<s>
The	O
Unified	B-General_Concept
Communications	I-General_Concept
Interoperability	I-General_Concept
Forum	I-General_Concept
(	O
UCIF	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
alliance	O
between	O
communications	O
technology	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founding	O
members	O
of	O
UCIF	B-General_Concept
were	O
HP	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Polycom	O
,	O
Logitech	O
/	O
LifeSize	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Juniper	O
Networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
UCIF	B-General_Concept
merged	O
with	O
International	O
Multimedia	O
Telecommunications	O
Consortium	O
(	O
UMTC	O
)	O
into	O
one	O
consortium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unified	B-Protocol
communications	I-Protocol
(	O
UC	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
real-time	O
communication	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
(	O
chat	O
)	O
,	O
presence	B-Protocol
information	I-Protocol
,	O
Telephony	O
(	O
including	O
IP	B-Application
telephony	I-Application
)	O
,	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
,	O
call	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
with	O
non	O
real-time	O
communication	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
unified	O
messaging	O
(	O
integrated	O
voicemail	O
,	O
e-mail	O
,	O
SMS	B-Device
,	O
and	O
fax	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
founding	O
members	O
were	O
HP	O
,	O
Juniper	O
Networks	O
,	O
Logitech	O
/	O
LifeSize	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
Polycom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
members	O
were	O
Acme	O
Packet	O
,	O
Huawei	O
,	O
,	O
AudioCodes	O
,	O
Broadcom	O
,	O
BroadSoft	O
,	O
Brocade	O
Communications	O
Systems	O
,	O
ClearOne	O
,	O
Jabra	O
,	O
Plantronics	O
,	O
RADVISION	B-Protocol
,	O
Siemens	O
Enterprise	O
Communications	O
,	O
Teliris	O
,	O
Vidyo	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
VOSS	O
Solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
launch	O
,	O
news	O
outlets	O
drew	O
attention	O
to	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
Cisco	O
and	O
Avaya	O
from	O
the	O
member	O
list	O
,	O
though	O
UCIF	B-General_Concept
has	O
invited	O
them	O
to	O
join	O
as	O
early	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
UCIF	B-General_Concept
merged	O
with	O
International	O
Multimedia	O
Telecommunications	O
Consortium	O
(	O
IMTC	O
)	O
into	O
one	O
consortium	O
.	O
</s>
