Telecommunications (International Edition) articles from December 2001

Telecommunications (International Edition) archives from December 2001

Wanted: Creative telecom thinking. (Commentary).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... "Many dotcom business models may have failed, but that does not preclude other models from working." 14 February 2005 -- I always eat at McDonald's. The burgers are good but their life insurance is great. I pay for it in installments but...

Venture capitalists not guilty, says merrill Lynch. (Financial Perspectives).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... According to Merrill Lynch, a provider of investment banking and financial services, venture capitalists are not responsible for over-playing the telecoms and internet markets. "If you are going to point a finger at anyone, it should be at...

Highs and lows of mobile handset market. (Financial Perspectives).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Research from telecoms consultancy, Gartner Group, reveals a ten per cent decline in global mobile handset sales from third quarter results last year compared with the same period this year (a drop of 104.6 million to 94.4 million). Western...

Automatic boost for audio conferencing. (Global New Analysis).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Recent events in the US have thrown the audio conferencing industry into sharp focus. Although no one would be surprised to hear that worldwide telephone conferencing revenues are expected to exceed US$3 bn ([euro]3.3 bn) by the end of 2001,...

Versatel targets KPN's ISDN customers. (Global News Analysis).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Versatel, a privately-held service provider based in the Netherlands, has launched a bundled package of voice and data services in an attempt to woo KPN's SME customers. Using a combination of ISDN and DSL technology, Versatel is hoping that...

China gets the 3G treatment. (New in Brief).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... China Unicorn has chosen seven vendors to build test 3G networks in seven key regions in China. The operator says that the CDMA2000-1 x project is aimed at showing each vendor's technological expertise and project execution capabilities. Their...

Successful pre-commercial UMIS launch. (New in Brief).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Orange and Alcatel have conducted the first voice, data and video communications on the operator's pre-commercial network in Paris. The network, which was constructed by Alcatel, reportedly carries both voice communications in circuit mode and...

It's anytime, anywhere for sonofon. (New in Brief).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Sonofon, Denmark's second largest operator, has signed a contract with Cable & Wireless (C&W) for its GRX (GPRS roaming exchange) service. By using GRX, C&W claims that Sonofon has guaranteed P connectivity for the exchange of GPRS traffic to...

United we stand. (View From the Top).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... When Telecommunications[R] International interviewed the OSM Association's CEO (Rob Conway) in November 2000, there were 400 million GSM subscribers around the world. One year on, the figure stands at 600 million. That's good progress by...

Do you understand the mobile professional worker? Mobile operators who want to enthuse the enterprise user will have to talk more about services and less about technology. (IP Services and Infrastructure).
December 1, 2001... If you're a mobile operator in Europe, I hands up if you've cracked the enterprise sector. Chances are--if you're being completely honest--you'll hove your hands firmly in your pocket. Mobile data sales among business users (as you know full...

A technology before its time. Despite a lack of address space in some markets and the emergence of 3G multimedia applications, there's still no fixed time for when global IPv6 migration will take place. (IP Services and Infrastructure).
December 1, 2001... Why has internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) been so slow to catch on? The main reason is that, although its biggest attribute is that it can greatly increase the number of available internet addresses, over the last five years, the internet...

A new image for videoconferencing: Although the IP videoconferencing industry is experiencing growth, there's still no evidence of widespread understanding among business users about its benefits. (IP Services and Infrastructure).
December 1, 2001... The real barrier to videoconferencing take-up has been the bad user experience. At least that's the view of Mark Roberts, director of business development for Polycom Network Systems, a company which produces videoconferencing networks and...

Can DSL live without ATM?. (IP Services and Infrastructure).
December 1, 2001... ATM and DSL have long been bedfellows, but do they always make the best match? Telecommunications[R] International talks to two vendors with very different views on the subject -- net to net technologies and alcatel. The most expensive...

Cable operators raise the IP VPN stakes. The imminent combination of DOCSIS 1.1 and MPLS will allow cable operators to deliver IP-based VPN services with guaranteed quality of service. (IP Services and Infrastructure).(data over cable service interface specification)
December 1, 2001... If telcos thought they had the IP-based VPN market sewn up then they should think again. Standardisation developments for HFC (hybrid fibre coaxial) networks means that cable operators will also by vying for a piece of this highly lucrative...

The LAN to WAN dilemma: The successful running of complex applications on LAN and WAN environments is dependent on the implementation of advanced IP QoS technology, and effective management and maintenance. (IP Services and Infrastructure).
December 1, 2001... Local access and wide area network (LAN and WAN) interworking has been a hotspot in network design, operation and maintenance for many years. It is here that the two different worlds of the high-speed, broadcast principle based LANs and the...

