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January 15 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 “This is how to dispose of existing telephony networks”; cases of British Telecom and KDDI trying to transform their trunk networks into IP-enabled ones British Telecom, the biggest telecommunications carrier in UK, has fully started the IP enablement of its fixed telephony network. In Japan, KDDI launched a similar IP enablement effort in September 2004. The efforts of these two companies are a step ahead of the global trend of “the IP enablement of telephony networks." However, the reasons behind building IP-enabled telephony networks are as different as night and day between the two companies. On-the-spot coverage in UK “ BT shock” shook NTT KDDI will have completed the earliest IP-enablement among other carriers in the world Cover Story 2 Prevent customer information leaks through networks; bear in mind three main points - “isolation,” “authentication," “tracing” - for optimized costs The full enforcement of the “Act for Protection of Computer Processed Personal Data” (law protecting personal information) is just three months away. Companies shall be held responsible for management of personal information in all phases from acquisition, use, to disposal of the information. Information leakage through networks, among many other security accidents, can directly lead to a disastrous situation, and the risk is immeasurable. The article investigates approaches taken by pioneer companies that have hammered out the countermeasures. Groundwork: Create “the database of databases” Point 1: Keep unauthorized persons away from any networks Point 2: Never permit access to data with strong authentication method Point 3: Keep access log for at least one year in case that an accident happens

Report

BT’s mobile and fixed integration service “Bluephone” is postponed to spring 2005

Personal IP telephony services with phone numbers having the prefix of 0AB to J are appearing in succession, although it depends on carriers how serious they are about their own services

Support for mobile services will decide the rise and fall of each of IP Centrex service providers in 2005

This is why NTT West abandons the name of “B FLET’S” for its new FTTH service

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Shiro Tsuda
Representative Executive Officer and President & CEO, Vodafone K. K.
“ We will launch a decisive battle with the total power of our group. The market is a cutthroat field; should a herd of newcomers think they are ready for it, I would say it is wishful thinking.”

Lecture for quick understanding

IP Centrex service - Part 19
Spreading wireless LAN - Part 19

Cutting the Gordian Knot

Mobile Centrex will definitely become one of major players in 2005!

This key word

Universal Service Fund

Practical e-Japan

Experimental approach for advanced medical services in Ogawara-machi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan