Telecommunications Americas articles from March 2001

Telecommunications Americas archives from March 2001

Broadly disappointing.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... Somebody should hove told everybody that broadband rollout was never going to happen overnight. If you hear a rifle blast ring out from the local car park, it might just be the sound of the telecom industry collectively shooting itself in...

Danger ahead for the 'no-frills' co-locators.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... EUROPE -- Following last month's announcement by Conxion that it has started to offer managed web hosting services in Europe, Antonio Salerno -- the company's CEO -- had some stark words of warning for the real-estate co-locators. "Colocation...

FRIACO offers ISPs a safety net.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... LONDON -- The introduction of FRIACO (flat rate Internet access call origination) in the UK last month should help to prop up ISP business models based on fixed monthly subscription charges only. In the US, unmetered access is the norm and...

Xinjiang signs up Nortel.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Xinjiang Mobile has signed a contract with Nortel Networks to implement the fifth-phase expansion of its GSM 900 wireless network. This expansion, estimated to be worth US$30 m ([epsilon]32.6 min), is expected to support up to 280,000...

IP billing agreement in Japan.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Cable and Wireless (C&W) has announced that it has deployed Lucent Technologies billing and customer care software enabling P services in Japan. Under the terms of the multimillion-dollar agreement, Lucent has provided its P billing software to...

Telia launches global IP VPN service.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Telia International Carrier, subsidiary of Telia AB, has announced the availability of its new global P virtual private network (VPN). Sold to ISPs, who can incorporate the service into their product portfolio, the carrier says that P VPN will...

Changes for Eircom as stock price plummets.(Company Financial Information)
March 1, 2001... IRELAND -- Two years ago, the Irish Republic's former state-owned telecoms company, now Eircom, was floated on the stock market in a blaze of patriotic fervour. Half a million Irish citizens raided their savings or borrowed from the bank to...

The rise of Internet access via cable.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... INDIA -- New Delhi has become the first Indian city to have full-blown commercial Internet access service via cable, thanks to extensive piping done by two service providers -- Punj Lloyd's Spectranet and Bharti BT's Mantra Online. ...

UPC signs up for voice over IP.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... THE NETHERLANDS -- Cable operator UPC has signed a letter of intent with Cisco to build a VoIP communications network. The project, which will take three years, is to cover a minimum of five cities and should allow 500,000 residential customers...

Telfort splits into two.(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Telfort has announced that it will split into two companies in April this year. Telfort's transition is being implemented along the same lines as the restructuring of its parent BT. The restructuring is in line with BT's strategy to manage...

TMN chooses Ericsson for 3G network.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... TMN has chosen Ericsson as the primary supplier for its 3G network in Portugal. Ericcson has now been named to supply 3G networks for 23 operators globally. Under the agreement, Ericsson will supply the largest share of TMN's radio access...

GSA venture targets start-ups.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... GLOBAL -- GSA (The Global mobile Suppliers Association) has established a new ventures programme (NVP), which is designed to provide a neutral meeting point for start-up content and application companies. The GSA hopes that the NVP will...

View From The Top.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... GLOBAL -- The Internet world is -- almost by definition -- a distributed world of innovators and innovations. Behind it all, however, it's possible to point to the efforts of a single man widely regarded as 'Father of the internet'. Quietly...

Barriers at the local exchange.(Government Activity)
March 1, 2001... Although unbundling of the local loop has been mandated by the EC, it is still proving difficult for the DSL players to gain fair access to the central office. The unbundling of the local loop was never going to be a smooth process. After...

A 3G billing maze.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... Operators are entering a 3G billing maze but with obstacles and barriers at every turn, how will they find the right way out? To say that billing for 3G services is complicated is an understatement. Operators face numerous hurdles in their...

Sending out an OSS.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... Multiple applications over packet networks require a different type of operational support system (OSS) than is commonly available today. To avoid the proliferation of bespoke solutions, the Telemanagement Forum proposes common characteristics...

DSL needs operational support.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... The stock valuation of new-entrant DSL (digital subscriber line) players is inextricably bound up with the performance of their operational support systems (OSS). To survive in an increasingly competitive and volatile market, carriers are...

Putting network interconnection on track.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... In an era marked by cash constraints forced by the credit and equity markets, a third-party approach can enable carriers to establish successful network interconnectivity -- improving their growth prospects and financial position. Just as...

New world for ISPs.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... Gone are the days of ISPs providing simple Internet access as the market becomes increasingly competitive. Users now demand more services a faster speeds -- but how will ISPs rise to the challenge? According to Analysys, the number of ISPs...

Global service providers.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In theory, successful global service providers need extensive network reach, aggressive SLAs and the ability to adapt products to meet the individual demands of customers. In practice, examples of profitable strategies are few and far between....

WorldCom.(Company Operations)
March 1, 2001... WorldCom is in the midst at a major realignment of its businesses. The global service provider (GSP) announced in November last year that the company would separate into two distinct businesses. While WorldCom has remained the name of the...

