ITU Telecom World 2009

Au ITU Telecom World 2009, WISeKey lance un service de sécurité pour aider les entreprises et les gouvernements à protéger leurs clients contre le vol d'identité et les transactions mobiles

abadenas — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:52:46 GMT

GENÈVE, October 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Indication: Un image de ekey+ peut être téléchargé sous: http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/pm/100006027 -

Aujourd'*** au ITU Telecom World 2009, WISeKey à présenté une nouvelle suite de programmes d'authentification d'identité centrée sur la nouvelle ekey+, une clé USB biométriquement encryptée, digne des meilleurs James Bond, sur le marché mondial des télécommunications.

Conçu pour aider à renforcer la confiance entre les utilisateurs et les fournisseurs de services de réseaux et de commerce électronique, WISeKey déclare que la suite de sécurité offrira aux sociétés, aux propriétaires de petites entreprises et aux agences gouvernementales, la possibilité de donner à leurs clients et collègues, un accès à leurs données sensibles pour exécuter des transactions à partir de points d'accès sécurisés.

<< La ekey+ est une conception et un service innovants que nous avons développés après des années d'observation de modèles comportementaux dans le domaine des services électroniques bancaires et du commerce électronique, >> a déclaré Carlos Moreira, Président et Président-directeur général de WISekey.

Le potentiel de fraude est un obstacle majeur à l'évolution du développement du commerce en ligne, selon l'organisation de coopération et de développement économique (OCDE). Le vol d'identité est défini par le processus d'utilisation des informations personnelles d'une autre personne pour son gain personnel. En 2008, le vol d'identité dans le monde a augmenté de 22% par rapport à 2007. Le groupe Abeerden estime à 221 milliards de dollars, les pertes dans le monde, dues au vol d'identité.

L'étude de marché de WISeKey montre que la ligne de produit ekey+ est garantie de conduire à la hausse le revenu moyen par utilisateur pour les télécommunications et autres entreprises et gouvernements. eKey+ est basé sur une authentification biométrique à facteurs multiples utilisant WISeKey PKI intégré et sur la technologie d'identification numérique.

Dans son discours intitulé : << Lutte contre des menaces cybernétiques : vers des partenariats mondiaux efficaces >>, qu'il a tenu à la conférence Telecom World 2009 devant plus d'une vingtaine de ministres d'état et des leaders d'entreprises, Carlos Moreira a réaffirmé son engagement de longue date dans l'aide au renforcement des transactions électroniques entre entreprises, gouvernements et citoyens.

Créé en 1999, avec son siège à Genève, WISekey est une société leader dans le développement de logiciels et de services qui visent à renforcer la sécurité contre la contrefaçon, le vol d'identité et la corruption de la gestion des données sur les ordinateurs personnels, portables, serveurs, unités de stockage, réseaux ainsi que les transactions informatiques via Internet. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, en France, en Espagne, au Moyen- Orient et en Inde, ses clients sont sur les six continents, sur les marchés développés et émergents. Parmi ses clients actuels et passés, WISekey compte Microsoft, Telefonica et l'état de Genève.

    
    Contact :
    Dimitry Léger
    Communication d'Entreprise
    Directeur WISeKey SA
    Tél.: +41-22-594-30-00
    Courriel: dleger@wisekey.com

WISeKey führt auf der ITU Telecom World 2009 einen Sicherheitsservice ein, um Unternehmen und Behörden dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Kunden vor Identitätsdiebstahl und bei mobilen Transaktionen zu schützen

