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TELECOM Digest Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:13:00 EDT Volume 26 : Issue 86
Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson
7-Eleven Trials Cell Phone Payments (Reuters Tech News Wire)
History of Wireless Networking (Abdul Rahman Malik, Associated Content)
Claim Your One-Time Phone Excise Tax Refund From IRS (sbertall@yahoo.com)
News From ISOC Fellows; News About IETF 69, Chicago (Mark Thalhimer)
CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update (communicationsdirect_daily)
DSL Leads Broadband Adoption, Study Says (USTelecom dailyLead)
Re: NANP Number Lengths (Lisa Hancock)
Re: Information Wanted on GrandCentral.com (Mr Joseph Singer)
Re: Judge Hits Vonage With Injuction; Stop Using Verizon (L Hancock)
Re: Judge Hits Vonage With Injuction; Stop Using Verizon (Barry Margolin)
Hotspot Access Controller - Which One? (Lasse)
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:55:18 -0500
From: Reuters Tech NewsWire <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: 7-Eleven Trials Cell Phone Payments
NEW YORK -- Many companies are picking up on what has become
commonplace in Japan -- the wallet cell phone. One convenience
company, 7-Eleven, is implementing electronic card readers at some of
its stores for Nokia phone users to use as a payment method.
The phone works as a contactless payment system, similar to a
contactless credit card, where a chip is embedded in a device, and a
reader uses radio waves to read the embedded information.
Several years ago, the technology as debuted in Japan. NTT DoCoMo, a
Japanese wireless network, sold wallet phone services to more than 19
million, according to the report. The trend is growing as well.
ABIresearch, Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based technology research firm,
estimates that by 2011, wallet phones will make up 30 percent of the
global cell phone market -- about 450 million handsets.
"Some markets are already taking off, and that gives us a good feeling
that some of the forecasts will materialize," said Gerhard Romen, the
head of development for phone maker Nokia.
Finland-based Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker, is
partnering with MasterCard to offer two cell phone payment
services. One of them will be tested at 7-Eleven stores, the other, at
Cingular Wireless and Citigroup.
Currently, another cell phone maker, Motorola, has three trials
underway, one involving Discover. The pone marker is providing the
phones and software, using Motorola's M-wallet program.
If the technology is a success, it could prove to be much more than
contactless payments. The device has the ability to hold coupons, and
loyalty program points, in addition to bill payments and online
banking.
One customer, Frank Hernandez, a subscriber to the Discover program
with Motorola, uses his cell phone as his payment option of choice. He
uses the device at places where contactless payments are accepted, and
said he probably buys more snacks at convenience stores now because of
the wallet phone.
"It's very handy," he told the paper. "I use it all the time."
While the main benefit is speed, consumers could also use the phone in
place of cash at retailers, the report stated.
However, the technology faces several hurdles, including security
risks, phone theft and general acceptance. Only 8 percent of consumers
in general said they would most likely use their cell phone for
contactless payments over other contactless devices such as a credit
card or key fob, according to a recent Javelin survey. This was not
the case for younger generations. Nearly 20 percent of consumers in 18
to 24 year olds would do the same, the study found.
One of the biggest concerns mentioned during the survey was
security. A significant number surveyed said they are not interested
in contactless cards or phones because they seem less secure than
traditional credit cards.
However, this is just a consumer perception, according to Javelin's
Bruce Sundin. "It's a new technology adoption issue," he said. PIN
numbers are required to access the account and consumers have no
liability for credit card losses with the theft of a cell phone, he
added.
In addition, restraint from retailers is another hurdle the technology
faces. Merchants must be convinced the contactless terminals -- which
cost about $100 to $200 per device -- are worth the investment, the
report stated.
Copyright 2007 Reuters Tech
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:07:10 -0500
From: Abdul Rahman Malik, Associated Content, Inc.<assoc@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: History of Wireless Networking
By Abdul Rahman Malik
As we peep in the history of Networking we will find that in 1971, the
researchers at the University of Hawaii developed the world's first
WLAN , or in full form the wireless local area network which was named
as ALOHAnet .The ALOHAnet was supposed to be the bi-directional or two
way directional star topology of the system which included seven
computers deployed over four islands in order to communicate with the
central computer on the Oahu Island without using phone lines for
connection or data transfer.
