Telecommunications (International Edition) articles from January 2001

Telecommunications (International Edition) archives from January 2001

Dear Telco/Cable/ISP executive.
January 1, 2001... It's obvious that few providers ever talk to any customers in any sort of a proactive way. You seemed upset by my year-end letter. I thought I was being realistic, but you accused me of outright pessimism. Still, as I said last month, a...

The case for sharing 3G infrastructure.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... LONDON -- Crown Castle International, an independent owner and operator of shared wireless communications and broadcast infrastructure, has claimed that sharing 3G infrastructure could help an operator reduce its network costs by as much as...

DSL lessons from the US.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... EUROPE -- As incumbents and new entrants in Europe prepare to roll out DSL services, the US experience suggests that they should focus on gaining profit per customer Immediately rather than just look long term to building up a large subscriber...

BT billing software agreement.(British Telecommunications signs agreement with Lucent Technologies)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Lucent Technologies has announced a global agreement with BT to provide billing software and services for BT's private circuit business customers. Under the terms of a global trading agreement with BT, Lucent will expand the existing UK-only...

TNZ opts for mobile outsourcing.(Telecom New Zealand)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Ericsson has announced that it has entered into a five-year contract with Telecom New Zealand to operate and manage Telecom's entire current mobile network, The deal is said to be the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region. Ericsson will...

Viatel launches yellow submarine.(transatlantic system)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Viatel has announced the completion of its 'yellow submarine' transatlantic system -- a 3,700 mile long fibre-optic cable. The new system -- that the company says is the first of its kind and the first transatlantic cable to be built and laid...

All eyes on mainland China.(at ITU Telecom Asia 2000 conference in Hong Kong)
January 1, 2001... HONG KONG -- ITU Telecom Asia 2000, held at the Hong Kong Exhibition & Conference Centre from 4-9 December, attracted 502 exhibitors whose booths covered a net total of 23,000 square metres. That made it the largest regional event ever held by...

MPLS muscles in on ATM territory.
January 1, 2001... GENEVA -- Although not a definitive sign that service providers are warming towards a particular technology, the frequency of conferences and workshops can act as a useful industry barometer. An MPLS conference, held in Geneva in November...

China Netcom expands optical reach.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Nortel Networks has announced a new contract with China Netcom Corp (CNC) to deliver its OPTera long haul 16000 optical line system from Shenzhen to Hong Kong. The new network will serve as an international gateway for CNC's packet-based...

C&W acquires ML integration group.(Cable and Wireless)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Cable & Wireless (C&W) has announced the acquisition of ML Integration Group Ltd, a data networking communications and systems integration company, based in the UK. ML Integration is C&W's largest European network integration acquisition to...

VoIP in China.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... edge2net and China Motion Telecom have announced a partnership to deliver VoIP and related services to mainland China. Under the terms of the partnership, the telecoms services will be operated by China Motion's long term strategic partner --...

NTT DoCoMo expansion.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... TOKYO -- Japan's NTT DoCoMo, the world's top telecoms firm by market value, is to buy 16 per cent of AT&T Wireless Group for US$9.9 bn ([epsilon]10.9 bn), which will give the Japanese company director positions in the US operator. Additionally,...

UMTS auctions called off in Poland.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... EASTERN EUROPE -- Following much controversy over its 3G licensing procedures, Poland's Communications Ministry cancelled its UMTS auction at the last minute in early December. This was due to the fact that only three bids (from the three local...

DNA Finland gears up for 3G service.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... FINLAND -- At the end of 2000 Finnish mobile operator DNA Finland (formerly Suomen 3P) signed a [epsilon]25 m contract with EHPT, a global IT business, for a 3G billing and customer care solution. "This system will allow us to respond...

Row grows over 'limited mobility' services.(basic telecommunication companies and wireless local loop platforms)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... NEW DELHI -- Basic telephony service providers and cellular operators in India are at loggerheads with one another over the issue of allowing WLL-based mobile services in the country. Cellular operators feel that if basic telecoms companies...

View From The Top.(Scott Goldman discusses his role within the Wireless Application Protocol Forum)
January 1, 2001... GLOBAL -- Before taking on the job of CEO for the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum in November 1999, Scott Goldman belonged to a rare breed of businessman -- he had founded not one successful internet-based venture (which would be...