Equant/Global One.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... There is a compelling logic about the coming together of Equant and Global One. By pooling together the network resources of two well-established (but loss-making) global service providers, the theory goes that you can leverage economies of...

Concert.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... Just six months ago, Concert, the joint venture company between AT&T J and BT, faced claims that AT&T's and BT's domestic problems might overshadow its development. According to Mark Bruneau, chief executive of Renaissance Strategy, a...

Questioning the theory of evolution.
March 1, 2001... A quick introduction of an IP overlay network an be more cost effective for operators than taking a cautious approach to circuit-to-packet migration. The circuit-to-IP migration debate has been ongoing for three years now and there has...

The point of convergence.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... Billing should be simple and efficient -- one bill for fixed line, mobile and internet services is an obvious choice. However, providing convergent billing is not as easy as it seems. The onset of convergence and IP Is transforming the way...

Danger! Men at Work.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... The buildout of mobile networks can be delayed and even flawed due to insufficient construction management skills and lack of coordination among vendors and project rollout organisations. Telecoms is one of the fastest-moving industries in...

The allure of wireless access.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... The level of existing telecoms infrastructure, as well as the topography and population spread of a country, are key factors when selecting a network access technology. Is the time right for wireless access in South America? There are...

WAP on the attack.(Technology Information)
March 1, 2001... It's has had its critics, but the wireless application protocol is fighting back. The WAP Forum presents the arguments and, not surprisingly, does not pull any punches. WAP standardisation for mobile devices is moving forward....

Do you understand your customer?(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... Through using data warehouses, telecom companies can maximise their profitability by fully understanding what services and applications their customers want. Data warehousing is the process of bringing data together from a wide range of...

Churn prevention through eCRM.
March 1, 2001... The most important question for service providers is how to retain and increase their customer base. Today effective CRM (customer relations management) strategy for the telecoms industry must be proactive and include the front end, which...

Legalising B2B e-commerce.(Industry Trend or Event)
March 1, 2001... In order to achieve widespread acceptance of high-value transactions, legally binding B2B e-commerce is critical and must be made readily available by large corporations within the internet arena. High-value e-commerce is projected to shift...

UMTS SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGN TOOL.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... RadioScape RadioScape has announced the release of its Radiolab 3G UMTS system-level design toolset, a complete set of design modeling elements commercially available for UMTS. The toolset consists of a Simulink[R] blockset, several...

MOBILE APPLICATIONS SUITE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... RemoteApps RemoteApps has launched a range of mobile applications which enable customers to implement m-commerce solutions that can be delivered to multiple devices simultaneously. The integrated framework allows the execution of a unified...

MT8850A.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Anritsu The MT8850A is a bluetooth test set for design and production testing. The new instrument has been specifically designed to test Bluetooth modules, or any product with a Bluetooth wireless interface, such as mobile phones, PDAs and...

WAP CHARGING GATEWAY CG 110.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Sonera Sonera has introduced its WAP charging gateway CG 110 which converts individual WAP gateway service transactions into chargeable transaction detail records. The generic transaction rules allow for multiple billing methods as well as...

DIALOG 3413 IP PHONE.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Ericsson Enterprise The Dialog 3413 IP phone converts voice into data packets that are compatible with IP telephony and compliant with all H.323 v2 systems. New features can be added as needed with software downloads from a server. The IP...

AMD8000-12 ADSL MINI-DSLAM.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Net to Net Technologies Net to Net Technologies has expanded its IP-based ADSL product offering with a new standalone DSLAM for remote terminal use, the AMD8000-12 ADSL Mini-DSLAM. It provides 12 ports of auto-adapting ADSL supporting both...

QUBiC4.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Philips Semiconductors Philips Semiconductors has introduced QUBiC4, a new process technology which allows Philips Semiconductors to produce RF chips that meet the high speed and low power requirements of advanced mobile networks using...

SAFETRADER.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... EHPT EHPT has released EHPT SAFETRADER[TM] 2.0, an improved version of its payment system based on the Jalda[TM] payment method. Jalda makes micro- and session based payments possible from both fixed and mobile devices with internet...

VIDEO MEETING SERVICE.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... Video Meeting Company VMC's video meeting service is a fully functional system that includes: equipment; impartial specification of the right equipment for individual needs; professional installation with thought given to lighting and...

MAXI-ROUTE.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... Intec Telecom Systems Intec has announced Maxi-RoutE which uses network billing information to automate the process of identifying the most cost-effective routings for telecoms traffic, while maintaining defined levels of service. Switch...

SUPERSTACKO 3 NBX[R] NETWORKED TELEPHONY SOLUTION.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... 3Com SuperStackO 3 NBX[R] networked telephony solution is part of 3Com's family of IP PBX products designed to replace traditional business phone systems while leveraging industry-standard data networks. It includes an enhanced call...

WIRELESS E-MAIL AND WEB SERVICE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... OmniSky International OmniSky International has launched its European wireless e-mail and web service for handheld computers. The service delivers integrated wireless connectivity for handheld devices. OmniSky will initially focus on the...