Telecommunications (International Edition) articles from May 2002

Telecommunications (International Edition) archives from May 2002

Back to basics. (Commentary).
May 1, 2002... "The shiny new and multi-coloured strategies that depict grandiose global visions should be put away for another day." Spring in the second year of the Great Telecom Recession, and the living ain't easy. European mobile operators have now...

New focus for BT Ignite. (Financial Perspectives).
May 1, 2002... It's all change far BT Ignite. Instead of targeting the SME market, BT Ignite is under instruction from new BT Group CEO Ben Verwaayen to exclusively woo large European corporate customers with managed data services. And if BT Ignite doesn't...

Compressing the 3G infrastructure bill. (Financial Perspectives).
May 1, 2002... The 3G infrastructure bill may not be as high as once feared. Effnet, a US-based developer of IF header compression technology, claims that 3G operators can save up to US$15 bn ([square]17 bn) by the end of 2005 through the use of compression...

W-LAN price hurdles overcome says WECA. (Global News Analysis).
May 1, 2002... The Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Association (WECA) asserts that equipment costs are no longer an issue for public access W-LAN rollout. "Prices for APs [access points] have come down dramatically in the last 12 months," says Brian Grimm,...

Who needs the network? (Global News Analysis).
May 1, 2002... You don't need to own the network to provide managed P services at QoS levels demanded by corporate customers -- that's the message from Rick Hudson, COO of Netscalibur. "It's a bogus argument to talk about QoS risks if you don't own your own...

UMTS Forum still upbeat about 3G. (Global News Analysis).
May 1, 2002... The UMTS Forum, the independent body that promotes the global uptake of 3G mobile systems and services, believes that the long-term revenue potential for the new spectrum remains very high. This is despite the possible adverse economic...

SubOptic 2004 show. (News in Brief).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... It has been announced that the SubOptic 2004 international convention for the submarine telecoms industry will be held on March 28 to April 1 in Monaco. The event is organised every three years and around 1,000 attendees are expected to attend...

mmO2 claims BlackBerry success. (News in Brief).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... mmO2 has signed up more than 250 corporate customers for the BlackBerry mobile e-mail solution since its launch in the UK last autumn, and its subsequent commercial rollout in Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland last month. The mobile operator...

Ericsson wins Chinese contract. (News in Brief).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Ericsson has been awarded with a broadband multi-service network contract from China Telecommunications Corporation -- China's largest fixed-line operator. According to the agreement, China Telecom will firstly deploy ENGINE -- a carrier-class...

The right MVNO cocktail? (View from the Top).
May 1, 2002... Virgin Mobile began operations for one reason only -- 3G. That's the word given to Telecommunications[R] International from Tom Alexander, CEO and managing director of Virgin Mobile, who talks in a relaxed but passionate manner that seems to...

Survival of the fittest: only carriers with deep pockets, manageable costs and a 'customer-driven' strategy will survive. (The IP Element).
May 1, 2002... If there is one thing the stock market needs above all else it's confidence. Unfortunately, in the carriers' market, there's not much of it about and share prices have taken a hammering. So much so in fact that many players have either hit the...

360[degrees] view of CRM: Web-enabled CRM offers operators impressive functionalities but true CRM success depends on channel integration and a 360[degrees] view of the customer. (The IP Element).
May 1, 2002... The ubiquity of PCs, and growing confidence with which people interact with the web (look at online banking and shopping), has driven the inevitable growth of online, or web-enabled, CRM (customer relationship management). It introduces...

Addressing the IPv6 issue: IPv6 is a cleaner and more efficient world than IPv4, but is the cost of getting there worth it from the operators' point of view? (The IP Element).
May 1, 2002... We can't go on like this. No, not the author's sentiments about life in general but the view of those who back the IPv6 standardisation initiatives by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). "IPv4 is a thirty-year-old protocol and it has...

Are IP VPN extranets the answer? (The IP Element).
May 1, 2002... Building a layer 2 VPN extranet is complicated and expensive. Although IP-based solutions promise a more cost-effective and scalable approach, service providers will have to reassure customers that QoS and security are not compromised. The...

Ignorance is not bliss: a lack of understanding on the part of end-customers as to what co-location can offer is holding the industry back. (Industry & Market Update).
May 1, 2002... If you were asked to pick one industry that has been subject to unbelievable hype to the extent of utter absurdity you would most likely pick the dotcoms. And according to Gwilym Lewis, partner in D Consulting, this has been a huge problem for...

Throwing down the SCM gauntlet: can Europe's large telcos implement the necessary supply chain management (SCM) changes to become customer-led organisations? (E-Commerce Focus).
May 1, 2002... Harsh economic climates often provide fertile breeding grounds for new religions. Sure enough, amidst the current malaise afflicting the telecom industry, a new cult has taken hold in some quarters. Over the last two years a growing band of...

Tricks of the trade: Fraud 2002 (April, London, hosted by IIR Telecoms and Technology). (Conference Watch).
May 1, 2002... No one knows what the exact fraud figures are or, if they do, they are not prepared to admit them. This suggests they must be large -- estimates vary from 0.5 per cent to four per cent of total operator revenues worldwide -- or, to put it...

Wandermeter WM-11: Pendulum. (New Products and Services).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... Pendulum has announced the second Wandermeter model, WM-11, in the synchronisation tester family. Building on WM-10 introduced last year, a compact tool for testing the quality of El cocks and El synchronisation lines in SDH transport networks,...

JSLA for fibersafe: PLLB Elettronica and Advanced Network Solutions (ANS). (New Products and Services).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... PLLB Elettronica and Advanced Network Solutions introduce JSLA for Fibersafe, an integrated system for the service level management for optical fibre networks -- the integration of two existing technologies (PLLB's Fibersafe and ANS' JSLA)....

TOPDSLAM MC890: Taicom. (New Products and Services).(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... The TOPDSLAM remote digital subscriber multiplexer extends ADSL services to remote end-users. A DS3 interface is available for connection to an ATM switch or an E1-IMA interface for connection to a DLC system. The multiplexer can function...