Quinta's weblog in english

The night of the Academy Awards and the Wii.

Link: Tra iPhone e Wii, la Notte degli Oscar si tinge di high tech - LASTAMPA.it.

Short after it was the time for another wonder of the new digital entertainment, the system of Nintendo Wii videogames. Stewart and a little girl sketched a tennis match on the maxiscreen of the Kodak Theatre.

In the temple of cinema, amongst the supporters of HD, full screen on the mega projector, a 480 lines device...

Link: Tra iPhone e Wii, la Notte degli Oscar si tinge di high tech - LASTAMPA.it.

Short after it was the time for another wonder of the new digital entertainment, the system of Nintendo Wii videogames. Stewart and a little girl sketched a tennis match on the maxiscreen of the Kodak Theatre.

In the temple of cinema, amongst the supporters of HD, full screen on the mega projector, a 480 lines device...

The future of telepresence

I'm at the Cisco Expo. I't the first day. In the morning

Sono al Cisco Expo. C'e' la prima giornata. In the morning they are alternated the great Stefano Venturi, Maurizio Decina, Danilo Ciscato and Paolo Campoli.

The main theme was the proliferation of the services, particularly the development of video.

Maurizio also made a joke, specifically involving me as he talked about the network neutrality by saying " sooner or later we are going to have to pay the quality of service ".

:-)

I'm actually writing a very popular thing about my opinion on network neutrality, we'll come back to it.

For now I'm following the seminar/presentation, it having as theme the video. At the beginning there was an interesting presentation, a bit more technical, done by Fabio Ganzaroli who I didn't know but whom I'm going to serach for now.

Afterwords, we talked about the solution of Cisco on telepresence that I tried a couple of months ago at Vimercate.

Eye contact,largeness of entire figure, low latence, atmospheres (furnishing, noise, light, colors )controlled on both extremes, assure a remarkable user experience.

A characteristic of videoconferences that must be understood in general is that if forms part of the investments, the benefit will go to the other part. I explain myself : If I have a nice telecamera, studio, mics, band, etc. I will for sure produce a great stream and who receives it will see and hear me perfectly. But if he plugs a pc to a wbcam, I will have spent a lot of money just to provide him a good experience.

An important element of the Cisco proposal is the fact that Cisco controls "both" extremes of communication. Or rather, Cisco videoconferences work in "teleprensence" only with other atmospheres made and certified by Cisco.

In fact it is (neccessarily) a walled garden with a secondary access that does the scale-down to a plain-old videoconference.

Sooner or later, maybe a chinese, will wake up and tell Cisco " let me interoperate in telepresence ", maybe with the support of an antitrust action given the dominance in routers and switchs.

The chinese at that point could make a low cost webcam,invalidating everything. (only if the antitrust operation has a positive result).

I belive that Cisco should (in the appropriate momnet in which its returns are maximised and the number of causes minimised) make "public" the service of certification of installations, maybe even outsourcing it to an association of the industry, in order to open the market still controlling the non-loss of the control of quality.

I'm at the Cisco Expo. I't the first day. In the morning

Sono al Cisco Expo. C'e' la prima giornata. In the morning they are alternated the great Stefano Venturi, Maurizio Decina, Danilo Ciscato and Paolo Campoli.

The main theme was the proliferation of the services, particularly the development of video.

Maurizio also made a joke, specifically involving me as he talked about the network neutrality by saying " sooner or later we are going to have to pay the quality of service ".

:-)

I'm actually writing a very popular thing about my opinion on network neutrality, we'll come back to it.

For now I'm following the seminar/presentation, it having as theme the video. At the beginning there was an interesting presentation, a bit more technical, done by Fabio Ganzaroli who I didn't know but whom I'm going to serach for now.

Afterwords, we talked about the solution of Cisco on telepresence that I tried a couple of months ago at Vimercate.

Eye contact,largeness of entire figure, low latence, atmospheres (furnishing, noise, light, colors )controlled on both extremes, assure a remarkable user experience.

