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and Services Croatia was the system integrator for the project, and Amdocs will be providing product support and maintenance.
Oracle has had a few items of good news to share. First, Korea Telecom Freetel (KTF) has deployed components of Oracle's Communications Service Delivery portfolio in order to launch some new services. KTF is also using Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters in order to develop an integrated subscriber and service authentication system for wired and wireless services. "Oracle has helped us establish our position as an innovator in the mobile industry in Korea and in the world. With our service delivery platform based on Oracle software, we are able to develop faster and easier data services for customers who want more than mobile services. We are moving toward our goal of becoming a communications leader in the digital age," said Byoung-Chol Choi, vice president, Korea Telecom Freetel.
Secondly, Oracle's Communications Converged Application Server, has been deployed by mobilkom austria group in Central and Eastern Europe. "The trend to converged multimedia services has set in motion a transformation, with the common denominator being open, Internet-based technologies as the underlying foundation. Using Oracle Communications Converged Application Server, mobilkom austria group is uniquely positioned to foster innovation in the emerging IMS market, thereby unleashing new revenue streams and improving our customer loyalty by providing a market-leading set of convergent, multimedia services," said Rainer Huber, senior service architect, mobilkom austria.
Telcordia has released a series of whitepapers on how CSPs can better deliver services to customers by building interactive customer relationships. According to Telcordia's white paper, "To Win in an Interactive World, Get Personal," CSPs need to develop an open business model that enables them to remain competitive, realize business growth and build interactive customer relationships in this interactive world. Telcordia believes CSPs need to start developing stronger relations with their customers now by transitioning to a more interactive business model and stop falling into the role of the enabler, which allows the Internet players to reap the rewards of the IP content and advertising explosion. Interested parties can view the whitepapers on Telcordia's website.
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T-Mobile has finally unveiled the G1, the very first device to use the long-awaited Google Android operating system.
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T-Mobile has finally unveiled the G1, the very first device to use the long-awaited Google Android operating system, and it looks like quite the device. Manufactured by T-Mobile, Google, and HTC, reports say it's well-built and sports a number of excellent features, including a 3 megapixel camera and an on-board compass. It will also have the capability of taking a photo of bar codes and using them to get product information (see Ed Finegold's article for more information on that topic in this month's issue) and will be able to run apps in the background. The product design allows users to use the touch screen, flip open the device to use a QWERTY keyboard, or use a trackball to navigate the screen. It also has a neat unlocking method that allows you to unlock the phone with one hand by tracing a pattern onto the screen with your thumb. The device, as most of you studious readers already know, will be running on Google's Android OS. The home screen will be customizable and users will have easy access to Google applications like YouTube and Google Talk. 3G access will be available, as will Wi-Fi, and users will be able to access the Android Market in order to upgrade the phone's software and obtain new applications, which can be designed by developers around the world because of the Android's open source design ethic. A pre-sale for current T-Mobile customers allowed them to purchase the gadget for $179.99 (and price that is very competitive to the Apple iPhone) and have it arrive on October 22, free of shipping charges. Reports are now saying that the pre-sale is sold out. The G1 will go on sale to the general public, as well, on the same date.
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