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Nikkei Communications

October 01 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 Ripples caused by alliance between TEPCO and KDDI While carriers affiliated with power utilities are being divided into the eastern and western blocks, Softbank is approaching the western block Carriers affiliated with power utilities in western Japan are forming an FTTH coalition and following a different path from TEPCO.  Softbank is rapidly approaching the western block.  This article reveals ripples caused by the TEPCO and KDDI alliance and uncovers the truth behind them. Cover Story 2 Yahoo flings a challenge to i-mode, and au enhances EC Numbering portability is tightening the noose around NTT DoCoMo Numbering portability services for cellular phones will start in one year.  Early skirmishes have already broken out in the browser phone market.  Yahoo intends to compete head-on against the "giant" i-mode.  KDDI aims to win back users by enhancing EC. Cover Story 3 New cellular solutions whose capabilities remain undisturbed even when outside of communication range are mushrooming in the wake of the appearance of NTT DoCoMo M1000 More vendors and integrators are now coming up with solutions for cellular phones that are capable of quickly handling businesses regardless of time and place.  Behind this trend is the appearance of smart phones that provide more advanced processing capabilities than the existing ones.  This article examines the benefits of those new solutions. Business activities in various types of business are automated and made more efficient For the logistics industry: Aiming to replace handy terminals For field engineers: Working in conjunction with GPS and applications For sales force: Making use of offline processing and voice entry For retailing: Supporting credit card payment processing with Bluetooth Propping up solutions with "safety and convenience"

Report

A successor terminal to N900iL, based on N70xi, will be launched next autumn

Skype management software appears, stimulating companies to deploy Skype

Newly born SoftEther goes for substance instead of form

TMF chairman emphasizes, "The just-in-time system is the key for carriers to survive"

"KDDI and TEPCO are welcome to form the axis of rivaling NTT," says Mr. Suzuki, manager in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications


Eye-catcher/new service
"Google Search Appliance" is high in both search accuracy and price

User frontline

Kureha Corporation
The company starts operating 500 IP telephone sets in October, aiming to reduce costs by separating voice and data

Toyota Techno Service Corp.
Introducing high-quality IP telephone "to make even technical terms audible"

Founder International Inc.
Making calls between Japan and China free of charge with IP telephony through the Internet

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Toyohiko Takabe
President, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION
"Our ‘total quality’ will let us outrace rivals in fierce competition in optical access services."

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

Presence
An automatic status change technology is commercially available

Strategic network study

Shimadzu Corporation
The company promotes to share information with its affiliate companies by effectively operating a reasonably-priced VPN service, fully using IPsec


Serial 1
Core component of wireless broadband that defies the common sense of communications

WiMAX (first part)
High-speed communication with a maximum of 75 megabits per second in the rage of from the fixed access to the mobile


Serial 2
The fusion - The ideal and reality of broadband

Fusion of communication and broadcasting - Part 1
VOD services offered by TV broadcasters are falling short of expectations, due to deep-rooted right treatment problems


Serial 3
Theorist networking - Just connecting networks is no longer enough

Part 1 - Business investment and networking
"Only convenient networks" is no longer worth the investment - Create one that provides a vision