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Nikkei Communications

December 1, 2007

Cover Story 1

ISPs start to seek tomorrow's services - new forms of Internet connection driven by its exploding traffic

ISPs (Internet service providers) are suffering exploding Internet traffic. If they continue to provide the same existing services, they may not be able to obtain revenues commensurate with improved facilities, and the prospect casts dark clouds over their operations. Every ISP has started to seek its "tomorrow" services, taking into consideration increases in its service charges, changes of its rate structure, limits on usage of its services, value-added services, etc.

Although ISPs are still groping for a way, measures to limit bandwidths are spreading

Bandwidth control should be performed in a way that the affected users can understand it

Yasuhiko Taniwaki, Director of Telecommunications Policy Division, Telecommunications Business Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

Cover Story 2

NTT's mid-term management strategy crumbles at its foundation with anxiety not being wiped out even by revising down the number of subscribers to its optical services

NGN (Next-Generation Network) offered by the NTT group will enter the commercialization phase in March 2008. The target of "30 million optical lines by fiscal year 2010" has been revised down to "20 million optical lines...." The NGN has been redefined as the "successor to FLET’S." The foundation of the communication environment in Japan has collapsed and its future picture is becoming blurred.

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

Wireless charge

Wireless chargers, becoming "wiser" with communication functionality, charge equipment without terminals

Wireless chargers without terminals are becoming smaller enough to be able to be installed on cell phones while providing the capability of charging lithium-ion batteries. In conjunction with the appearance of power line networks, their collaboration with home networks is now becoming a possibility.

Highly technical term you need to know

Windows Home Server

Report

Will cell phone carriers adopt Google's "Android," a development platform for cell phones, which will change cell telephony fundamentally?

ISPs face an issue in transition to NGN with endless worries even after a briefing session by NTT East and NTT West

Japan Communications Inc. and KDDI Corp. provide new services that enable users to send and receive mail through their companies with their cell phones

Cisco Systems brings forth a new redundancy technology, making redundancy designs easier and existing protocols unnecessary

HD-enabled video conferencing systems are hit by a wave of price-reductions such as reducing prices by almost half compared with those for existing products

Zimbra of the US launches a new version of collaboration tool that enables business applications on the Web to be used offline

Telecom watch

In the wake of Sprint Nextel's faltering WiMAX operation, Japan's decision attracts attention all around the world

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

"I hope MIC does not fear risks. The public and private sectors must unite to enhance the international competitiveness of the Japanese telecommunication industry."

Mr. Hiroyuki Kishi, Professor at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design and Managing Director for AVEX GROUP HOLDINGS INC.

Case study

INAX MAINTENANCE Corporation

The company deploys 600 smartphones, improving customer satisfaction and security

SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

Using open source software, the company self develops its mail environment used by its 20,000 employees