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About The Open Gardens Blog

I (Ajit) founded the blog on May 26, 2005 based on my vision and philosophy of OpenGardens i.e. the philosophical opposite of 'walled gardens' especially as applicable to the mobile data industry.

Today, the OpenGardens blog is one of the few blogs that span both the Web and the Mobile domains.

The blog covers wireless/mobile applications, open networks and mobile web 2.0. My vision behind the OpenGardens blog has been :

The blog is about the Mobile data industry and Digital convergence('Mobile web 2.0')
Analysis is more important than story/controversy. I don't believe that bloggers are true journalists. The blog is not about the latest 'story' but it's more about independent analysis/viewpoint
The OpenGardens blog is broadly about opening up the networks, growing digital usage and digital businesses i.e. we don't advocate closed networks, broadcast media etc
It is about disruptive digital technologies

Founder & Chief Blogger Ajit Jaokar

Ajit Jaokar is the founder of the London based publishing and research company futuretext (www.futuretext.com) focussed on emerging Web and Mobile technologies -including Web 2.0 and Mobile Web 2.0.

His thinking is widely followed in the industry and his blog, the OpenGardensBlog (www.opengardensblog.futuretext.com), which was recently rated a top 20 wireless blog worldwide

In 2009-2010, Ajit was nominated as part of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet by the world economic forum. He hopes to use this opportunity to further extend the pragmatic viewpoint of the evolution of Telecoms networks in an open ecosystem.

(Note: The Network of Global Agenda Councils plays a significant role in shaping the global agenda by monitoring global issues and elaborating recommendations to address them. Each Council, comprised of 15-20 Members, serves as an advisory board to the Forum and other interested parties, such as governments and international organizations. The Global Agenda Councils also act as the intellectual drivers of the World Economic Forum's Global Redesign Initiative, an unprecedented international, multistakeholder and multimedia dialogue that aims to develop a 21st-century vision of global cooperation. Members of the G20, the UN and other International Organizations have pledged their support for this initiative. )

Ajit is best known for his books Mobile Web 2.0, Social Media Marketing. Two new books ('Open Mobile' and 'Implementing Mobile Web 2.0') are being released in 2009.

His consulting activities include working with companies to define value propositions across the device, network, Web and Social networking stack spanning both technology and strategy. He has worked with a range of commercial and government organizations globally including The European Union, Telecoms Operators, Device manufacturers, social networking companies and security companies in various strategic and visionary roles

His recent talks and forthcoming talks include: CEBIT 2009;MobileWorld Congress(2007, 2008, 2009); Keynote at O Reilly Web20 expo (April 2007);Keynote at Java One; European Parliament – Brussels – (Electronic Internet Foundation); Stanford University's Digital visions program;MIT Sloan;Fraunhofer FOKUS ; University of St. Gallen (Switzerland); Mobile Web Strategies (partner event of CTIA in San Francisco)

Media appearances include BBC – Newsnight – 3phone launch; CNN money; BBC digital planet

Ajit chairs Oxford University's Next generation mobile applications panel and conducts a course on Web 2.0, Social networking, Mobile Web 2.0 and LTE services at Oxford University.

Ajit lives in London, UK, but has three nationalities (British, Indian and New Zealander) and is proud of all three. He is currently doing a PhD on Privacy and Reputation systems at UCL in London. Ajit is a fan of animation especially Tom and Jerry, Tintin and Asterix and likes the music of ZZ Top and other rock bands

You can contact me at ajit.jaokar at futuretext.com

You can follow me on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/AjitJaokar

See a video of my talk at CEBIT in Hannover
(intro in german - presenttion in english)

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May 16, 2007

IMS :Seeing is believing, Fraunhofer FOKUS ,Open IMS, Mobile Web 2.0 and IMS

I spent a fascinating day on Monday at Fraunhofer FOKUS at the invitation of Dr Thomas Magedanz – Director of the Competence centre – (Next generation networks) – pdf bio and Niklas blum – the deputy head of Fraunhofer fokus.

Fraunhofer FOKUS is a part of the Fraunhofer Institute, one of the world’s largest research institutes – based in Berlin

From their web site ..

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Fraunhofer FOKUS provides R&D services for the development of seamless personalizable communication systems at all stages of the innovation process – from the original innovative idea and project-related R&D right through to testing, prototype development and implementation.

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Fraunhofer fokus is best known for Open IMS playground, which you can download here for free from their link

At Frauenhofer fokus itself, there is a lot more development around Next generation networks(which includes IMS). Thus, the full setup at frauenhofer fokus includes the software plus the hardware setup – for instance IPTV, DVB-H etc.

This is of interest to me .. because of my work on Mobile Web 2.0 and IMS.

I spoke at IMS world in Monaco recently. See my views on the state of play of IMS HERE, HERE and HERE

My problem with IMS can be encapsulated by ‘There is so much more to IMS – especially network abstractions and SDP – but Operator after Operator talks only about Voice!’

I discussed this with Thomas, who was also a speaker at the event, and then Thomas invited me to visit their labs in Berlin.

Their motto is ‘Demo or Die’ – a nice attitude compared to so many in the industry!

I must say, when you see some of the IMS demos in action(including convergence scenarios around IPTV, DVB-H etc), the power of IMS is apparent – provided there is a vision to create new services. I could see the vision at Frauenhofer fokus; but sadly not at most of the Operators speaking at IMS world(the three exceptions, in my view, being : Telecom Italia Mobile, Telia sonera and T-mobile)

The frauenhofer institute has very good synergies for my work .. because to explore Mobile Web 2.0 and IMS – I have to be able to understand the network. If I work with equipment vendors, I make my research proprietary and limited. Hence, by working with the Frauenhofer fokus, I can be agnostic of the network elements(and infact can get the best features of many network equipment manufacturers). In addition, I can extend my understanding to IPTV, Mobile TV etc ..

Of course, many of you know that I am also doing a PhD in a related topic .. so this is of interest to me in more than one levels.

So, expect a lot more from me with exploring Mobile Web 2.0/IMS working with Frauenhofer fokus(including perhaps a book called Mobile Web 2.0 and IMS)

Have a look at the OpenIMS platform which you can download from the link above

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Filed under: mobile web 2.0 — ajit @ 2:26 am

Comments (5)

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Hi Ajit, The download link does not seem to contain any download instructions for the OpenIMS playground. Could you pl. check again and post the correct link?
thanks
Sajith

Comment by Sajith — May 16, 2007 @ 12:39 pm

Hi Sajith,
the OpenIMSCore is available for download at http://www.openimscore.org
BR, Niklas

Comment by Niklas — May 30, 2007 @ 11:08 am

Hi!
Is only the core and client available for download?
I have been looking if the sip AS they implement is available, but no luck…
Greetings,
Juanra

Comment by Juanra — June 18, 2007 @ 3:53 pm

Hi Ajit,
Can you give any information like when the sip AS will be available??

Comment by Habiba — March 27, 2008 @ 11:40 am

The website of Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS has been given a new look and the contents have been revised. Unfortunately most of the URLs have been changed.
Homepage of Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS:
http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/en
Homepage of Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz:
http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/usr/thomasmagedanz
Link to the Open IMS Playground:
http://www.open-ims.org
BR, Brigitte

Comment by Brigitte Henckel — July 18, 2008 @ 8:56 am