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Nikkei Communications

February 01 2006 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 "FTTR," hybrid of optical and DSL technologies, will start as early as this summer as an additional option for broadband A new option has appeared in broadband that has started to switch from ADSL to FTTH. It is FTTR (fiber to the remote terminal) that transmits data through optical fiber up to a certain point and through xDSL from the point to a user's residence. Parties involved agree with FTTR in general. Some, however, may fear that the "interference issue" that caused much controversy three years ago will be rekindled. Cover Story 2 A new concept of terminal, cell phone for protecting children from crimes, appears as a tool that sounds an alarm at any time and any place We are seeing a succession of (attempted) kidnappings of children during commuting to and from school across the country. In the wake of this situation, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI are going to start to provide new types of cell phones that help to confirm whether children are safe or not. They will include newly conceived capabilities such as a "no arbitrary power-off" function. Cover Story 3 Emergency inspection! - Plug loopholes of Web applications: the root cause of personal information leakage The vulnerabilities of Web applications are being seriously targeted. What wrongdoers aim for is personal information they can sell in a black market. Attack tools have already gone into circulation, and you may become an easy victim if you fail to take preventive actions against them. Once the damage is done, the amount of the damage will easily exceed tens of million yen. You can waste no time in taking preventive actions. Best strategy to rectify vulnerabilities without stopping a Web site The key is how to use proxy Inspection: Prior preparations are indispensable when inspecting a production site Rectification: Avoid closing a site with Web firewall Re-creation: Vendors cannot be held responsible unless security measures are explicitly indicated in the specification Cost is no longer an excuse for failing to implement security measures

Report

NTT Communications President says "No" to GyaO - "Infrastructure free rider theory" suddenly comes to the surface

Microsoft and Softbank BB form a strategic tie-up to close in on Skype

SkyWave sells an IP-PXB software part that may create a new horizon for the telephony market

NTT DoCoMo and KDDI enters kid market with an aim to win the whole family

"Consider transition to IPv6 as soon as possible" - Takashi Arano, Trustee of Japan Network Information Center (Senior Managing Director CTO, Intec NetCore, Inc.)


Eye-catcher/new service
Panasonic Communications launches a new linchpin business phone that uses non-IP telephone set in conjunction with IP-enabled OA equipment

NTT West makes PC grid commercially available and invites participants limited to IPv6 users


User frontline

Kajima Corporation
The company installs a WILLCOM's enterprise PHS solution, "nano-cell system," to a construction site with telephone cost halved

UNICOOP JAPAN
Avoiding loss of data with thin clients and storage servers

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Mr. Heizo Takenaka
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
"We will provide the benefits of 'fusion' to our people"

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

Cell-phone wallet
Cell-phone wallet, FeliCa-powered cell phone is expanding a range of applications with its communication functions

Strategic network study

SAPPORO BREWERIES LIMITED
The company replaces nearly all of its outside lines with "Otoku Line" and transforms its extension network to a fully IP-enabled one