Telecommunications (International Edition) articles from July 2002

Telecommunications (International Edition) archives from July 2002

The glamour or the money? (Commentary).(Editorial)
July 1, 2002... "No one seems to have told many CEOs that we now are in the age of the sound bite and the televisual image." Forgive me for mentioning it again, but I believe we are still in collective trauma about what has happened to the US$4 trillion...

Changes at Enel too late for France Telecom. (Financial Perspectives).(73.4 per cent stake in Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA)
July 1, 2002... A change in management at Enel last month, the Italian electricity utility that has a 73.4 per cent stake in Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, is unlikely to change France Telecom's mind to exit from the Italian fixed/mobile operator. "They [the Wind...

Pre-paid still vital, despite low ARPU. (Financial Perspectives).(Vodafone)
July 1, 2002... Despite the fact that pre-paid represents the lowest ARPU for operators in comparison to contract, it still remains central to their business strategy. "Operators would definitely be happier if all of their customers were on contract...

ECTA advocates 'virtual' LLU. (Global News Analysis).(European Competitive Telecommunications Association report on DSL penetration)
July 1, 2002... It's almost becoming a quarterly ritual. ECTA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association, publishes a 'scorecard' outlining the growth in the number of DSL connections in every European country and then adds a press release...

Beauty before auctions for 3G rollout. (Global News Analysis).
July 1, 2002... The countries that favoured a beauty contest rather than an auction procedure will launch 3G sooner. This is according to new research by the Teleconomy Group, a research and consultancy company. "Our findings indicate that the regulatory...

VDSL trials in Helsinki. (News in Brief).(RSL COM Finland and VDSL Systems in licensing deal)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... RSL COM Finland and VDSL Systems, a developer of VDSL (very high-speed DSL), have formed a strategic partnership where they wiil trial VDSL services for businesses throughout the Helsinki region. The two organisations claim that VDSL technology...

T-Mobile launches BlackBerry solution. (News in Brief).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... T-Mobile has declared that the rollout of its BlackBerry solution clearly demonstrates its commitment to serving the corporate market. The product enables corporate employees to access their e-mail and diary applications while on the move using...

First BWA network in Ireland. (News in Brief).(Leap Broadband)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Leap Broadband, a new Irish carrier, has started trials of its fixed wireless access network in Dublin. According to the company, by providing wireless connectivity using wireless technology, it will be able to meet the rising demand for...

Taking the initiative: Yoshio Utsumi believes the 'information society' requires a global policy-making forum and he wants the ITU to play a central role. (View From the Top).(secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Yoshio Utsumi.)
July 1, 2002... "As a child, I remember imploring my mother to talk about the days of her childhood... Among the many things she told me was: 'I wanted to marry a man who had a telephone at home.' Her dream remained unfulfilled since it was only after she...

On a roll: China's Huawei keeps on winning.(Huawei Technologies)
July 1, 2002... It could be any university campus. Studious young men and women are walking to and from their rooms carrying books and laptops. Pop music is faintly audible through one of the windows. But this is no university. It's a mini-village built to...

China Netcom's gateway to the world.
July 1, 2002... China Netcom was set up on 1 June 1999. From the outset, it was clear that the success of the company depended on getting into business as quickly as possible and attacking the easiest parts of the Chinese telecoms market first. That's why...

Taizhou: keep it simple.(Taizhou Telecom's network strategy)
July 1, 2002... The city of Taizhou looks like somewhere that has been built from scratch in the last few years. Located on the coast of Zhejiang province, it still has all the signs of work in progress: the local headquarters of Taizhou Telecom, for example,...

The future's bright, the future's metro: increased investment in metro optical networking is cause for cautious optimism, but it is still SDH -- not DWDM -- which forms the bulk of sales. (The Optical Layer).
July 1, 2002... The long-haul optical manufacturing business is dead -- the metro space is where the action is. Perhaps a crude exaggeration to grab your attention but evidence from the giants of optical networking suggests that at least the first half of this...

Winning the access game: barring disastrous events, satellite will never usurp fibre but it is still required for operators to achieve a cost-effective ubiquitous network. (The Optical Layer).
July 1, 2002... Satellite only accounts for 2.5 per cent of the total global communications market. Because of this, it's seen as a niche market provider. And according to Rick Perry, vice president of global capacity planning for Cable & Wireless (C&W), it is...

Going beyond 10Gbps: the business case for 40Gbps optical line transmission rates is improving with time. (The Optical Layer).
July 1, 2002... Within two years there is every chance that 40Gbps optical transmission rates will be commonplace. Although there are some technical and cost problems to overcome, the move towards this higher data rate is well underway. There is of course...

No compromise in the WAN: extending the ethernet protocol into the WAN doesn't mean operators have to make concessions with SDH functionality. (The Optical Layer).
July 1, 2002... The worldwide demand for bandwidth in telecoms networks is growing exponentially. Analysts are predicting that the global broadband services market will be worth between US$20 bn ([euro]23 bn) and US$30 bn ([euro]35 bn) by 2005. The...

The ION route to profitability: standardisation developments at the optical control plane level are helping to make IONs (intelligent optical networks) an attractive business proposition for network operators. (The Optical Layer).(and related article)
July 1, 2002... Today's network operators are under unprecedented pressure. They have to reduce costs for building and running their networks while simultaneously deploying new services to increase revenue in a cost-efficient and timely manner. There is also...

ILECs: survival through evolution; Bert Whyte, president and CEO of net.com, believes that liberalisation of the network will have a greater positive impact than 'liberalisation' of the industry. (Industry & Market Update).
July 1, 2002... We have had a rough two years in the telecoms industry. Many suggest it will never get better. Certainly, a lot of investors have been badly burnt and may never again invest in telecoms or technology. For the incumbent service provider or...

Optical spectrum analyser: Ando Electric. (New Products and Services).(Ando Electric AQ6317C)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2002... Ando Electric, a Japanese manufacturer, has started to accept orders for its AQ6317C, a new high optical-resolution optical spectrum analyser (OSA). The company claims that the OSA offers superior wavelength accuracy over an expanded wavelength...

Single chip audio solution: National Semiconductor. (New Products and Services).(National Semiconductor LM4854)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2002... National Semiconductor Corporation, a provider of next-generation audio products, has announced the availability of its LM4854, an integrated boomer stereo headphone and mono speaker amplifier, which the company says is ideally suited for small...

Ultra Low Noise Accelerometer: MEMSIC. (New Products and Services).(MEMSIC Ultra Low Noise Accelerometer)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2002... MEMSIC, a provider of CMOS-based MEMS accelerometers/sensors, has declared that its Ultra Low Noise Accelerometer, is ready for deployment. The vendor claims that the product is the most recent in a successful line of standard, sub-micron CMOS...