Genuinely ,WLAN or wireless Local Area Network hardware was so
expensive for the companies that it was only used as an alternative
method to cabled LAN in places where cabling was supposed to be
difficult or impossible for the purposes of data transfer. The early
developments and improvements included the industry-specific solutions
and proprietary protocols but at the end of the 1990s these were
replaced by standards, primarily the various versions of IEEE 802.11
(Wi-Fi) protocols . The alternative ATM-like 5 GHz standardized
technology,the HIPERLAN, has so far not succeeded in the market and
that's why had little demand for installation.But with the release of
the faster 54 Mbit/s 802.11a (5 GHz) and 802.11g (2.4 GHz) standards,
almost very fast and fruitful and authentic means of Wireless
technology .
While in November 2006, the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) won a legal battle in the US
federal court of Texas against Buffalo Technology which established
the US manufacturer had failed to pay royalties on a US WLAN patent
CSIRO had filed in 1996. The CSIRO are currently engaged in the legal
cases which are related to computer companies including the IT giants
Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Netgear which argue that
the patent is invalid and should negate any royaltiesbeing paid to
CSIRO for WLAN-based products or applications.
Copyright 2007 Associated Content, Inc.
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From: sbertall@yahoo.com
Subject: Claim Your One-Time Phone Excise Tax Refund From IRS
Date: 28 Mar 2007 07:33:14 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com
Check out the YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCOwDKz3Q9g
The Federal Telephone Excise Tax is basically a War Tax that has been
tacked on to your long-distance bill for the past 108 years. Now this
longstanding tax is finally expired for long-distance phone calls and
the U.S. government is giving one-time only refunds to U.S. taxpayers
on their 2006 tax forms.
A newly launched Web site, http://www.refundsforgood.org, is making it
easy for those eager to claim this one-time phone tax refund to the
Solar Electric Light Fund and other
causes. http://www.Refundsforgood.org explains the refund-the reasons
behind it, how it works for individual filers, and how it works for
businesses; and, with a few clicks, the site makes it easy to donate
the refund amount to a good cause. SELF, PeaceJam, and Physicians for
Social Responsibility are the three organizations to choose from for
this painless giving.
Don't miss out on this great opportunity. According to Martin Sheen, a
supporter of site, donating this one-time refund through
http://www.refundsforgood.org, "will make a difference for the world today
and for our children's sake tomorrow."
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From: Mark Thalhimer <Thalhimer@isoc.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:00:01 -0400
Subject: ISOC Fellows to the IETF Complete Participation in IETF 68 in Prague
ISOC Fellows to the IETF Complete their Participation in IETF 68 in
Prague *Fellows for the IETF 69 in Chicago also announced*
RESTON, VIRGINIA AND GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 28 March, 2007 - The five
recipients of the Internet Society's Fellowship to the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) completed their participation at the
end of IETF 68, held in Prague, the Czech Republic.
The ISOC Fellows to the IETF selected for IETF 68 came from a broad
spectrum of over 80 well-qualified applicants from the developing
world. Each person selected for the fellowship received full funding
to travel to Prague and participate in IETF 68. In addition, each
fellow was paired with a mentor from the community of experienced IETF
participants. The recipients of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF 68
were:
Alberto F. Martinez, research assistant at the Teconolgico University
of Monterrey in Mexico. Alberto is interested in Internet security,
particularly domain name system security extensions (DNSSEC), and was
mentored by Shane Kerr, a software engineer with the Internet Systems
Consortium (ISC).
Jimmy M. Kimanzi, network administrator with Swift Global in Kenya. Jimmy
has an interest in routing and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and was
mentored by Dave Meyer, director of advanced research and development for
Cisco.
Hichem Maalaoui, head of technical innovation and new projects for the
Tunisian Internet Agency in Tunisia. Hichem has a specific interest in
wireless networks, mobile Internet and IPv6 and was mentored by Hesham
Soliman, director of Elevate Technologies.
R. Lakmal Silva, from Sri Lanka, graduate student at Blekinge Tekniska
Hogskola University in Sweden. Lakmal has an interest in ENUM and SIP
and was mentored by Patrik Flstrm, senior corporate consulting
engineer for Cisco.
Tariq Rahim Soomoro, Ph.D., from Pakistan, assistant professor at
Fujairah College in the United Arab Emirates. Tariq is interested in
the multilingual development of the Internet and DNS, and was mentored
by Harald Alvestrand, an engineer for Google.