abadenas — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:51:04 GMT

Genf (ots) - WISeKey stellte heute auf der ITU Telecom World 2009 eine neue Reihe seiner Identitätsauthentifizierungsprogramme rund um das neue eKey+ vor, ein biometrisch verschlüsselter USB-Schlüssel für die globalen Telekommunikationsmärkte, die James Bond würdig wären. WISeKey betonte dabei, dass die Sicherheitssoftware, die darauf ausgerichtet ist, das Vertrauen zwischen Usern und dem Netzwerk sowie den e-Commerce-Anbietern zu intensivieren, Unternehmen, Kleinunternehmen und Behörden in die Lage versetzen wird, ihren Kunden und Kollegen Zugriff auf ihre sensiblen Daten zu ermöglichen, um Transaktionen von ungesicherten Zugangspunkten aus durchzuführen. "Das eKey+ ist ein innovatives Motto und Dienst, den wir entwickelten haben, nachdem wir über Jahre Verhaltensmuster von Kunden im e-Banking und e-Commerce beobachtet hatten, um bessere Verbraucherprodukte sowie Dienstleistungen von Behörden zu ermöglichen," so Carlos Moreira, Chairman und CEO von WISeKey. Gemäß der Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) ist potenzieller Betrug eine große Hürde für die Entwicklung und das Wachstum von e-Commerce. Identitätsdiebstahl wird als Prozess definiert, bei dem die persönlichen Information einer anderen Person für den eigen persönlichen Gewinn verwendet werden. 2008 nahm der Identitätsdiebstahl weltweit gegenüber 2007 um 22 Prozent zu. Die Aberdeen Group kam zu der Einschätzung, dass Unternehmen weltweit jährlich 221 Milliarden US-Dollar durch Identitätsdiebstahl verlieren. Marktforschungsergebnisse von WISeKey zeigen, dass die eKey- Produktlinie einen Anstieg des durchschnittlichen Einkommens pro User bei Telekommunikations- und anderen Unternehmen sowie Behörden gewährleistet. eKey+ basiert auf einer biometrisch basierten Multifaktorauthentifizierung, bei der implementierte WISeKey PKI - und Digital Identification Technology zum Einsatz kommt. Auf der Telecom World 2009 Konferenz bekräftigte Carlos Moreira das langfristige Engagement von WISeKey für die Vereinfachung besserer elektronischer Transaktionen zwischen Unternehmen, Regierungen und Bürgern in einer Rede mit dem Titel: "Cyber-Bedrohungen meistern: Effektive globale Partnerschaften gestalten", die von etwa 25 Ministern und Wirtschaftsführern gehört wurde. WISeKey wurde 1999 in Genf, Schweiz, gegründet. Sitz der Gesellschaft ist ebenfalls Genf. WISeKey ist ein weltweit führendes Software- und Dienstleistungsunternehmen, das sich für mehr Sicherheit gegen Fälschung, Identitätsdiebstahl und Korruption im Bereich der Datenverwaltung in PCs, Mobiltelefonen, Servern, Datenbanken, Netzwerken und Cloud-Computing-Lösungen engagiert. WISeKey unterhält Niederlassungen in den USA, Frankreich, Spanien, Nahost und Indien. WISeKey-Kunden gibt es in sechs Kontinenten, in den entwickelten wie in den Schwellenmärkten. Zu den aktuellen wie früheren Kunden gehören Microsoft, Telefonica und das Kanton Genf. ots Originaltext: WISeKey SA Internet: www.presseportal.ch Originaltext: WISeKey SA Digitale Pressemappe: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/55044 Pressemappe via RSS : http://www.presseportal.de/rss/pm_55044.rss2 Pressekontakt: Dimitry Léger Corporate Communications Director WISeKey SA Tel.: +41/22/594'30'00 E-Mail: dleger@wisekey.com

WISeKey lanza servicios de seguridad frente al robo de identidad y transacciones móviles

abadenas — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:49:08 GMT

GINEBRA, October 7 /PRNewswire/ --

-- En ITU Telecom World 2009, WISeKey lanza servicios de seguridad para ayudar a las compañías y gobiernos a proteger sus clientes del robo de identidad y transacciones móviles

Hoy, en ITU Telecom World 2009, WISeKey introdujo una nueva serie de programas de autenticación de identidad centrados en torno al nuevo eKey+, un USB encriptado biométricamente digno de James Bonds para el mercado mundial de las telecomunicaciones.

Diseñado para ayudar a aumentar la confianza entre usuarios y redes y proveedores de servicios de comercio electrónico (e-commerce), WISeKey indicó que el software de seguridad ofrecerá a corporaciones, propietarios de pequeñas empresas y agencias gubernamentales la capacidad para dar a sus clientes y colegas acceso a sus datos críticos para realizar transacciones desde puntos de acceso no seguros.

"El eKey+ es un dispositivo y servicio innovador que desarrollamos tras años de observar los patrones de conducta del cliente en banca electrónica (e-banking) y comercio electrónico (e-commerce) para unos mejores productos de consumo y servicios gubernamentales", afirmó Carlos Moreira, presidente y consejero delegado de WISeKey.

El potencial de fraude es un importante obstáculo para la evolución y crecimiento de comercio online, según la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económico (OECD). El robo de identidad se define como el proceso de utilizar información personal de otra persona para propio beneficio. En 2008, el robo de identidad aumentó mundialmente en un 22 por ciento desde 2007. El Aberdeen Group ha estimado que se pierde al año 221.000 millones de dólares por empresas en todo el mundo debido al robo de identidad.

