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February 01 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 Nine shrewd experts support Son, President & CEO of Softbank, behind the scenes Softbank is President Masayoshi Son -- This corporate image has become completely established. Softbank, however, is no longer just a broadband carrier. The company is attempting to get a cellular phone operation in the bag by using its experience in the fixed telephony and corporate markets. Nine shrewd experts support this expansionary course. No one can predict the next move that Softbank will make as a general carrier by just looking at President Son’s words and actions. Advancing toward a general carrier Direct interview with President Son “ We will break through the front of barriers to the cellular phone market no matter how long it will take” Shrewd experts on the offensive We will rush through the fixed and cellular markets in our own Softbank way Shrewd experts on the defensive Guardian gods for protecting gigantic networks and services Cover Story 2 Fields reveal 14 troubles: In the operational phase, be alert to dangers latent in IP telephony Quite a lot of companies have encountered and bothered with a wide variety of IP telephony problems - all of sudden, you cannot make a phone call, your conversation is interrupted, or you hear unpleasant noises. This article investigates the cases of IT telephony troubles erupted in the fields and measures to correct them. Failure happens on the side of a carrier Is this really happening? My telephone drops dead! This is how we deal with problems in our self-operational IP telephony Seemingly unrelated device may cause a problem IP telephone noises of unknown cause Prepare for a long haul to improve sound quality

Report

Here are main attractions in “NET&COM 2005”: Portable wireless IP telephony terminals and interactive functions between applications and IP telephony

NEC IP telephony deployment plan is revealed: It installs 30,000 IP telephone sets and Softphone into 80 percent of the sets as their main communication tools

Hitachi deploys 10,000 HDD-less personal computers as one of personal information protection measures

Telecommunication situation in China reveals that the scale and market have different order of magnitude

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Yasuki Kurosawa
President & CEO of Cisco Systems K.K. and Senior Vice President of Cisco Systems, Inc.
“ We must admit it is a fact that our response was not timely and our product quality was not as good”

Latest network that has changed enterprises

Taiyo Life Insurance Company
The company fully renews its network in which network speeds are improved and relay networks and access liens are made duplicate, and it can still save about 200 million yen per annum