Is time running out for the GSM SIM toolkit?(wireless communications standards; SIM application toolkit versus wireless application protocol)(Global System for Mobile Communication)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... With the growing presence of WAP-enable phones and applications, the SIM toolkit (STK) is in danger of being eclipsed as a means of delivering value-added services on GSM networks Mobile operators know that survival -- and prosperity --...

Web hosting on a roll.(Industry Overview)
January 1, 2001... The European market for web hosting services has changed dramatically in the past 12 months. What was once a mere add-on service offered by ISPs has grown into a highly focused and specialised business operated by the major telecoms companies...

Streaming ahead.
January 1, 2001... Forecasts from Visionconsult say that the video streaming market will grow dramatically in the next three to four years, opening up new and competitive market opportunities for telco operators. In its latest streaming report, Vision...

A CATV business strategy conundrum.
January 1, 2001... The CATV industry is witnessing a new dawn of business strategies. Soon operators will be able to offer not only digital TV, but interactivity and internet services as well -- but what path will CATV operators decide to take? European CATV...

IP QoS: tracking the different levels.(quality of service)
January 1, 2001... On-demand services are increasingly growing in popularity over the internet, and with this, so is the need to track the different levels of quality of service. It may be easy for people to get online these days, and the transactions are...

No walk in the park.
January 1, 2001... The merger of Equant and Global One only serves to highlight the difficulties in making money out of selling telecoms services to MNCs. The announcement on 20 November that the data operations of Global One would be merged with those of...

CO-location: panacea or placebo?
January 1, 2001... As unbundling of the local loop begins to spread across Europe, the US experience suggests that there's going to be plenty of courtroom battles ahead. Nobody could deny that the telecoms sector has seen an unprecedented amount of change...

Keeping up with the high-speed subscriber.
January 1, 2001... With an ever increasing demand for broadband access services, the subscriber management system has made it possible to connect and manage large numbers of subscribers who are using high-speed access technologies. Europe is seeing...

Mobile portals: a marketing conflict.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The mobile portal marketing battleground is intensifying. Overcoming the years of deep market penetration enjoyed by the big internet players is the key to a mobile operator's success. Europe is entering a mobile portal marketing war. Every...

A question of security.
January 1, 2001... Increasing virus attacks and invasion from malicious hackers is driving the need for more reliable, effective, advanced internet security. The internet is rapidly becoming the core communications infrastructure for public and private...

Gemplus Technologies Asia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Gemplus has introduced its new 3G package of products and services. The range includes a USIM card (universal subscriber identity module), available and already delivered to clients in AsiaPacific; a USIM java card and software environment...

Ericsson.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The DT288 phone is for use with GAP/CAP compliant integrated business cordless systems. The DT288 includes the following features: a redial function allowing the user to redial the last 10 dialled numbers and a WhoCalled function which enables...

Ascom.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Ascom voo:doo digital cordless system offers PC and laptop users wireless transmission of data and voice at a distance of up to 300m from the base station, without telephone cables. Voo:doo uses DECT (digital enhanced cordless technology)...

Temex Telecom.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Temex has launched the TE 812A which includes the following features: 5ppm internal clock to reduce verification period; autoconfiguration to help occasional use, error performance in accordance with G821, G826 or M2100; histogram for quick...

FRIWO.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... FRIWO has launched the PP3 inplug -- charger and power supply in a plug. With a customer specific ASIC in flip-chip technology plus a new, patent-pending circuitry concept producing a stabilised output current with constant-power function. The...

EHPT.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... EHPT has introduced the NextGen Billing solution, a complete portfolio of wireline, wireless and IP billing and customer care modules that secures and integrates service providers' revenue management and service delivery processes. In addition...

Teleproducts.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Simtel Plus, a battery powered line simulator that allows the testing of telecom apparatus out in the field is now available from Teleproducts. The unit under test can be plugged into the Simtel Plus and numbers dialled by the device are...

Torex.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Torex has developed the new XC9801/02 series of fixed regulated voltage stepup charge pump ICs. All that the new devices need to produce voltages are two external ceramic capacitors. The XC9801/02 is supplied in a small MSOP8 package, and...