February 15, 2007
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Cover Story
True impact brought by "simultaneous IP retransmission," at last started to prime the diffusion of NGN
An experiment has started to test real-time retransmission of TV programs that are "strongest contents" through an IP network. TV sets will be transformed from receivers that display TV programs to communication terminals that provide various services.
TV programs delivered without change through IP network
NGN clears restrictions on IP retransmission
Copyright treatment varies substantially, depending on "whether or not a service is regarded as a broadcast"
Basics of "simultaneous IP retransmission"
Over TV, ulterior motives of three parties are tangled
Special report
Reforms are being made for the sales promotion premium model for cell phones: Is the day when we can buy cell phones with 1 yen already gone?
The entire industry, including MIC and cell phone operators, has started reforming the sales promotion premium system. While communication charges are expected to fall, the prices of terminals may substantially rise. Enterprise users may be compelled to review their plan to introduce cell phones.
Strategic network study
Daikin Industries, Ltd.
The company in the middle of IP telephony transition project that takes several years to complete already brings an annual cost reduction of 50 million yen, working through a succession of troubles
HATO BUS CO., LTD.
The company eliminates the possibility of drink driving by conducting sobriety tests on its drivers with cell phones even at hotels where they are staying
Tepco Partners Co., Inc.
The company introduces about 300 thin clients that do not leave personal information at its sites
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Report
NTT DoCoMo faces a barrage of criticism in the study group on mobile business
Taiwan earthquake causes unparalleled troubles in submarine cables in history; carriers struggle to recover
Users voice complaints in succession against the sudden price hike of SkypeOut
LiMo Foundation develops standard Linux for cell phones “as competitive as Windows Mobile"
IBM supports the resurrection of Notes by entering the enterprise SNS market
"We will provide a service that enables users to watch the rest of a recorded TV program on their cell phone screens." - Mr. Chris Rice, AT&T CTO
SoftEther Corporation releases new VPN software that configures an "easy thin client environment"
Dell' Oro survey
NGN supports continuing growth of sales for IP telephony equipment as well as high growth of edge routers
Editor-in-Chief's Interview
"We intend to help to make technology developed in Japan the world standard in NGN."
Mr. Yasuki Kurosawa, President & CEO, Cisco Systems K.K.
Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises
Higher sound quality of IP telephones
In the age of NGN, the sound quality of IP telephones will be dramatically improved with key technologies such as sound encoding schemes that transmit sounds in broadband and protocols that collect information on terminals and control the quality of an entire network