El estudio de mercado de WISeKey muestra que la línea de productos eKey+ está garantizada para impulsar los ingresos medios por usuario para las telecomunicaciones y otras compañías y gobiernos. El eKey+ se basa en autenticación de múltiples factores basada en biométrica utilizando tecnología integrada WISeKey PKI y Digital Identification.

En la conferencia Telecom World 2009, Carlos Moreira reafirmó el largo compromiso de WISeKey de facilitar mejores transacciones electrónicas entre empresas, gobiernos y ciudadanos en un discurso titulado: "Cómo abordar amenazas cibernéticas: hacia las alianzas mundiales efectivas", a la que asistieron 24 ministros y líderes empresariales.

Fundada y con sede en Ginebra (Suiza), en 1999, WISeKey es una compañía de software y servicios líder en el mundo para una mayor seguridad frente a las falsificaciones, robo de identidades y corrupción en gestión de datos en PC, móviles, servidores, almacenamiento, redes y operaciones informáticas tipo nube. Con oficinas en EE.UU., Francia, España, Oriente Medio y la India, los clientes de WISeKey se localizan en seis continentes, en mercados desarrollados y emergentes. Los clientes actuales y anteriores son Microsoft, Telefónica y el Estado de Ginebra. [TAB] Contacto: Dimitry Léger Comunicaciones corporativas Director de WISeKey SA Tel.: +41-22-594-30-00 E-Mail: dleger@wisekey.com [FTAB] Contacto: Dimitry Léger, comunicaciones corporativas, director de WISeKey SA, Tel.: +41-22-594-30-00, E-Mail: dleger@wisekey.com

INDIA PAVILION - ITU Telecom World 2009, Geneva

abadenas — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:42:42 GMT

The Taj Mahal from Bhansali Cables and Conductors Goes to Iran at ITU Telecom World 2009

abadenas — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:38:49 GMT

New Delhi, India, October 16, 2009 --(PR.com)-- "The Taj Mahal is a monument that represents India to the world. It is a symbol of fine workmanship, dedication to quality and single-minded devotion. Just what we would like our customers and potential customers to remember our company for. So, we came up with this idea of giving away a miniature replica of the Taj Mahal to one visitor to our booth at ITU Telecom World 2009", is what Mr Deepak Jain had said talking to journalists in India about this unique offer.

The draw was held at 10am today at the Bhansali Cables and Conductors stall by Mr Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator USO Fund, Department of Telecom, Government of India.

The replica of the Taj Mahal was received on behalf of the winner by Dr D Zareian, General Manager (Public Relations & International Affairs Office), Telecommunication Company of Iran.

About Bhansali Cables and Conductors Pvt Ltd
Part of the seven decades old Bhansali Group, the company manufactures a wide range of cables and wires catering mainly to the telecommunications and power sectors. ISO 9001 and 14001 certified, the company's customers include the likes of ABB, Alcatel, Alstom, Ascom, Bharti Airtel, Bose, BSNL, Ericsson, Fujitsu, GTL, Marconi, Motorola, MTNL, Nelco, NHPC, Nokia, NTPC, Reliance, Siemens, Simoco, Tata Honeywell, Tata Steel, Tata Teleservices and Tyco Electronics. More on the company web site: www.bhansali.net.

The great femto sell: LTE will see them really fly (allegedly)

abadenas — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:56:16 GMT

It's fair to say that we're femto-sceptics here on TelecomTV. We don't think any one big thing rules them out.. there's just a slight unease about the entire concept. Ian Scales reports.

Are femtos - the small antenna unit mobile users can install inside their houses or offices to provide cellular coverage via broadband as an adjunct to the conventional radio network - a consumer play that YOU plug in to enhance your connectivity as a consumer?

Or are they a network play that the operator plugs in for you to enhance HIS connectivity. If the latter, why would you be incentivised to even think about getting one (much less paying for one) and what does it say about the technical wizardry of the broadband mobile network that you have to start plugging in adjuncts just to get the service running properly?

And if a femto is a consumer play, why would it be better than WiFi? Especially as, according to Manish Singh of femto specialist Continuous Computing, the target price for a femtocell is north of $50 dollars in the medium term (they think they've nearly got it to $100 now).