The new business models.(Ericsson portfolio of network solutions)
December 1, 2001... THE ENGINE ACCESS EQUATION In an increasingly challenging marketplace, network operators need to focus on the strategic exploitation of assets and resources. Nowhere is this more true than at the access level -- the ultimate point of customer...

KPN international network services: The wholesale plus dimension.
December 1, 2001... In an uncertain market, the search for new business models by telecom operators is a strategic necessity. New services can deliver new revenues or protect old ones. In some cases, a new business model can take advantage of gaps in a value chain...

KingCom: A new gigabit network.
December 1, 2001... Emerging regional telecom operators provide intriguing, if controversial (in the current environment) business models. Observers question if they have the right economies of scale and can achieve the right mix of technologies and new revenues...

Tele Danmark: A DSL business.
December 1, 2001... A DSL represents arguably the most complex market development in mass market fixed line telecom since the deployment of PSTN networks. The economics, implementation, rollout, marketing, and customer services all present challenges that operator...

Skanova: The cost effective wholesale model.
December 1, 2001... Wholesale telecom operators have their own special challenges: the need to build infrastructure that is effective in countering the ferocious price competition that exists everywhere in the market. Where markets are extremely liberalized, the...

AAPT: A technology agnostic strategy.
December 1, 2001... There probably is no working day that I don't use the phrase 'EBIT' (Earnings Before Interest and Tax) twenty times. We are obsessed with it." So speaks Dave Marsh, Director of Infrastructure Solutions for AAPT, a "hunter" operator, based in...

Altitude: A regional local loop.
December 1, 2001... Access strategies can enable new operators to build market share and add new services if they can target specific markets appropriately. For Altitude, a regional operator based in Normandy, France, fixed wireless access by LMDS technologies has...

Banda 26: The last mile.
December 1, 2001... All competitive operators face a similar problem: the fast set up, and rapid time to market that initiating a new business demands. Where that operator has designs on national coverage, the implementation challenges are significant. For...

In brief: Ericsson's new engine solutions for broadband access; Ericsson is continuing to expand its own broadband access portfolio to align with evolving operator needs.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Home Access Alongside the existing DSL business, Ericsson is now introducing a new fibre Ethernet Home Access solution developed especially to meet the demands from new operators and traditional operators entering bandwidth-hungry markets....

Everyone's a winner?. Web-enabled call centres can provide significant new revenue opportunities for both operators and enterprises. (IP Services and Infrastructure).
December 1, 2001... Everybody wants something these days. Take a look at the contact call centre arena. Service providers want to create new revenue streams and simplify existing infrastructure. Contact centre organisations want to provide the highest level of...

A carrier business model puzzle. Should traditional wholesale carriers branch out and offer co-location and managed services, or stick to their original game plan and just sell bandwidth? (Industry & Market Update).
December 1, 2001... It is no secret that carriers have to re-examine their business model due to the drop in bandwidth prices. For many, the move into basic co-location and managed services is not only a natural progression but the only way to halt the decline in...

Who do you trust? Should banks or mobile operators be entrusted with m-commerce security? (E-commerce Focus).
December 1, 2001... Banks and mobile operators have similar agendas, which explains the financial 'tug of war' over control of security and payment methods. Both want a close relationship with the end-user to increase customer satisfaction and drive revenues. Both...

A new metaphor in the making? ITU telecom Africa, Johannesburg (november, 2001). (Conference Watch).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... When it comes to African telecoms, observers are not short of metaphors: 'African renaissance', 'digital divide', 'cradle of communications' are some of the more popular. The more apt metaphor, however, may be in deciding if, continent-wide,...

Parc technologies. (Riskwise 2.0).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... RiskWise 2.0 is the latest version of Parc Technologies' software for IP network optimisation. It enables IP service providers to map end-to-end traffic flows and automatically test network resilience to link or node failure. RiskWise also uses...

Pandatel. (TDM Multiplexer Fomux 1000).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 2001... Pandatel has launched the FOMUX 1000 multiplexer which maximises the data transmission capacities in the use of fibre optics by combing up to four ESCON (enterprise system connection) in one fibre pair. The optional use of WDM (wave division...

IFR. (Gait Software Test Suite -- AC1080).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... IFR has announced the release of its GAIT software test suite, the AC1080, for testing next generation GSM/TDMA dual mode mobile phones. It works in conjunction with IFR's 1900-5 Cellular System Analyser (CSA) and IFR's 2935 GSM Test Head by...

Aethra. (Stargate).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Aethra has introduced Stargate, a router with integrated ethernet hub providing simultaneous access to the internet and corporate networks for multiple PCs connected to the internet LAN. According to Aethra, the high data rates attainable with...