The next meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force, IETF 69, will be
held from July 22 to 27, 2007 in Chicago. More Information about IETF 69:
Recipients of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF for IETF 69 in Chicago are:
Burmaa Baasansuren, director of the .MN ccTLD registry for Datacom, the
Mongolian Internet service provider.
Sandra L. Cpedes, professor of information technology at Icesi University
in Colombia.
Mohamad Dikshie Fauzie, from Indonesia, graduate research student at Keio
University in Japan.
Raj Gurung, from Nepal, graduate student in computer science at Western
Illinois University.
Asim Zaheer, graduate student in computer science at Lahore University in
Pakistan.
The ISOC Fellowship to the IETF is intended to allow engineers and
technologists from the developing world to travel to and participate
in the IETF meeting. More information about the ISOC Fellowship to the
IETF The ISOC fellowship to the IETF received corporate sponsorship
for 2007 from Google.
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open
international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and
researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture
and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested
individual. The IETF is an organized activity of the Internet Society.
About the Internet Society:
The Internet Society is a not-for-profit membership organization
founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards,
education, and policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva,
Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development,
evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout
the world. For over 14 years ISOC has run international network
training programs for developing countries and these have played a
vital role in setting up the Internet connections and networks in
virtually every country connecting to the Internet during this time.
For further details:
Mark Thalhimer
Director of Communications and Public Relations, Internet Society
E-mail: thalhimer@isoc.org
Telephone: +1 703 326 9880 x130
1775 Wiehle Avenue
Reston, VA 20190-5108
USA
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Subject: CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update
From: communicationsdirect <communicationsdirect@communicationsdirectnews.com>
Reply-To: communicationsdirect_daily-owner@communicationsdirectnews.com
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:21:02 EDT
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents
The CommunicationsDirect Daily Update
For March 28, 2007
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FastWeb Board Approves Swisscom Bid; Wind Eyes Tiscali
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23493?11228
Italy's leading alternative broadband provider, FastWeb, has
approved Swisscom's takeover bid, offering 47 euro (US$62.71) per
share. In a statement, FastWeb said that its board of directors
have approved the terms of the offer based on the guidance of its
financial advisers, Deutsche Bank and UniCredit Banca
Mobiliare ...
T-Mobile Selects Musiwave For Czech Online Music Store
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/23491?11228
The Czech Republic's number-one mobile operator, T-Mobile, has
selected a leading provider of mobile music entertainment
services, Musiwave, to support its full-track online music
platform, branded T-music PLAY. It will enable users to browse
and purchase music tracks and download them onto a PC, as well as
transferring them to ...
AT&T to Launch Mobile Banking
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/23485?11228
AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless plans to introduce mobile
banking capabilities with four prominent banks, the biggest such
initiative in the U.S. but still shy of the industry's
long-discussed goal of turning cell phones into credit cards.
The deals with Wachovia Corp., Regions Financial Corp., SunTrust
Banks Inc. and ...
LG Electronics to Incorporate Google Functions in Mobile Phones
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23481?11228
LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has reached an agreement
with Google Inc. to offer the leading online search engine's
products on its mobile phones. LG's mobile devices, combined
with Google, will provide consumers with easy access to their
favorite Internet services even without a PC and make it easy for
...
Smith Micro Wins Macro Sprint Deal
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/23475?11228
Wireless multimedia software vendor Smith Micro Software Inc. has
landed a major OEM deal with Sprint Nextel Corp., the companies
announced Monday. Light Reading reported that a deal was pending
in a story published March 9. As part of the OEM deal, Sprint
will distribute Smith Micro's Quicklink software renamed as
the Sprint ...
FT, Telefonica Talk Up IMS
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/23472?11228
MILAN, Italy -- C5 World Forum -- Any doubts that major carriers
are taking IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) seriously as a
next-generation network (NGN) architecture framework were
dispelled here this morning as both France Telecom SA and
Telefonica SA gave updates on where they are with their IMS
deployments. Jorge de los ...
