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January 15 2006 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 Competition in winning frequency band allocation heats up: NTT DoCoMo decides to join the battle with WiMAX! As allocation of 2.5GHz band as frequencies for wireless broadband is about to be discussed, NTT DoCoMo, as well as KDDI and new entrants into cell phones, has decided to join the competition with WiMAX.  A new battle for winning frequencies is getting fiercer. Cover Story 2 Next-generation Web drastically changes business - Enterprises have started to use RSS As a new Internet trend of "Web 2.0" penetrates, companies using "RSS" is mushrooming.  New usages, such as an alternative for e-mail newsletters as means to provide information, are being developed.  New businesses, including advertisements using RSS, are also emerging. Cover Story 3 Key points of integration of server/storage systems to strike a balance between improved security and reduced cost Server/storage systems are moving from distribution to centralization.  Centralized configurations are also effective in preventing information leakage and reducing administration cost.  However, integration effort based on wishful thinking may cause inconvenience for users.  Companies are making strenuous efforts to bring the greatest effect from the integration. ITOCHU TECHNO-SCIENCE Corporation: Preventing decline of convenience with working servers Suruga Bank Ltd.: Finding a good balance between enhanced security and reduced cost The Bank of Nagoya, Ltd.: Reducing load in operating PCs by integrating servers Toyota Usec Corp.: Curbing the cost of business expansion operations with blade-type servers Nihon Unisys, Ltd.: Integrating its department servers over a stretch of time Improving response with higher-speed WAN devices

Report

PBX manufactures will undergo a culling process due to the market reorganization prompted by IP-enabled telephony systems

"NET&COM 2006" displays an HD (high definition) video teleconference system for the first time in Japan

"We intend to concentrate on reaching medium- and small-sized enterprises," says Mr. Yasuki Kurosawa, President & Chief Executive Officer, Cisco Systems K.K.

Convergence of the broadcasting and telecommunication worlds envisioned by Mr. Heizo Takenaka, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications


Eye-catcher/new service
Japan Telecom Co., Ltd. aims to win back market share with a new type of a wide-area Ethernet service


User frontline

Honda Racing F1 Team adopts an IP telephony system that accepts extension calls from racing venues across the world

Sato Kensetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. builds an audio conferencing function as an extension to legacy PBX system by combining it with open-source software

Tomato Bank, Ltd. succeeds in reducing the call cost by two-thirds by adopting Otoku Line

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Mr. Yung Kim
Vice President, Innovations and Technology, BT Group plc.
"Development of IP-enabled telephony networks is going very smoothly."

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

Push-to-Talk (PTT)
The service emerged as a combination of benefits of both the telephony and e-mail services

Strategic network study

Shiseido Company, Limited
The company adopts a command support system for disaster control to speed up its decision-making process in the event of a disaster