Telecommunications (International Edition) articles from March 2002

Telecommunications (International Edition) archives from March 2002

Waste not, want not. (Commentary).
March 1, 2002... "Expect a new industry to emerge based on the infrastructure of the old one." "Telecoms waste US$500 bn [[euro]576 bn] on fibre cables," screamed the headline of one of the world's best-known quality newspapers recently. Related comments...

Mobile system integration sector won't ignite until 2004. (Global).(Datamonitor report)
March 1, 2002... The global market for system integrators serving the corporate market with mobile enterprise infrastructure solutions is set to soar. In 2001, the total stood at US$300 m ([euro]345 in), but in 2005 it is predicted to accelerate to US$2.3 bn...

Corporates generate the highest mobile data ARPU. (Global).
March 1, 2002... The majority of mobile data services today are communication and entertainment, but offerings that produce the highest ARPU are in the business sector. These are the findings of a new survey by Ericsson, which has performed a worldwide scan of...

Italy fixes rules for WLL licences. (Global News Analysis: Italy).
March 1, 2002... The Italian government has established a set of rules to auction off licences for the country's wireless local loop (WLL) in the 24GHz to 29GHz frequency band. The tender sees the assignment of ten licences in each of Italy's 21 regions, which...

Outdated OSSs hinder operator prospects. (Global News Analysis: Europe).
March 1, 2002... OSSs (operations support systems) - critical to the success of network operators - are in danger of not keeping in sync with the development of next-generation networks and services. That's the view of Brendan McDonagh, CEO of Aran Technologies...

Mobile data alliance announced. (News in Brief).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... mmO2 and Microsoft have agreed plans to launch a range of new GPRS corporate mobile data services. The company says that the deal extends to all mmO2 mobile businesses in Europe, which will enable its customers to roam and access information in...

Telia expansion in the UK. (News in Brief).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Telia International Carrier has strengthened its position in the UK telecoms market by expanding its fully-owned Viking Network through the purchase of assets from 360 Networks (which is in administration). The procurement significantly extends...

OneAccess successfully raises finance. (News in Brief).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... France-based OneAccess, a developer of broadband access solutions for telcos and corporates, has completed a first round of funding to the tune of [euro]7 m. The capital increase was led by Viventures, and included investment from AGF Private...

A battle of endurance. (View from the Top).
March 1, 2002... Jose Collazo, chairman, president and CEO of Infonet, reveals how the multi-national corporation carrier has succeeded in riding the wave of big operator partnerships and the downturn in the telecoms industry. Together, Jose A. Collazo and...

Will IP VPNs take centre stage? ATM and frame relay VPNs are hard acts to follow in terms of delivering QoS and security, but IP is shaping up as a worthy successor. (Profitable Carrier Strategies).
March 1, 2002... The time is ripe for IF VPNs. That's the message from a growing band of operators, vendors, analysts and -- more significantly -- end-users themselves. "Demand for IF VPNs in the last nine months is probably the strongest we have seen for...

The VAS approach to MNCs: Telecommunications[R] International speaks to two major carriers -- Infonet and Equant -- about their long-term strategy for survival. (Profitable Carrier Strategies).(value-added services)
March 1, 2002... It seems that every time you open up a newspaper these days another telecom company has folded. For carriers serving the multi-national corporation (MNC) market, there's unfortunately no exception to this trend with Global Crossing's filing for...

A model approach to OSS. (Profitable Carrier Strategies).
March 1, 2002... Telcos, more than ever, need to manage and maintain their network assets in the most cost-effective way possible -- enter geospatial operations support systems (GOSSs). Everyone wants a quicker return on investment (ROI). For telcos, one...

The 3G fraud factor: 3G will introduce unfamiliar and complex dimensions to fraud. Without effective prevention mechanisms, mobile operators will lose customer confidence and revenues.
March 1, 2002... 3G will be a new world for mobile operators and coping with the next generation of fraudsters will be another steep learning curve. The content-rich nature of 3G services equates to a catalogue of new partners and co-branded hosts for...

The unacceptable side of mobile networks: If operators are to minimise their 3G costs, they will need to pay close attention to their 'acceptance' procedures. (Profitable Carrier Strategies).
March 1, 2002... If 2G rollout is anything to go by, the installation of 3G networks is unlikely to be a smooth process. Why? Because the implementation of successful 'acceptance' procedures for 3G mobile sites - conducted between the operator, vendor and...

