DECTnews Archive - 3Q98
3Q98
September 1998 News below:
Mobile
ISDN via DECT
A DECT ISDN product range called MOBIS has been launched by the German company
Creative System Solutions. The company is making both manufactured OEM products available
as well as licensing the designs. The designs can be used to make fixed ISDN
interface units as well as cordless ISDN terminals. Applications cited include ISDN
connection of video cameras at Point-of-Sale and other public security uses. For
more details, visit their website from our Data & ISDN products
page.
DECT
conference season coming around again...
The DECT conference season is coming around again, with major DECT conference
events in Geneva and Barcelona in the next few months. For more details, see the conference page of DECTweb
August 1998 News below:
DECT
set for huge growth ....
In a recent report, Frost & Sullivan predict DECT will have 91.8% of the
cordless market product revenues, forecast as nearly $2.4 billion by 2004 - that's success
by any man's measure. The 1996 cordless market is estimated as $1.76 billion.
Competitive pricing strategies, new products, new distribution channels and tactical
partnerships are all recommended in their report, published July 1998.
FIDO
gets the bone at last !
After 12 months prevarication, the Italian CTM service, FIDO, finally received
approval for commercial service last December. In granting permission, the
Italian government imposed certain restrictions, including the commercial separation of
FIDO from its normal activities with no cross subsidies. It is now firmly up and
running....
How is FIDO faring ? If you have used the service, please e-mail us with a users view...
If you're an Italian GSM operator, how is it competing with you ? Let us know...
DECT
Wireless Local Loop gaining global ground
More than 150 DECT wireless local loop systems had been deployed worldwide, as of
January 1998, according to a factsheet available on request
from the DECT Forum. The location of deployments included some 21 European
countries, 13 countries in South America, 10 in Asia-Pacific and 15 in Africa/Middle East.
The list of equipment suppliers for the deployments is dominated by just four
players - Alcatel,
Ericsson, Lucent (TRT) and Siemens. Only
three deployments are listed as having other suppliers - one each from C-DOT/NSC,
IIT/Midas/Analog Devices (see below) and DeTeWe/Hagenuk.
Massive
DECT deployment planned for Egypt
Lucent have recently scored a big success for their DECT WLL offering in Africa,
with the announcement of an order for several hundred thousand lines from Telecom Egypt, who have set
themselves the extremely aggressive target of increasing their telephone penetration
by a factor of 2 over just 5 years.
Is
DECT a European technology any more ? It seems not ...
DECT wireless local loop products developed in India took another step forward
recently, with the announcement of licensing deals for technology developed by IIT Chenai, working with
Midas and Analog Devices. Shyam Telecom have implemented products, described in a paper at
the DECT 98 World Congress.
It is understood that several other companies, including two Chinese manufacturers, have
signed production and technology transfer licences. Hot on the heels of of the C-DOT/NSC collaboration, it seems that DECT is truly
emerging as a global technology.
DECT
at CeBIT
As in previous years, CeBIT - 19-26th March in Hanover - showed some exciting new
product launches and concept demonstrators. Products included an ISDN DECT PCMCIA card,
DECT-based digital camera,
new dual mode DECT/GSM
phones and of course the usual plethora of new handsets and business system products.
Send us a posting on the DECT products at CeBIT that
impressed you ! E-mail us ...
ETSI
and DECT Forum formalise collaboration
In a recently concluded memorandum of understanding, ETSI
and the DECT Forum have formalised collaboration on ongoing evolution and
development of DECT technology.