A characteristic of videoconferences that must be understood in general is that if forms part of the investments, the benefit will go to the other part. I explain myself : If I have a nice telecamera, studio, mics, band, etc. I will for sure produce a great stream and who receives it will see and hear me perfectly. But if he plugs a pc to a wbcam, I will have spent a lot of money just to provide him a good experience.

An important element of the Cisco proposal is the fact that Cisco controls "both" extremes of communication. Or rather, Cisco videoconferences work in "teleprensence" only with other atmospheres made and certified by Cisco.

In fact it is (neccessarily) a walled garden with a secondary access that does the scale-down to a plain-old videoconference.

Sooner or later, maybe a chinese, will wake up and tell Cisco " let me interoperate in telepresence ", maybe with the support of an antitrust action given the dominance in routers and switchs.

The chinese at that point could make a low cost webcam,invalidating everything. (only if the antitrust operation has a positive result).

I belive that Cisco should (in the appropriate momnet in which its returns are maximised and the number of causes minimised) make "public" the service of certification of installations, maybe even outsourcing it to an association of the industry, in order to open the market still controlling the non-loss of the control of quality.

New data on EU TLC markets released by ECTA

Ricevo da Genna, Presidente di ECTA (l'associazione degli operatori alternativi europei) e con il suo consenso ripubblico. Qui potete scaricare il spreadsheet con i dati e il Press release di ECTA.

Il Comunicato stampa rivela una situazione allarmante:

REPORT SHOWS INCUMBENT OPERATORS COULD CONTROL 80% of NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND MARKET  - ECTA urges European policy-makers to approve powers for functional separation as competitive impetus wanes

Mi scrive anche questo dettaglio sulla situazione italiana:

1. Diffusione della banda larga (Penetrazione Broadband, colonna AU)

L’Italia (16,5) si sta allontanando dalla media UE (19,8) ed è sempre più distante dai paesi comparabili come Francia, UK, Germania. Siamo lontanissimi, ovviamente, dai paesi nordici. Nell’Europa dei 15 siamo superati anche dall’Irlanda, e seguiti da vicino dal Portogallo. In sostanza, la banda larga in Italia è meno diffusa che in altri paesi, a prescindere da circostanze di omogeneità industriale e sociale.

2. Crescita della banda larga nel periodo settembre 2006-settembre 2007 (colonna AT).

In Italia vi è stata una crescita del 3%, bassissima se si fa il paragone con altri paesi comparabili, dove la crescita si attesta comunque tra il 5% ed il 10% . In altri paesi la crescita è esponenziale, cioè oltre il 20%, ma questo si spiega perché si partiva dal basso.

3. Quota di mercato dell’incumbent, attuale, precedente e differenza % (colonne R, S ,T )

La quota di mercato di Telecom Italia (64%) è in assoluto la più in alta in Europa, con la sole eccezioni di Cipro e Lussemburgo. Stiamo peggio della Grecia e di tutti i paesi dell’est.

I dati italiani sono gravi non solo perché riflettono una situazione peggiore di altri paesi, ma anche perché indicano l’incapacità del paese di recuperare il gap. Anzi, la distanza con il resto d’Europea si va accentuando.

Questo quadro allarmante è dovuto alla combinazione di 2 fattori:
(i) un comportamento estremamente aggressivo di Telecom Italia che viola normative senza alcun ritegno: dal 1995 ad oggi Telecom Italia è stata condannata per violazione delle norme antitrust ben 12 volte (Allego i data). In sostanza, Telecom Italia si preoccupa di aumentare la propria quota di mercato ai danni dei concorrenti (in particolare con pratiche di win-back), ma non ha interesse a far crescere il mercato nel suo complesso; la normativa antitrust non è sufficiente ad impedire questo andazzo perché le sanzioni e la durata dei procedimenti non costituiscono un deterrente sufficiente;
(ii) la debolezza della regolamentazione. Per quanto la normativa italiana sia in astratto tra le migliori in Europa, la ricaduta benefica in termini di mercato della banda larga non si vede. AGCOM non è tutt’ora dotata di procedure e sistemi sanzionatori tali da indurre concretamente Telecom Italia a rispettare le norme diligentemente e per tempo. 

Vedremo il nuovo corso di Telecom, io sono moderatamente fiducioso (si sa che sono un ottimista)...

Censorsh. Youtube banned in Pakistan, according to Thaindian News.

Link: » Pakistan blocks YouTube for uploading blasphemous cartoons - Thaindian News.

Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Millions of internet users in Pakistan were not able to access the popular video sharing website YouTube after the government decided to block it for allegedly featuring cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, Daily Times reported Saturday. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA), in its order, has directed all Internet service providers in the country to block access to the website because ” the ratio of non-Islamic objectionable videos has increased on it”.

Time to leave for Tommaso Pompei, the CEO of Tiscali

According to a short article on today's Sole 24 ore.

It does not surprise me. As I mentioned in previous posts on the italian blog, Tisclai operations are being separated in two different Autonomous Systems. As there are no rumors around Mario Mariani (Tiscali Italy CEO), I'd presume, if Sole 24 ore is right, they're going to sell their assets outside of Italy.

The european Privacy Regulators express themselves on the search engines

Link: Justice and Home Affairs - Data Protection - News 2006.

Search Engines: The WP continued its deliberations on a long-awaited working paper on search engines, with a view to finalising this work in the course of the next months. As the use of search engines becomes a daily routine for an ever growing number of citizens, the protection of the users’ privacy and the guaranteeing of their rights, such as the right to access to their data and the right to information as provided for by the applicable data protection regulations, remain the core issues of the ongoing debate. Search engines fall under the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC if there are controllers collecting users’ IP addresses or search history information, and therefore have to comply with relevant provisions. These provisions also apply to such controllers who have their headquarters outside the EU, but only an establishment in one of the EU Member States, or who use automated equipment based in one of the Member States for the purposes of processing personal data.

It doesn't surprise me...There's still a debate going on concerning the rights of the citizens to be aware of the data collected together with the rights determined by regulation (amongst which, if I remember well, the cancellation)...

Link: Justice and Home Affairs - Data Protection - News 2006.

Search Engines: The WP continued its deliberations on a long-awaited working paper on search engines, with a view to finalising this work in the course of the next months. As the use of search engines becomes a daily routine for an ever growing number of citizens, the protection of the users’ privacy and the guaranteeing of their rights, such as the right to access to their data and the right to information as provided for by the applicable data protection regulations, remain the core issues of the ongoing debate. Search engines fall under the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC if there are controllers collecting users’ IP addresses or search history information, and therefore have to comply with relevant provisions. These provisions also apply to such controllers who have their headquarters outside the EU, but only an establishment in one of the EU Member States, or who use automated equipment based in one of the Member States for the purposes of processing personal data.

It doesn't surprise me...There's still a debate going on concerning the rights of the citizens to be aware of the data collected together with the rights determined by regulation (amongst which, if I remember well, the cancellation)...

Vodafone and the femtocells in Spain

Link: Vodafone trials Femtocells in Spain - FierceWireless:Europe - Mobile Industry News, Mobile Market.

Joining an increasing number of mobile operators investigating Femtocell services, Vodafone has chosen Spain to pilot a set of targeted services to home consumers and businesses using 3G Femtocells.

The company said that the principal aim was to test if this technology can be used to deliver cost-effective broadband services. Andy MacLeod, global networks director at Vodafone, said: "We have been driving the industry development of Femtocell technology, and the trials with Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei are an opportunity for us to assess how much benefit it can bring to our customers."

However, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Qualcomm's CEO, Paul Jacobs, issued a note of caution during a keynote session. "Femtocells are going to cause management and interference problems. They may jam other access points or create jams or gaps in macro coverage. It's a challenge for the technology world to make this work properly."

I'm very skeptic regarding femtocells. I don't understand why a person who can  have access to domestic flat rate wireless, attaching an own access point to a DSL/FTTx flat rate, should pay the thing to a "mobile" operator.

Moreover, if at home I have an acces point which I personally manage, I can abilitate the access for those who come and visit me. Instead, if the access point is managed by the operator by the operator, its use is reserved to me.If it wasn't like that, it would be an access point whith access to the operator that would behold loads of prescribed and economic consequences.

Not to mention the complexity to manage the service...

We have to fight the net

This document, apparently of 2003,posted on the website of the George Washington University states that the Department of the USA Defense asserts that...other than the main operations air, earth, sea,special, a group of operations should be constituted in order to "fight" the net.

The text literally says " we must fight the net" and that the Department of Defense "must be prepared to "fight the net" ".

Microsoft changes strategy, betting on interoperability.

Link: Microsoft Makes Strategic Changes in Technology and Business Practices to Expand Interoperability: New interoperability principles and actions will increase openness of key products..

REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 21, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced a set of broad-reaching changes to its technology and business practices to increase the openness of its products and drive greater interoperability, opportunity and choice for developers, partners, customers and competitors.

Specifically, Microsoft is implementing four new interoperability principles and corresponding actions across its high-volume business products: (1) ensuring open connections; (2) promoting data portability; (3) enhancing support for industry standards; and (4) fostering more open engagement with customers and the industry, including open source communities.

Even though a part of these declarations have already come up in the past, I belive we shouldn't underrate them. A big change is taking place in Redmond.

Service Providers didn't tell us what they want!

Benoit has a stimulating post: Fiberevolution: Service Providers didn't tell us what they want!.

An interesting piece about the NGA impasse in the UK in the February 12th issue of Telecom Markets. Apparently Openreach declared at a conference that the reason they weren't doing anything on the NGA side is that service providers hadn't told them what they wanted.

One of the key issues I (and others) see with separation is the disincentive to invest for the network provider, and I'm afraid we're seeing a clear example of that here. In fact, the very notion that BT's retail arm hasn't talked to Openreach about services may sound preposterous but it's probably true.

I see it as a point in FAVOUR of separation.

retail, by definition, satisfies short term customer demands. If it is done by a stock market listed company, maybe even looking on a period from 1Q to 1 FY to maximum 3Y

market do not address  long-term development needs.

these are defined by politics in all major infrastructures that require time to be build and which value is more that their own revenues. (this latter part is critical)

without separation, we would have digital discrimination and "tragedy of the commons" in other areas, yet the value of the network is n x log(n) so from a systemwide perspective we (society) need that there are no "tragedies of the network"

though, separation alone is not enough; the infrastructure must have a political long term guidance, which can be established with a mechanism like concessions in highways.

let me propose you something.. why don't we organize a public workshop in Brussels by the "fibre ring" ? issues related to long term, homogeneous ICT competitiveness of europe. like the idea ?

We can have the folks from ECTA and Euroispa and incumbents on board as well..

 

Sulla segmentazione geografica del mercato in UK

La Commissione Europea ha sostanzialmente dato via libera alla decisione di OFCOM di deregolamentare la banda larga alcune regioni in UK. Come è noto, sull’analisi rigorosa è prevalso l’intento politico della Commissione Europea di “premiare” OFCOM per la separazione della rete ed in generale per i progressi fatti nell’ULL e nella concorrenza nella banda larga. Non dimentichiamo che negli ultimi mesi gli investimenti in ULL sono aumentati in maniera esponenziale in UK, soprattutto a seguito dell’entrata a regime della separazione funzionale. Inoltre, la quota di mercato retail di BT (25%) è tra le più basse tra gli incumbent in Europa.

A questo punto, la preoccupazione maggiore è che qualche incumbent nostrano (ma anche Telefonica a casa usa) sbandieri la lettera della Commissione per invocare lo stesso approccio nel mercato italiano.
Per fortuna, però, la Commissione ha posto alcuni paletti:

1. la possibilità di segmentare i mercati è assoggettata ad un onore della prova “robust” per il regolatore; ed infatti, a livello di analisi, OFCOM è partita dalle singole Local Exchanges, che in UK sono circa 5.000 ……
2. bisogna tenere conto della effettiva concorrenza nel mercato wholesale, la semplice presenza di operatori alternativi non è sufficiente a considerare il mercato competitivo, bisogna invece verificare che tali operatori siano effettivamente in grado (actually) di fornire un servizio alternativo a quello dell’incumbent;
3. la Commissione attira anche l’attenzione sulla situazione del mercato retail a banda larga: avendo BT una posizione non dominante, è possibile prevedere per il mercato wholesale un simile trend pro-competitivo (tutta un’altra storia rispetto al mercato italiano).

in UK il cavo copre il 65% della popolazione, è non è poco in termini di alternativa.

Sono tutte considerazioni che, a mio parere, possono limitare l’utilizzo smodato del "precedente UK" in paesi dove la concorrenza stenta a decollare, Italia compresa, per usare un eufemismo...

Download uk20070733_acte.pdf

Bells and Celebration

Link: Paolo Valdemarin Weblog.

Yesterday night Stefano Quintarelli took us out to dinner to Torbe, casually we met his cousins who were playing the bells of the bell tower (we didn't understand if it was to celebrate the separation of the net for which Stefano has struck a lot over a long time span).

The devil hides in the details, for which we must see them, but the first judgment is positive.

After all the speculations of the past weeks which said that the separation was blocked...

Link: Paolo Valdemarin Weblog.

Yesterday night Stefano Quintarelli took us out to dinner to Torbe, casually we met his cousins who were playing the bells of the bell tower (we didn't understand if it was to celebrate the separation of the net for which Stefano has struck a lot over a long time span).

The devil hides in the details, for which we must see them, but the first judgment is positive.

After all the speculations of the past weeks which said that the separation was blocked...

The EU authorizes OFCOM to deregulate the wholesale broadband market in SOME AREAS OF THE UK, where there are 4 or more operators and more than 10.000 lines

 

Link: EUROPA - Rapid - Press Releases.

The Commission has approved today the proposal of the UK telecoms regulator Ofcom to de-regulate the wholesale broadband market in some parts of the UK, covering around 65% of all UK homes and businesses This is the first time that a national telecoms regulator in the EU has identified different broadband markets in different geographic areas within a country and proposed lifting regulation in those geographic areas now characterised by effective competition. The Commission supports Ofcom's proposal, which is based on detailed economic evidence, to deregulate local exchanges with four or more actual or potential providers serving areas with more than 10,000 homes and businesses. For the Commission, Ofcom's proposal represents a reasonable move towards better targeted regulation, concentrating on those geographic areas where structural competition problems persist.

Of course, Openreach has been there for many years.

Of course, BT doesn't have 3/4 of the retail market.

Of course, Ofcom has access to many resources.

ecc. ecc..

Anyway, I see it as an outstandingly wrong thing, a mess that will turn out very difficult to manage. Furthermore, I believe it is not a decision which has been taken in light of an introduction of FTTx

Link: EUROPA - Rapid - Press Releases.

The Commission has approved today the proposal of the UK telecoms regulator Ofcom to de-regulate the wholesale broadband market in some parts of the UK, covering around 65% of all UK homes and businesses This is the first time that a national telecoms regulator in the EU has identified different broadband markets in different geographic areas within a country and proposed lifting regulation in those geographic areas now characterised by effective competition. The Commission supports Ofcom's proposal, which is based on detailed economic evidence, to deregulate local exchanges with four or more actual or potential providers serving areas with more than 10,000 homes and businesses. For the Commission, Ofcom's proposal represents a reasonable move towards better targeted regulation, concentrating on those geographic areas where structural competition problems persist.

Of course, Openreach has been there for many years.

Of course, BT doesn't have 3/4 of the retail market.

Of course, Ofcom has access to many resources.

ecc. ecc..

Anyway, I see it as an outstandingly wrong thing, a mess that will turn out very difficult to manage. Furthermore, I believe it is not a decision which has been taken in light of an introduction of FTTx

The internal market commissioner wants to change the duration of the rights on the executions from 50 to 95 years

Link: EUROPA - Rapid - Press Releases.

"Performing artists - no longer be the 'poor cousins' of the music business" – Charlie McCreevy

Commissioner Charlie McCreevy today announced his intention to propose to the College that the term of copyright protection for European performers be increased from 50 to 95 years. Summarising the main thrust of the proposal, Commissioner McCreevy stated: "I strongly believe that copyright protection for Europe's performers represents a moral right to control the use of their work and earn a living from their performances. I have not seen a convincing reason why a composer of music should benefit from a term of copyright which extends to the composer's life and 70 years beyond, while the performer should only enjoy 50 years, often not even covering his lifetime It is the performer who gives life to the composition and while most of us have no idea who wrote our favourite song – we can usually name the performer."

If the composer enjoys the rights lifelong as well as for 70 years after his death, why should the performar be so heavily discriminated by granting him rights for "only" 50 years?

The principle is wise, though I ask myself why should they extend the rights for one and not reduce the rights for the other?

Bill in parliament in USA previews no descrimination between types of traffic, Operators oppose.

Bill Would Reinforce Principle of Net Neutrality

Bill Would Reinforce Principle of Net Neutrality: “Telecoms line up against proposed legislation that would force them to treat all internet traffic equally.

(Via Wired Top Stories.)

(Via alfonsofuggetta.org)

Telecom Italia separates the net IN SPITE OF the opposition of Telefonica

Written in Spain by CincoDias.com.

Telecom Italia separates its network of fixed telephony in spite of the opposition of Telefonica. It has been announced in public forums and even in an encounter with the European Commission: Telefonica is against the functional separation of the network of fixed telephony of the ex- monopolies. But it will have to assume it in one of its properties. Telecom Italia announced yesterday that it frees its network.

Bravo Bernabè.

Written in Spain by CincoDias.com.

Telecom Italia separates its network of fixed telephony in spite of the opposition of Telefonica. It has been announced in public forums and even in an encounter with the European Commission: Telefonica is against the functional separation of the network of fixed telephony of the ex- monopolies. But it will have to assume it in one of its properties. Telecom Italia announced yesterday that it frees its network.

Bravo Bernabè.

Here for you Open Access...

Telecom Italia has introduced today its version of functional separation of the fixed network.

The head of the unit will be the excellent Stefano Pileri.

Details are not available so far; for example, we don't know yet if there'll be a sort of Equivalence of Access Board like in Openreach.

Telecom ha varato una nuova direzione chiamata a gestire questi processi innovativi, prende il nome di Tecnology & Operations ed e' affidata a Stefano Pileri. Manager entrato in Sip nel 1982 e che ha occupato responsabilità crescenti fino a quella odierna in Telecom. Il plauso di Calabro' Una novita auspicata dell'Autorita' per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni il cui presidente Calabro' ha cosi commentato la notizia: "Sono soddisfatto della risposta impegnativa, seria e concreta che il nuovo management di Telecom Italia ha dato all'esigenza da me tante volte manifestata di una nuova e separata organizzazione per le attivita' connesse alla rete di accesso di Telecom Italia".

Le 4 strutture La direzione Technology & Operations e' articolata in quattro strutture. "Open Access" sara' chiamata a garantire lo sviluppo e la manutenzione delle infrastrutture della rete di accesso, nonche' il presidio dei processi di delivery (attivazione) e assurance (assistenza) dei relativi servizi. La struttura "Network" avra' il compito di garantire l'innovazione tecnologica del gruppo, la pianificazione tecnica e architetturale delle reti tlc, nonche' le attivita' di sviluppo, realizzazione e manutenzione della piattaforma di backbone e delle relative piattaforme regionali. La struttura "Information Technology" dovra' presidiare l'innovazione, lo sviluppo e l'esercizio delle infrastrutture e dei sistemi informativi per il business e per le operations tlc. La "Technical Infrastructures", infine, assicurera' il presidio integrato delle infrastrutture tecniche (immobiliari e impiantistiche) del gruppo, nonche' l'erogazione dei relativi servizi tecnici di facility management. Telecom sottolinea come "Open Access" avra' un ruolo fondamentale nel riassetto organizzativo che l'azienda ha attuato. Questa divisione, spiega il gruppo di tlc, "avra' il compito di assicurare sia agli altri operatori sia ai clienti interni un servizio sempre piu' efficiente e in linea con le aspettative del mercato e con le indicazioni piu' volte espresse dall'Autorita' per le Garanzie nelle comunicazioni all'interno di un percorso che la stessa Autorita' ha gia' delineato". L'attivita' di "Open Access", precisa la nota, sara' completamente autonoma e separata da quella delle funzioni commerciali del gruppo. Bernabe': Benefici nei costi operativi Telecom Italia si aspetta "anche benefici in termini di costi operativi e di investimento" dalla riorganizzazione avviata con la creazione della struttura Open Access per gestire in maniera separata la rete d'accesso del gruppo. E' quanto ha detto l'ad Franco Bernabe', secondo cui la rete "e' un tema industriale e non finanziario".

 

Telecom Italia has introduced today its version of functional separation of the fixed network.

The head of the unit will be the excellent Stefano Pileri.

Details are not available so far; for example, we don't know yet if there'll be a sort of Equivalence of Access Board like in Openreach.

Telecom ha varato una nuova direzione chiamata a gestire questi processi innovativi, prende il nome di Tecnology & Operations ed e' affidata a Stefano Pileri. Manager entrato in Sip nel 1982 e che ha occupato responsabilità crescenti fino a quella odierna in Telecom. Il plauso di Calabro' Una novita auspicata dell'Autorita' per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni il cui presidente Calabro' ha cosi commentato la notizia: "Sono soddisfatto della risposta impegnativa, seria e concreta che il nuovo management di Telecom Italia ha dato all'esigenza da me tante volte manifestata di una nuova e separata organizzazione per le attivita' connesse alla rete di accesso di Telecom Italia".

Le 4 strutture La direzione Technology & Operations e' articolata in quattro strutture. "Open Access" sara' chiamata a garantire lo sviluppo e la manutenzione delle infrastrutture della rete di accesso, nonche' il presidio dei processi di delivery (attivazione) e assurance (assistenza) dei relativi servizi. La struttura "Network" avra' il compito di garantire l'innovazione tecnologica del gruppo, la pianificazione tecnica e architetturale delle reti tlc, nonche' le attivita' di sviluppo, realizzazione e manutenzione della piattaforma di backbone e delle relative piattaforme regionali. La struttura "Information Technology" dovra' presidiare l'innovazione, lo sviluppo e l'esercizio delle infrastrutture e dei sistemi informativi per il business e per le operations tlc. La "Technical Infrastructures", infine, assicurera' il presidio integrato delle infrastrutture tecniche (immobiliari e impiantistiche) del gruppo, nonche' l'erogazione dei relativi servizi tecnici di facility management. Telecom sottolinea come "Open Access" avra' un ruolo fondamentale nel riassetto organizzativo che l'azienda ha attuato. Questa divisione, spiega il gruppo di tlc, "avra' il compito di assicurare sia agli altri operatori sia ai clienti interni un servizio sempre piu' efficiente e in linea con le aspettative del mercato e con le indicazioni piu' volte espresse dall'Autorita' per le Garanzie nelle comunicazioni all'interno di un percorso che la stessa Autorita' ha gia' delineato". L'attivita' di "Open Access", precisa la nota, sara' completamente autonoma e separata da quella delle funzioni commerciali del gruppo. Bernabe': Benefici nei costi operativi Telecom Italia si aspetta "anche benefici in termini di costi operativi e di investimento" dalla riorganizzazione avviata con la creazione della struttura Open Access per gestire in maniera separata la rete d'accesso del gruppo. E' quanto ha detto l'ad Franco Bernabe', secondo cui la rete "e' un tema industriale e non finanziario".

Telecom Italia's mPayment and NFC

Link: Telecom Italia - Media - Comunicati stampa.

Telecom Italia has announced in Barcelona a new mPayment initiative and a trial on NFC payments.

A small step in the right direction..

Telecom Italia has announced in Barcelona a new mPayment initiative and a trial on NFC payments.

A small step in the right direction..

On infrastructure sharing in France

Sulla condivisione delle infrastrutture in Francia

Enrico writes:

It is stupid that every TLC company lays its own fibre and digs across roads. TLC companies would immediately exhaust their resources without achivieng much". said by Gabrielle Gauthey from Arcep.

Take care Enrico that in Paris, in the sewers they have tourist visits..

Our network infrastructure is different. The last mile, with the fibre, become "the last 10 km"...

It's no wonder that all those who now say "let's stop everyone, let's think twice", are those that deployed devices at 1,5Km from their subscribers' homes and would be overpassed by the fibre...

It was a wrong decision, because they were looking at the market without looking at the technological evolution, the IP migration of the local loop, the fibre, the cost of devices/cost of hosting, the growth of penetration, etc..

Wrong, starting from those who wroite the theories and those who imposed them. The "good period" in which it may have workd lasted less than the amortization of equipment. Now we all must pay the consequences of strategic errors of the few..

Those who tried to push the "ladder of investment", maybe, did so thinking of it as a way to start from the upper steps, without introducing the lower ones, thus limiting competition...

One network, bitstream access.

Enrico writes:

It is stupid that every TLC company lays its own fibre and digs across roads. TLC companies would immediately exhaust their resources without achivieng much". said by Gabrielle Gauthey from Arcep.

Take care Enrico that in Paris, in the sewers they have tourist visits..

Our network infrastructure is different. The last mile, with the fibre, become "the last 10 km"...

It's no wonder that all those who now say "let's stop everyone, let's think twice", are those that deployed devices at 1,5Km from their subscribers' homes and would be overpassed by the fibre...

It was a wrong decision, because they were looking at the market without looking at the technological evolution, the IP migration of the local loop, the fibre, the cost of devices/cost of hosting, the growth of penetration, etc..

Wrong, starting from those who wroite the theories and those who imposed them. The "good period" in which it may have workd lasted less than the amortization of equipment. Now we all must pay the consequences of strategic errors of the few..

Those who tried to push the "ladder of investment", maybe, did so thinking of it as a way to start from the upper steps, without introducing the lower ones, thus limiting competition...

One network, bitstream access.

UK illegal downloaders could be banned

Link: Internet users could be banned over illegal downloads - Times Online.

People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week.

Internet service providers (ISPs) will be legally required to take action against users who access pirated material, The Times has learnt.

Users suspected of wrongly downloading films or music will receive a warning e-mail for the first offence, a suspension for the second infringement and the termination of their internet contract if caught a third time, under the most likely option to emerge from discussions about the new law.

Broadband companies who fail to enforce the “three-strikes” regime would be prosecuted and suspected customers’ details could be made available to the courts. The Government has yet to decide if information on offenders should be shared between ISPs.

Thus, if in one's office there is an illegal downloader, what do they do ? shut down the whole office ? and in a college or home ?

Penal responsibility is always personal

People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week.

Internet service providers (ISPs) will be legally required to take action against users who access pirated material, The Times has learnt.

Users suspected of wrongly downloading films or music will receive a warning e-mail for the first offence, a suspension for the second infringement and the termination of their internet contract if caught a third time, under the most likely option to emerge from discussions about the new law.

Broadband companies who fail to enforce the “three-strikes” regime would be prosecuted and suspected customers’ details could be made available to the courts. The Government has yet to decide if information on offenders should be shared between ISPs.

Thus, if in one's office there is an illegal downloader, what do they do ? shut down the whole office ? and in a college or home ?

Penal responsibility is always personal