Japan and Europe -- worlds apart? (Profitable Carrier Strategies).
March 1, 2002... Can operators from Japan and Europe forge successful and workable alliances? Strategic alliances between operators from different countries have not had a good track record. Remember the disintegration of the original Global One, the...

The SLA battleground: Mobile operators will need to deliver on attractive service level agreements (SLAs) if they are to give their 2.5G and 3G services a competitive edge. (Profitable Carrier Strategies).
March 1, 2002... Service quality was a relatively straightforward concept in the 2G world. Admittedly it was difficult to implement in the first network rollouts, but 2G operators in the early 1990s only had to worry about voice at a time when mobile users were...

Not all kilobytes are equal: More sophisticated billing mediation platforms will be required if operators are to exploit the full potential of mobile data services. (Profitable Carrier Strategies).
March 1, 2002... Mobile operators need to reassess the way they conduct their business. As the mobile internet evolves, networks will shift from voice-centric switched circuits to data-centric packet networks in the shape of 2.5G and 3G. And in this...

Call centres find a new voice: Network-based call centres will change radically the way SMEs and corporates conduct their business -- but are they an opportunity or threat for telcos? (Industry & Market Update).
March 1, 2002... Imagine you are the call centre manager for a large organisation. You have a number of call centres - huge rooms with vast quantities of agents, all housed in little cubicles with their computer screens and their telephone lines. You...

UMTS -- science fiction or reality? (Conference Watch).
March 1, 2002... Internationales Presse Kolloquium, Berlin (February 2002) Going 'mobile with the Internet' was the focus of Deutsche Telekom's annual international 'presse kolloquium' this year at the opening of its Berlin representative office. Doused...

PROPSim C2. (New Products and Services).
March 1, 2002... Elektrobit PROPSim C2 is a digital real-time hardware radio channel simulator that can be used for testing existing and future mobile communications and WLAN systems, It reproduces the real-world propagation phenomena such as multi-path...

Cellular QPro. (New Products and Services).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... Radcom Radcom has announced Cellular QPro, the latest addition to its VolP performer system. The company says it will enable predictive and real-time, end-to-end call quality analysis as experienced from the subscriber handset. By...

8630 Telecom Protocol Analyser. (New Products and Services).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... Acterna Acterna has launched the 8630 Telecom Protocol Analyser, which the company claims is the industry's first modular wireless network analyser targeting simultaneous and accurate monitoring of all UMTS, GPRS and 557 interfaces. The...

Easy Recharge. (New Products and Services).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Starhome Starhome has released Easy Recharge which allows prepaid roomers to recharge anywhere using locally purchased vouchers from any participating operator. Alternative recharge methods such as swipe cards and ATMs can also be used....

Mobile software platform verison 4.0. (New Products and Services).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... Upaid Upaid has released version 4.0 of its software platform for advanced wireless applications. The latest version enables the deployment of prepaid wireless roaming between traditional service node and camel-enabled intelligent networks...

Mobile data solutions. (New Products and Services).(XACCT)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... XACCT XACCT has released XACCTmobile Solutions to help wireless operators. The suite includes an SMS accounting solution, an advice-of-charge solution for m-commerce, content streaming solution for content-based services and a...

6350 transport switch. (New Products and Services).(Tellabs)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... Tellabs Tellabs has introduced the 6350 transport switch which the company claims will help network operators build 'robust, flexible metro optical networks and quickly deliver new business services' by enabling them to manage their...

W-OS 3000 SIM card range. (New Products and Services).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... Sagem Sagem has launched a new range of SIM toolkit cards based on the W-OS operating system, derived from the Microsoft Windows for smart cards 2.0 technology. The range comprises of three memory sizes (16Kb, 32 Kb and 64 Kb) to meet...

Exhibitors, experts, exact answers: SUPERCOMM gives you one global venue to see what's ahead for your infrastructure.
March 1, 2002... The Exhibitors: The leading companies and the latest service provider technologies, assembled from around the world. As a service provider leader, you must keep up with a global industry that's constantly changing. Regardless of any...