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Nikkei Communications

March 01 2006 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 Impact of"Asterisk," open source IP-PBX software, that exceeds the status of PBX alternative and creates a new voice market Charge-free and open-ended IP-PBX software, "Asterisk," is shaking the market for enterprise voice systems. This article studies the power of Asterisk that has started to be used in Japan, followed by a special interview with Mr. Mark Spencer, who developed Asterisk. Cover Story 2 Thorough examination of Osaka Gas’s mobile centrex - 6000 wireless IP telephone sets are to be used starting in March Osaka Gas has now become very famous for the ultra large-scale usage of mobile centrex. The project will be completed at the end of March, and 6000 wireless IP telephones will start to work at once. This article investigates the approach that the company has taken in its struggle to ensure high voice quality. Cover Story 3 Converged platform that unifies computers and the network appears "Converged platform" appears that integrates the functionality of computers with a network and enables users to leverage computer resources and the capacity of network as much as they need. It will be a common practice that companies have "neither computers nor networks" and do not need to do anything about them, marking the end of the era when user companies design and operate computers and networks on their own. Bandwidth menu disappeared from tariff Urgent round-table discussion: networks will go out of sight Network design will undergo a fundamental change Companies will have "nothing" and do "nothing"

Report

NTT DoCoMo is about to launch cell phones that are automatically locked up

ALAXALA Networks Corporation discloses the control function of the switch

WILLCOM e-mails are clogged up for three and a half days due to simple router malfunction

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications makes a move to discuss the "free rider on infrastructure" theory in an IP round-table conference

"We will make the world smaller with our WAN high-speed equipment." - Mr. Jerry M. Kennelly, CEO, Riverbed Technology, Inc.


Eye-catcher/new service

Juniper Networks integrates router and security functionality with its VPN device, "NetScreen"

NextCom will provide a wireless IP telephony solution that connects made-in-Japan terminals with foreign-made PBXs


User frontline

TG Information Network introduces a quarantine network in its wireless LAN free address environment

NIPPON TELEVISION NETWORK CORPORATION chooses NEC BIGLOBE for the second NTV to deal with traffic surge

Imperial Hotel Osaka deploys "Perfume Communication" provided by NTT Communications to deliver fragrance to rooms from the front desk

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Mr. Bobby Johnson
President and CEO, Foundry Networks, Inc.
"We will provide advanced security to all users."

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

RSS/Atom
New types of readers such as IE7.0 are appearing in succession

Strategic network study

Calbee Foods Co., Ltd.
The company distributes a BREW terminal to 200 members of its sales staff to check the freshness of its products at stores