WiFi costs a few dollars and already just appears in gadgets and gateways without any extra urging.

We interviewed Singh at the recent ITU Telecom World 2009 in Geneva where he told us that, for the first time, femto cells are going to be part and parcel of LTE deployment. The femtocell, he says, was very much introduced as a sort of afterthought in 3G deployment. First the network was rolled put and femtos came after the fact.

"What changes with LTE," claims Singh, "is that operators really have the opportunity to roll out femtos with their networks." Essentially, the femto gets factored in from the start, he claims.

Singh claims there is one US operator to go to trial by the end of this year, multiple other operators are lined up in Europe and Japan as well. And he says LTE femtos have become a software licensing play and Continuous Computing is offering a complete software bundle for other vendors.

We might be sceptical about femtos but the femto-pushing industry seemingly remains confident. Singh tells us that the market will be in 10s of millions of units in LTE, eventually ramping up to hundreds of millions in the longer term.

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ITU Telecom World 2009 - ユニークな展途上国ブース、農産物の展示や民族音楽の演奏なども

abadenas — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:53:08 GMT

ITU Telecom World 2009では、メーカーなどの企業ブース以外にも、発展途上国を中心に各国のブースが多数並んでいた。特に普段あまり聞きなれない国や、海外の展示会では見慣れない国がブースずらりと勢ぞろいするさまは壮観だ。

前回(2006年)、前々回(2003年)と比較して今回のTelecom World 2009は出展企業・参加国が減少しており、”国際的な通信関連イベント”としての位置づけも回を重ねるごとに変化しているようだ。特に今回のイベントでは先進国と発展途上国のデジタルデバイス解消が一つの大きなテーマであり、製品展示ではなく商談の場として出展を行う企業も多かったようだ。例えば海外の通信関連展示会では毎回最新技術を展示する中国のHuaweiも、今回は製品の展示は一切無くブースは商談の場として提供されていた。

このほか同展示会では、発展途上国がブースを設置し、官民上げて海外からの投資を訴える姿が目立っていた。アフリカ大陸の国のブースなどは普段はなかなか見ることはできず、各国の国旗が並ぶ様はITUが国連の関連機関であることを改めて思い知らされた。国によっては農産物の展示や民族音楽の演奏を行うなどユニークなブースも見かけられた。

成長著しいBRICs(ブラジル、ロシア、インド、中国）や中東などの国々も出店しており、世界各国のブースを眺めていると、通信関係というよりも国際関係の展示会に来ているような印象を受けた。各国のユニークなブースを紹介しよう

The CEO of the TRC emphasizes the importance of innovative communications technologies reaching everyone

abadenas — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:50:26 GMT

Tuesday October 13, 2009 – Last week the delegation of the Virgin Islands Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, consisting of the Chairman Mr. Collin Scatliffe and the CEO Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas, participated at the ITU Telecom World 2009 event in Geneva, Switzerland.

The event, which is a combination of a forum and an exhibition, is held every few years. It is organised by the International Telecommunication Union and is a leading event for the global telecommunication and information communication technology (ICT) sector. Participants and delegates attended from 186 countries and included over 2,250 VIPs, including the United Nations Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers, Ambassadors, and heads of regulatory agencies form around the world. 456 exhibitors from 49 countries showcased newest innovations and successful applications of technologies.

Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas was the moderator of an interactive session on “Innovative Technologies and Services: New Vision” at the event’s Youth Forum, attended by over 250 young people from 135 countries. In addressing the participants of the event, the CEO of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission emphasized the need for business models and innovations that would ensure that needed communications technologies reach everyone - irrespective of the level of development or the size of a country they live in, possible disabilities they have and even their literacy level.

In addressing the audience Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas also stressed that: “It is of utmost importance that everyone is given an opportunity to be not merely a consumer of new technologies and services, but also an active member of this new environment, an entrepreneur. Access to formal education in the field of information and communication technologies, and not just to services, devices and general skills, is tremendously important to make this a reality to the people all over the World”.

Sustainable year-end 4.6b mobile subscription tickles ITU

abadenas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:00:26 GMT

THE International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has projected a 4.6 billion mobile subscription driven by the mobile sector by end of 2009.

In its latest statistics, published in The World in 2009: ICT facts and figures, revealed rapid Information and Communications Technology (ICT) growth in many world regions in everything from mobile cellular subscriptions to fixed and mobile broadband, and from TV to computer penetration - with mobile technology acting as a key driver.

Meanwhile, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Telecommunications Communications (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe, at the just concluded International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World 2009 forum and exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland, revealed that telecommunications investments in Nigeria now stood at $18 billion (N2.7 trillion) within the last eight years.

Ndukwe added that the current investment figure is made up of about $12 billion from foreign direct investment while the balance is from investments made from and within the country since 2001.

He said that the country is keen on attracting more investments so as to expand the needed services in the areas of internet and broadband services across the country, having made a remarkable inroads into voice telephony services, stressing that government's invitation to the private sector for participation in the industry has paid off and led to the current success indices in the sector.

"This tells me that the decision by government to liberalise was a very good one, indicating that this is why the current 68 million active subscriber lines recorded in the industry over just eight years in Nigeria have been variously described as a revolution.

"The decision by Nigeria to implement a technologically-neutral regulation has resulted in investments in both the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)- and CDMA-based services and made diverse services available in Nigeria with investors attracting services from different points, thereby providing choices for Nigerian consumers.

"Nigeria is today dominated by wireless services delivery, not just in the mobile sub-sector but also in the fixed wireless services", stressed the EVC NCC

Meanwhile, the ITU report stated that the brand new comprehensive data, forecasts and analysis on the global ICT market show that mobile growth is continuing unabated, with global mobile subscriptions expected to reach 4.6 billion by the end of the year, and mobile broadband subscriptions to top 600 million in 2009, having overtaken fixed broadband subscribers in 2008.

It stated that mobile technologies are making major inroads toward extending ICTs in developing countries, with a number of nations launching and commercially offering IMT2000/3G networks and services.

But the ITU's statistics also highlight important regional discrepancies, with mobile broadband penetration rates still low in many African countries and other developing nations.

More than a quarter of the world's population is online and using the Internet, as of 2009. Ever-increasing numbers are opting for high-speed Internet access, with fixed broadband subscriber numbers more than tripling from 150 million in 2004 to an estimated 500 million by the end of 2009.

Rapid high-speed Internet growth in the developed world contrasts starkly with the state of play in the developing world. In Africa, for example, there is only one fixed broadband subscriber for every 1,000 inhabitants, compared with Europe where there are some 200 subscribers per 1,000 people. The relative price for ICT services (especially broadband) is highest in Africa, the region with the lowest income levels. The report finds that China has the world's largest fixed broadband market, overtaking its closest rival, the United States, at the end of 2008.

ITU estimates show that three quarters of households now own a television set and over a quarter of people globally - some 1.9 billion - now have access to a computer at home. This demonstrates the huge market potential in developing countries, where TV penetration is already high, for converged devices, as the mobile, television and Internet worlds collide. Dr. Hamadoun Tour, ITU Secretary-General says: "ICTs are vital within developing countries to ensure that ordinary people can fully participate in the knowledge economy of the 21st century. We have seen a positive impact on services such as health and education in markets where ICT growth has been strong."

Within the United Nations system, ITU is the main source of internationally comparable data and statistics on ICT. The Market Information and Statistics Division of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) collects, harmonises and disseminates more than 100 telecommunication and ICT indicators from over 200 economies worldwide. Data are accessible online through the ICT Eye portal, on CD and in print publications. The Market Information and Statistics Division regularly publishes analytical reports illustrating the latest trends in the sector. It also monitors the development of the digital divide and has developed widely used benchmarking tools, such as the ICT Development Index (IDI).

Sami Al Basheer, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, said, "we are encouraged to see so much growth across developed and developing regions, but there is still a large digital divide, and an impending broadband divide, which needs to be addressed urgently.

Heads of State and industry leaders will collaborate at ITU Telecom World 2009 to identify the right policies and regulations to support and encourage future ICT growth worldwide. ITU, through its development sector, is working with all stakeholders to promote the development of ICT services for all segments of society in all regions of the world."

Francisco Ros demanda una actuación internacional conjunta en materia de SI

abadenas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:56:42 GMT

El Secretario de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y para la SI, Francisco Ros, ha señalado la necesidad de realizar una acción conjunta de todos los gobiernos del mundo en áreas como fraude electrónico, ciberseguridad, propiedad intelectual y gobierno de internet, en una entrevista concedida a la agencia de contenidos de libre distribución OpenPress, en el marco del ITU Telecom World 2009 celebrado en Ginebra del 5 al 9 de octubre.

Asimismo destaca que las tecnologías son necesarias para salir de la crisis ya que establecen los esquemas de un mundo nuevo, con un crecimiento ajustado, sostenible, más productivo y mejoran la calidad de vida.

Entre otras cuestiones, Ros valora muy positivamente el esfuerzo que la comunidad autónoma andaluza está realizando para el desarrollo de parques tecnológicos y empresas de base tecnológicas así como la participación de empresas andaluzas en este Congreso.

ITU Panels: Innovation Makes ICTs A Moving Landscape; IP Dispute Resolution Rising

abadenas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:42:43 GMT

Innovation in information and communications technologies during the economic downturn has brought shifts in the landscape with new technologies and newcomers in the market, according to speakers at a symposium organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center on 8 October. Meanwhile, dispute resolution involving intellectual property rights is on the rise, they said.

The symposium was held within the 2009 United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World event held from 5-9 October, which brought participants from 186 countries, according to organisers.

There are four sources of disputes in ICTs, said Christian Bovet, vice president of the Swiss Federal Communications Commission: liberalisation, the development of networks, hardware and applications.

In a way, monopoly situations are easier to handle, Bovet said, as liberalisation creates new types of disputes between incumbents and newcomers, or between operators and other actors.

Richard Owens, director of the WIPO Copyright E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division, said the percentage of non-internet domain disputes at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center is: patents, 46 percent, IT/telecom, 22 percent, copyright, 9 percent, and trademarks, 5 percent.

There has been a large upswing in disputes in the ICT sector, according to Gordon Moir, vice president of British Telecom. An increased number of players from different sectors are seeing a converging environment, such as bundled services, where for example mobile operators are seeking fixed access, and fixed operators are seeking mobile. There also is increased complexity such as disputes over access to monopoly infrastructure, access to content, or rates for international carriage. Regulatory players are also more numerous with courts, competition authorities, regulators and policymakers, who are more and more engaged, said Moir.

Richard Vary, senior intellectual property rights litigation counsel for Nokia, said interoperability standards are essential. An increase in standards and patents in ICTs has brought new challenges such as balancing the interests of the different actors, like patent holders, consumers, and third parties in dispute resolution.

Other challenges for dispute resolution come from differences such as “national rights” and international industry, and issues such as the competence of tribunals in addressing a large number of patents, technical infringement arguments and IP validity. The process also needs to offer reasonable costs and timescales, Vary said.

There is a gap between two models, said Richard Keck of law firm Macmillan Keck. On one hand is the regulated public utility model, which pushes towards openness with open access, rate regulations, and universal service obligations. On the other hand there is a push towards ownership under the traditional IP model, with patents, copyrights, trade secrets and privacy and data protection rights, he said.

The same pattern exists with telecommunications, where the telecom regulator pushes from ownership to openness and the patent offices are pushing the other way, Keck said.

Owens said WIPO has set up on request Expedited Arbitration for AGICOA, a collective society of film producers which collects for cable distribution. Contract disputes arise over royalties, and this mechanism allows for settlement if necessary. Now WIPO is establishing a new Arbitration and Mediation Center office in Singapore, which should open in January 2010. WIPO and the government of Singapore are developing a scheme for expedited arbitration for film and media-related disputes.

YouTube Committed To Copyright Protection

For Yoram Elkaim, senior legal counsel for South and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Google, every Google activity has some relation to copyright issues. Google acquired video-sharing website YouTube two years ago, said Elkaim, and about 20 minutes of video are added every single minute and 350 million unique users visit the site every month.

The question is not whether the content on YouTube is copyrighted but rather if the content was posted by the rights holder, said Elkaim.

Different rights can co-exist in a single video, such as screenplay, photography and sound recording. There are also different rights in different territories so it is sometimes difficult for a platform like YouTube to investigate, he said. However, YouTube has a longstanding commitment to copyright protection, Elkaim said.

User education, prominent copyright warnings, and limiting regular user uploads to 10 minutes to avoid the upload of full-length commercial television programming and movies are all part of YouTube’s effort to limit infringement. YouTube also has set up a content identification system that allows them to “fingerprint” content to protect rights holders.

Regulators should have a more active role in dispute resolution, said Pierre-Yves Gunter of Python and Peter in Switzerland. Commercial arbitration offers many advantages in telecommunications disputes, he said. Key factors include: the choice of arbitrators, their specialisation, their ability to grant interim relief, as well as the choice of applicable law, arbitration venue, language, and the limited grounds for appeal. The only disadvantages are costs and confidentially not being fully protected under institutional rules, said Gunter.

With 4.6 billion mobile subscriptions globally by the end of 2009, according to the ITU, and a rapidly rising growth in ICTs in many parts of the world, the ITU World 2009 event called for increased collaboration and high-level dialogue in order to make global networks accessible to more users. The digital divide should be reduced and all actors should work towards the Millennium Development Goals, according to an ITU press release.

Some technology experts also called upon the ITU to provide a platform to shape the global ICT standardisation landscape, according to an ITU press release. During a meeting held at the ITU on 6 October, ITU senior management and technology leaders, 19 private-sector chief technology officers called for a unified international approach to technology development. Standards are increasingly important in “the rapidly evolving information society,” they said, adding that standards are a “universal language” promoting innovation, effectiveness and efficiency.

Tecnosfera ofrece un programa especial sobre ITU Telecom World 2009

abadenas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:18:25 GMT

El informativo recoge lo más destacado de este evento donde empresas y gobiernos han podido dialogar y examinar los principales elementos de la inversión en infraestructuras de comunicaciones

El mayor evento mundial del sector de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación es el protagonista de esta semana en Tecnosfera, informando sobre lo más destacado ocurrido en el ITU Telecom World 2009, estuvo presente en este foro celebrado en Ginebra del 5 al 9 de octubre.

El informativo destaca de una forma especial la presencia de las empresas andaluzas en este evento. Entre lo más destacado, recoge la participación de AT4 Wireless, Sadiel, Optimi, Froggie Marketing Mobile Solution, MP Sistemas, Indisys y Telvent, siete compañías andaluzas que han expuesto sus novedades en el sector de la mano de la Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa de la Junta de Andaluc ía.

Asimismo, el programa cuenta con la participación de algunos de los principales protagonistas del evento a nivel nacional como Francisco Ros, Secretario de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y para la SI del Ministro de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Pilar Rodríguez, Secretaria General de Telecomunicaciones y SI de la Junta de Andalucía, Benigno Lacort, Consejero Delegado de la Sociedad Andaluza para el Desarrollo de las
Telecomunicaciones S.A. (Sandetel), Adolfo Borrero, Vicepresidente de Telvent Global Services, e Isidro Fornos, Director de Mercados y Marketing de la compañía de base tecnológica Sadiel.

China Mobile to sell 8 Motorola OPhones next year

abadenas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:14:14 GMT

HELSINKI (Reuters) - China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, will next year introduce eight OPhone smartphone models from U.S. phone maker Motorola, a company official told Reuters.

China Mobile unveiled plans last month to sell 3G smartphones using a lower-cost cell phone platform called OPhone, developed by California-based Marvell Technology, in what it hopes will be a major advance for its 3G service.

Samsung et Yota apportent le WiMAX en Russie

abadenas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:09:15 GMT

Yota étendra son réseau WiMAX sur le marché russe avec le déploiement de 1 400 stations de base Samsung d’ici 2010.

Cela va peut être relancer cette technologie qui bien qu’en avance commercialement, en terme de disponibilité par rapport au LTE, reste relativement boudée par les opérateurs occidentaux sauf par Clearwire aux USA

Lors du salon ITU Telecom World 2009, Samsung Electronics a annoncé qu’il fournirait d’ici début 2010 1 400 stations de base macro WiMAX mobile ainsi qu’un portail ASN à grande capacité 28 Gbit/s à Yota, le fournisseur russe de services WiMAX mobile.

Ce nouveau contrat prévoit le déploiement par Samsung de 8 000 stations de base WiMAX mobile à l’usage du service commercial WiMAX mobile en Russie, Yota ayant choisi de faire de Samsung son fournisseur exclusif.

Yota a expliqué avoir avancé son calendrier de développement de son réseau WiMAX mobile afin de faire face à l’essor considérable du nombre d’abonnés et à l’importance du trafic.

Cette entreprise compte actuellement quelque 2 000 nouveaux abonnés par jour, et a enregistré en juillet un trafic d’abonnés de 10,3 gigaoctets, supérieur de près de 20 % à la moyenne du volume de haut-débit ADSL ou câble à Moscou et Saint-Pétersbourg, et environ 100 fois plus élevé que l’utilisation moyenne des réseaux GPRS/EDGE/3G en Russie.

De plus, Yota table sur une accélération de cette multiplication des abonnés avec le lancement de son service de téléphonie par Internet (VoIP) et d’une gamme complète d’appareils WiMAX mobile.

Yota prévoit de lancer en novembre le premier service de téléphonie VoIP au monde utilisant son nouveau combiné Dual Mode prenant en charge le WiMAX mobile et le GSM bibande. Plus d’une centaine d’appareils WiMAX mobile différents, allant des dongles USB aux téléphones en passant par les ordinateurs portables et de poche, les cartes d’extension et les équipements privés d’abonné (CPE) sont également en préparation chez Yota et devraient être commercialisés d’ici la fin de cette année.

« Notre ambition est d’étendre le réseau WiMAX mobile à 180 villes de Russie d’ici 2012 », annonce Dennis Sverdlov, PDG de Yota. « Grâce au soutien précieux de Samsung, nous avons pu déployer le réseau WiMAX mobile dans des zones très étendues en un temps record ».

« Le WiMAX mobile, la seule technologie de haut-débit mobile déployée immédiatement dans le monde, constitue le service de télécommunications le plus avancé, et devrait d’après nos prévisions proposer un service itinérant au niveau mondial dans un futur proche », observe Woonsub Kim, vice-président exécutif en charge de la division Systèmes de télécommunications de Samsung Electronics. « En tant que fournisseur de premier plan, Samsung se fait un devoir d’offrir les solutions WiMAX mobile les plus innovantes qui existent, et nous sommes convaincus que le WiMAX mobile nous apportera de nouveaux succès partout dans le monde ».

Samsung et Yota poursuivent également d’autres projets WiMAX mobile en Amérique Latine, notamment au Nicaragua et au Pérou, ou encore dans la région CEI, en Biélorussie par exemple. En collaboration avec Samsung, Yota a décroché la première licence de fréquence 2,5 GHz au Nicaragua et devrait y lancer un service commercial WiMAX mobile d’ici la fin de l’année.

大唐电信开始研发新一代能抵御网络犯罪的SIM卡

abadenas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:29:40 GMT

关键字: 大唐电信 TrustedSIMSecurity SIM卡

WISeKey SA 首席执行官最近在 ITU Telecom World 2009 网络安全讨论组发表的有关大多数电信基础设施安全性较低的讲话引起了广泛的轰动，该公司今天宣布计划开始与大唐电信等电信业巨头合作，广泛部署具有安全身份加密服务的新一代 SIM 卡。

WISeKey 这个领先的瑞士数字安全服务供应商表示该名为 TrustedSIMSecurity 的新服务将彻底改变 SIM 卡在全球经济和国际发展过程中所发挥的作用。总部位于日内瓦的该公司表示，其数字加密的 SIM 卡将推动发达和发展中国家整个移动行业的发展，它能够推动金融和社会交易（如购物），以及图片和视频的共享。

WISeKey 董事长兼首席执行官 Carlos Moreira 表示：“我们认为部署带有 WISeKey 数字识别技术和服务的新一代 SIM 卡将对各种类型交易活动的增加起到非常积极的作用，包括电子政务服务和汇款。当一项新服务能够像我们的智能 SIM 卡一样大大降低身份被盗、伪造和破坏的风险，社会上的每个人都会受益。”

Moreira 表示 TrustedSIMSecurity (TM) 为 SIM 卡提供了大量销售的智能卡的能力，增加了安全数字识别能力和服务。他指出，安全的身份和服务结合了身份证明（如密匙）与只有用户知道的个人信息（如密码）以及信用卡的能力。

大唐电信集团首席技术官陈山枝表示，对其卡片进行安全加密是能够推动其业务长期显著增长最优先考虑的事。大唐电信是发卡量达10亿张的强大的中国智能卡市场的领导者。

他说：“强大的加密功能将提高我们面向客户的解决方案的价值，包括移动运营商、政府机构以及各种规模的企业。”

WISeKey e-Identity 解决方案具有高度的灵活性。它可以安装在电话的 SIM 卡上，嵌在应用中、或者与 SSL 证书等创新型在线认证机制联用。终端用户将能够通过其高度安全的电子身份设置简介和享受增值服务。

WI Harper 董事长 Peter Liu 表示：“我们相信 WISeKey 拥有可以在中国所有大型企业部署的最佳技术，我们为成为其亚洲合作伙伴感到无比荣幸。” WI Harper 是一家领先的风险资本公司，在旧金山、北京和台北设有办事处。

WISeKey 表示，从2009年第四季度开始，TrustedSIMSecurity (TM) 将被电信公司广泛采用。