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Nikkei Communications

May 01 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 “FMC (Fixed Mobile Convergence)” frontline: revolutionary change of communication services is under way in the world Carriers in the world are being shaken up by the 3-letter word of “FMC.” FMC refers to the convergence of fixed and mobile telephony services. Carriers are competing against each other to achieve FMC ahead of others. FMC has the potential to overturn the way exiting communication services are supposed to be. This article has investigated the most advanced fields in which carriers are trying to implement FMC. The industry’s first full FMC service: “Bluephone” World carriers are united to promote FMC “ UMA” and “IMS” are the keys to the convergence Cover Story 2 A new trend in network building methods: “shape-up (or the-right-service-to-the-right-place)” networks are coming along A shape-up network where the right service is to be offered in the right place for each site is showing signs of a big boom. New services or products that are appearing in succession may bring you effective line enhancement and cost reduction. You may be able to transform your internal network into the one like a sharp “toned body.” Examples of this transformation by pioneer users are increasing in number. Three types of services/products that have changed enterprise networks Learn how to construct a shaped-up network from examples of pioneer users The ASP-type VPN services are also effective for shaping up networks

Report

IP broadcasting; NTT group regards it as an opportunity to win more optical service users while USEN to win more broadband users in a wider range

Softbank BB and eAccess show a marked contrast in their entry strategies for 1.7-GHz cellular phone operation

Wireless LAN manufacturers are riding the crest of N900iL’s wave

Cisco Systems announces a new incentive program to promote solutions development by its partners

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Zhen Shu Sheng
COO, Huawei-3Com Technology Co., Ltd.
“ Delivery to Shinsei Bank will give us momentum to win new users in Japan. Our aim is to achieve a share of 10 percent in the Japanese market in three years”

Latest network that has changed enterprises

NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK LINE)
The company is promoting “free-address” offices (where office workers can use any desks) and partially deploying N900iL products from NTT DoCoMo