Konftel 300M comes with a rechargeable battery giving you up to 48 hours of talk time and a charging cradle.

The Konftel 300M is indispensible in situations that call for flexibility coupled with uncompromising sound quality. It also offers a USB connection to computers, making the Konftel 300M ideal for companies with unified communications (UC) solutions.

During the CAT-iq developers conference, one session is dedicated to Standardisation, Certification, Qualification.

A lot of questions arise around CAT-iq Certification and Qualification for companies involved in CAT-iq productdevelopment.

Therefor a Q & A session around these topics will be held.

So if you have any questions about CAT-iq Certification and Qualification, visit the conference and attend this session.

Visit the seminar program site.

RTX will share their knowledge about development platforms for CAT-iq with the conference attendees during a presentation, and they will have a booth where their solutions will be presented.

About RTX
Wireless Engineering Experts
RTX Telecom A/S is an internationally oriented group and aims to be the preferred wireless engineering partner for the development and production of advanced wireless products.
       

RTX is divided into three business units with individual areas of wireless expertise. These are RTX Technology, RTX Products Hong Kong Ltd. and RTX Network Systems.

The attendance fee for the two day conference on 19/20 october 2010, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven, The Netherlands is for:

DECT Forum members
€ 599,- (19% VAT excluded)

Others
€ 699,- (19% VAT excluded)

You can register online and pay online.

Dr. H. W. Gierlich, Head of Telecom Division and C. Landauer, Sales & Support Telecom Measurement Solutions, HEAD acoustics GmbH will speak during the CAT--iq developers conference.

The subject of their presentation will be: Background and Guideline for the CAT IQ 2.0 HD Audio Specification


About HEAD acoustics GmbH
Sound is our line of business

For more than 20 years, HEAD acoustics has been a leading company in the area of head-related recording and playback systems and aurally-accurate analysis of sound events, as well as in the field of communication measurement technology. HEAD acoustics GmbH was founded in 1986 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Genuit in Aachen, Germany.

In close cooperation with the automotive industry, HEAD acoustics has developed hardware and software solutions for measuring and analyzing sound events on the basis of aurally-accurate recording and playback systems, which have become today's industry standard. In addition, HEAD acoustics researched and developed numerous internationally-approved measurement tools in other fields of vibration and communication technology.

HEAD acoustics has always been a pioneer in developing innovative technologies, such as head-related stereophony, hearing-related analyses, interactive sound simulation systems and transfer path analysis. Therefore, HEAD acoustics continues to focus on research and maintains its own research department, emphasizing cooperation with universities and other research institutes and participation in international research projects.

Numerous patents, doctoral and diploma theses as well as more than 400 scientific publications validate the successful research work.

At present, HEAD acoustics GmbH, headquartered in Herzogenrath, Germany, employs a workforce of more than 120. In addition, HEAD acoustics has subsidiaries in the USA, Japan and France. As part of its worldwide representation, HEAD acoustics closely cooperates with numerous international sales partners. With high-performance measurement technology and professional consulting services, HEAD acoustics is your competent partner in all acoustics-related areas.

Dr. Georgina Voss, Researcher and Project Manager will give the following talk.
This talk describes the Homesense project from Tinker and EDF R&D. Smart Homes are more successful in concept than practice. The problem is of design, not technology: smart homes aren't made by the people who live in them, but by designers in R&D departments with specific ideas about how they should be lived in, and rigid technology infrastructure and use scenarios.

But home environments have multiple users living in them who bring different experiences and knowledge of the social, cultural and emotion context of 'home'. How can we design a smart home that someone would actually want to live in? And how would they use it? Homesense brings open collaboration methods of online communities to physical infrastructures in the home.

Instead of having products forced on them through a top-down design process, users will create their own smart homes and live with the technologies that they have developed themselves without prior technical expertise. In autumn 2010, six households across Europe will have access to the latest open source hardware and software tools. Household members will decide how to use the tools in the context of their own homes, and share the results with the world. Each household receives ongoing support from local technology experts who will help design tools and tackle emergent technical issues. All of the households and experts will report back on the process through blogs, videos and images taken throughout the project. As open research, these materials will be available under a creative commons license.

About Tinker London
Tinker is a multidisciplinary design studio based in London. We design interactive products that bridge the physical and the digital.
We help our clients develop innovative design practices in their business using open-source tools. We  research new areas where design and open source technologies intersect and share the results.

Joe Lomako, Business Development Manager, TRaC Global Worldwide Regulatory, Certification and Approvals requirements for DECT devices and related technology at the CAT-iq deverlopers conference, 19-20 October 2010, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven The Netherlands.

Contents:
- Identifies the differences between certification and Regulation
- Identifies each of the major markets in the world for DECT products.
- Explains the processes for complying with the regulatory requirements for each country in the manufacturers target market.
- Explains how the application of DECT technology into different types of products may alter the standards applicable
- Examples of Approvals requirements in smaller territories

Visit the site for the complete seminar programm

Arjen Noorbergen, CTO, Home Automation Europe will speak about Cat-IQ and Home Automation Applications at the CAT-iq deverlopers conference, 19-20 October 2010, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven The Netherlands.

