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may well need to look into protecting these types of customers from illegal hacking. But is it cost effective to protect just some of the customers, or would it be easier from a logistical standpoint to protect all of them? In either case, the very existence of a company like Cellcrypt points to the idea that at some time in the future, service providers will likely need to address the issue on a larger scale.
A case study was recently published regarding a demonstration conducted by Global Forte, a product and consulting company, and Redline Communications. The study involved providing high speed wireless connections between two ships that were up to 20 kilometers away from each other, both moving at speeds of up to 13 knots and using a system called “BATS” (Broadband Antenna Tracking System). BATS is integrated with Redline’s 5.8 GHz AN-80i radio and a two-foot grid antenna and is agnostic as to frequency and broadband vendor radio equipment. The demonstration was able to successfully broadcast camera surveillance from one ship to another and allowed for Internet protocol telephone communications. A distance of 44.3 kilometers was achieved. The demonstration took place in the Sea of Marmara, and is an indicator that even the nautical world will likely be just as connected and wired as land is currently. Perhaps service providers will find a new market on the high seas.
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Matt Bross is now the former CTO of British Telecom. He recently left his position, which he’s held since November of 2002, though for what, no one yet knows. He’s relocated back to the United States, where he’s likely to have a whole new pasture to graze. Shortly before his decision to leave, BT decided to merge its Innovate Group with its Design group, a move that may or may not have played a part in Bross’ decision to quit. It is rumoured that BT does not plan to refill the CTO position.
In the world of customer wins, Amdocs was recently selected by T-Mobile UK for a four-year managed services agreement, through which Amdocs will be in charge of the maintenance and support of T-Mobile UK’s billing, customer care, and ordering systems for 16.7 million subscribers. Another win for Amdocs comes in the form of Telenor Sweden, which has selected Amdocs’ OSS suite of products for its wireline operations. Amdocs was already supporting the company’s mobile operations. Also on the subject of customers, Oracle announced that over 140 communications service providers purchased the Oracle Communications applications in the last fiscal year. “Oracle’s success in the last fiscal year demonstrates that communications service
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Comcast has further injected itself into the mobile world via the Apple App store. The cable giant just released a free mobile application for both the iPhone and iPod touch that allows customers to access Comcast services right from their mobile device. Customers will be able to access Comcast email, visual voice mail, real-time TV listings and even trailers for movies that are available On Demand. Customers will also be able to access their address books, forward home phone calls to the iPhone, and have the full functionality of the SmartZone Communications Center. While some of these features are available via any mobile Web-enabled device with a browser, the full functionality is available only for customers with an iPhone or iPod touch. Here we can see yet another example of one of the symbiotic relationships that Apple has created for itself with its ultra-popular mobile device: Apple becomes more useful for certain customers, and a communications service provider hops on the iPhone train to bring more features to its customers, making itself more valuable. It also ups customer expectation and raises the bar for other CSPs to follow suit.
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providers worldwide are focused on optimizing their IT systems and networks to lower costs and risk, and trust Oracle to help them meet those goals with scalable, integrated, standards-based solutions,” said Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications.
The NGN IMS Forum has announced that the 8th annual Plugfest will happen from October 5 through October 9th of 2009 and will focus on the interoperability for voice and multimedia applications, BSS/OSS and security. It will include participants like Comverse, HP, Mu Dynamics, Radvision, Tech Mahindra, and Tekelec, among others. “Plugfest 8 is a cooperative effort between our three technical working groups, including the Diameter/Control Plane, and BSS/OSS and Security Working Groups,” said Michael Khalilian, Chairman and President of the NGN IMS Forum. “It will showcase the great progress that these groups have made in advancing NGN and IMS architectures.”
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