Your feedback on our e-letter is always welcome. Send email to:
CommunicationsDirect Editor <telecom_direct_editor@us.pwc.com>
Copyright (C) 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:17:08 CDT
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: DSL Leads Broadband Adoption, Study Says
USTelecom dailyLead
March 28, 2007
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gytEfDtusXoIszCibuddClbc
TODAY'S HEADLINES
NEWS OF THE DAY
* DSL leads broadband adoption, study says
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* Verizon sets GPON rollout in motion
* Best Buy buys Speakeasy for $97 million in cash
* AT&T to offer free Napster services
* Indian regulators examine Vodafone-Hutchison Essar deal
* Sprint Nextel JV with cable targets small businesses
* SK Telecom takes HSDPA nationwide
* Motorola invests in GoTV
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT
* NXTcomm Announces Conference Affiliates
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
* Ericsson wins IMS contract in Poland
* Apple, Sony, Dell added to Bluetooth suit
* Cisco adds 3G module to ISR router
* Motorola signs on to deliver 802.16e WiMAX network in Chile
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* FCC chief sees wireless as essential to universal access
* Preparing for the DTV deadline
Follow the link below to read quick summaries of these stories and others.
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gytEfDtusXoIszCibuddClbc
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From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Re: NANP Number Lengths
Date: 28 Mar 2007 10:58:03 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com
On Mar 22, 8:46 am, Marc <marc.p.cornel...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I've been told by a UK carrier that eleven digit numbers beginning
> 09 are in use in Canada and diallable by the public - 1 09x xxx xxxx
On 9/23/1962, the New York Times had a very detailed article on the
conversion to All Number Calling (ANC), consumer opposition and
frustration to ANC, and future prospects of telephone systems. This
may answer some of your questions of how the system evolved. The NYT
is available on microfilm or CDROM in many large libraries.
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:08:13 PDT
From: Mr Joseph Singer <joeofseattle@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Information Wanted on GrandCentral.com
John Mayson <john@mayson.us> 27 Mar 2007 17:42:41 -0700 wrote:
> Has anyone tried the service offered by Grand Central?
> http://www.grandcentral.com/
> They offer a free telephone number that'll try all of your phone
> numbers until it reaches you. I personally have no use for this
> service, but am curious nonetheless if anyone has heard anything good
> or bad. I'd be hesitant to give out my phone numbers.
I have used this service for a while. There's not much to lose by
trying the service. It works as advertised. There's been much talk
of the service on several mobile-related forums such as Howard Forums
http://www.howardforums.com and on Wireless Advisor
http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com
I've also used a service from Private Phone http://privatephone.com
which is a good way for you to give out a local phone number which
takes your call and holds up to 10,000 voice mails for you. If a call
is left for you on this service it will send you a text message telling
you that you received a call and also includes the CID info if it was
there when the call was made to you.
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From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Re: Judge Hits Vonage With Injuction; Stop Using Verizon Technology
Date: 27 Mar 2007 19:01:26 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com
T wrote:
> So it's the connection method is it? Far as I can recall, switches of
> all sizes have been IP aware for quite some time now. My Vonage line
> is in essence a VoIP phone connected to a real switch. Verizon and
> that damned jury doesn't seem to understand that part.
I don't think you can properly draw a conclusion from such a
simplistic analysis.
We still don't know exactly what the three infringed patents were.
(If we had the patent numbers, we could look them up at the patent
office.)
In any event, whatever switchgear Vonage uses cannot be built with any
patented technologies owned by Verizon. But they did, in three
separate areas. Simple as that. To say the "jury didn't understand"
without much more detailed information is premature.
------------------------------
From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Judge Hits Vonage With Injuction; Stop Using Verizon Technology
Organization: Symantec
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:35:50 -0400
In article <telecom26.85.9@telecom-digest.org>, T
<nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> wrote:
> In article <telecom26.84.4@telecom-digest.org>, first.last@comcast.net
> says:
>> From Cnet:
>> "The patents Vonage was found to have infringed deal with technologies
>> involving connection of VoIP calls to the regular phone network, some
>> features for implementing call-waiting and voice-mail services, and VoIP
>> calls using Wi-Fi handsets."
> So it's the connection method is it? Far as I can recall, switches of
> all sizes have been IP aware for quite some time now. My Vonage line
> is in essence a VoIP phone connected to a real switch. Verizon and
> that damned jury doesn't seem to understand that part.
Have *you* read the patents in question? If not, how can you
criticize their decision? You can't possibly know what the patents
are really covering from the brief paragraph above.
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
*** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
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From: Lasse <noreply@goddag.dk>
Subject: Hotspot Access Controller - Which One?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:04:18 +0200
Organization: TDC Totalloesninger
Hi,
We need an access controller for our customers on our hotspots. The
capacity should be at least 5000 - 10,000 user on all hotspot at the
same time.
Which one could you recommend -- or do you have any experience with
one (good or bad)?
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Lasse
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