Contents:
- Home Automation vs. Home Entertainment applications
- Nature of Home Automation applications
- Examples of Home Automation applications and -services
    o Security
    o Climate control
    o Energy
- Cat-IQ in its competitive RF landscape: the pro’s and cons of
    o Cat-IQ
    o Zigbee
    o Z-Wave
    o WiFi
    o Bluetooth
- Opportunities for integrating Cat-IQ in Home Automation applications

Visit the site for the complete seminar programm

The CAT-iq technology has more and more impact on the global communication market for telecom, IT, consumer electronics and home automation products. Facing the challenges and the opportunities of CAT-iq now and in the future, the Conference will bring together the whole ecosystem of companies currently deploying CAT-iq technology, building the CAT-iq infrastructure and designing the applications to make this a success.

The Conference will tackle technical challenges, discuss efficient and innovative solutions, show new business opportunities and will give an outlook into the CAT-iq future.

With the standardisation and imminent certification program for CAT-iq 2.0, the industry has reached an important milestone and technology inflexion point, enabling innovative products and wireless services for IP based broadband home communication.

The first CAT-iq Conference will provide first-hand information about the entire process of CAT-iq certification as well as for future applications and next generation CAT-iq profiles. 12-15 presentations (25 min. plus Q&A), a panel discussion and an exhibition area will concentrate on topics of interest related to different CAT-iq challenges.

Instructions for abstract, presentation, posters and demonstrators:
The abstract as base for the submission of a paper should contain the title, author(s) name(s), email address of the corresponding author and the involved company (ies) followed by a short summary of not more than 250 words, which clearly summarizes the presentation paper and its key messages. 

6 conference topics
We are looking for speakers to adress the below six topics from a marketing and /or technical perspective.

Standardisation, Certification, Qualification

• What is the status of the standard currently?


• What are the challenges for a successfull certification program.

Home automation, Smart home, Smart metering

• Market size/potential, applications, competing technologies.

HD-voice / Telecom integration, Multi room audio / music

• Challenges, Opportunities, Competing technologies

DECT Low Power

• What is needed to make DECT the technology of choice for low power wireless applications?

Enterprise systems and applications

• Challenges, Opportunities, Competing technologies

Development tools (Hard-, software and systems), Operating systems / Platforms and API

• Can Android win out in the DECT high end market, Is linux/symbian an option.
• Can a Generic API unlease the potential of CAT-iq?

The abstracts will be made available on the conference website seminar progamm. The presentation paper will be made available for download for the participants after the conference.

We are looking for...

• Technically and/or marketing wise challenging presentations that will provide a better understanding of technologies and/or markets
• Practical information that can be immediately put to use back in the work place
• Speakers with a desire to share their expertise and vision
• Speakers with strong organizational and speaking skills and good presentation materials

We are NOT looking for...

• Presentations that focus on the features and benefits of your company's latest products

Contributions can now be submitted by using this form.

If you have questions about submitting abstracts, please contact: Pieter Hermans at p.hermans@jakajima.eu.

Sponsorship
Additional sponsoring opportunities are available for exhibitors. Please contact Dick Vreeswijk at d.vreeswijk@jakajima.eu for information on how to exhibit at the CAT-iq developers conference.

The DECT Forum, the worldwide association of the home and enterprise communication industry, and Jakajima are pleased to host the first Global CAT-iq Market and Developer Conference in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) on October 19-20, 2010. The Conference will provide first-hand information about the entire process of CAT-iq Certification as well as future applications and next generation CAT-iq profiles. The delegate pre-registration for the CAT-iq Conference is open now at www.cat-iqconference.com.

CAT-iq technology is already impacting the global communication market for telecom, IT, consumer electronics and home automation products. Facing the challenges and the opportunities of CAT-iq now and in the future, the CAT-iq Conference will bring together the whole ecosystem of companies currently deploying CAT-iq technology, building the CAT-iq infrastructure and designing the applications to make this a success.

“With the standardization and imminent certification program for CAT-iq 2.0, the industry has reached an important milestone and technology inflexion point, enabling innovative products and wireless services for IP based broadband home communication”, says Erich Kamperschroer, Chairman of the DECT Forum.

“The Conference aims to leverage the technical development and market deployment of CAT-iq systems and products in 2010, and will assist in developing ideas for new application opportunities beyond voice”, says Daniel Hartnett, Chairman of the CAT-iq Working Group within the DECT Forum.

This event will tackle technical challenges, discuss efficient and innovative solutions, show new business opportunities and will give an outlook into the CAT-iq future. For more information about the first Global CAT-iq Market and Developer Conference – the program, online registration, sponsoring and exhibition opportunities – please contact Jakajima or visit www.cat-iqconference.com/contact.html.

The Conference will take place in the Conference Centre at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven (The Netherlands): a stimulating high-tech environment for an innovative conference.

About CAT-iq 2.0 Certification Program:
The CAT-iq certification program promotes CAT-iq to market stakeholders as a technically credible implementation of conformity to a set of standards that will add value to their industry/lives. It ensures interoperability of devices from multiple manufacturers for functionalities defined in CAT-iq. Furthermore the certification program ensures a mandatory level of quality for specific product parameters to achieve consistent user experience for the various stakeholders. All manufacturers, test houses, certification laboratories, and further interested companies, who intend to test and certify CAT-iq devices, will be able to purchase the certification test equipment.

CAT-iq is a registered trademark (in 47 countries worldwide) owned by the DECT Forum, it references features and procedures to corresponding ETSI specifications. Only end products can be approved through the certification program (fixed part and/or portable part). Application for CAT-iq certification is restricted to Full members of the DECT Forum. Please find an overview of the CAT-iq certification program at www.cat-iq.org.