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NEWS
NEWS IN BRIEF...
Morpho and W-
Locate partner in
Thailand
Morpho, a provider of identity
and security solutions, has
signed a partnership with W-
Locate to embed geo-location
technology in its SIM cards
thanks to which Thailand’s
mobile operator AIS has
launched ‘Mobile Track and
Trace’, an enterprise-specific
SIM-based LBS solution.
Argyle Data and
Gigamon team on
fraud detection
Gigamon and Argyle Data are
partnering to deliver fraud
detection and revenue protection
for communications service
providers, which will help them
quickly respond to fraud while
ensuring operational stability
and performance of the
operational network.
Smartphones
need to know their
place
TV remote controls may be less
versatile than smartphones, but
their simplicity means they still combined to enable operators to
have their uses, according to
new research by ruwido, which
highlights the importance of
simple navigation, adapted to
users’ needs.
BSS software
companies demo
ETSI/NFV proof of
concept
Openet joined fellow BSS
(business support systems)
software companies Opennet,
Procera and Amartus, as well
as Red Hat and Intel, at
Mobile World Congress to run
a real-time OSS/BSS in a
virtualised environment. The
ETSI NFV proof of concept
was endorsed by Vodafone.
TEOCO expands
network planning
range
TEOCO, which provides
planning, assurance, analytics
and optimisation tools, has
developed two new network
planning tools; Velox, a small
cell planning tool, and ASSET
Geo, which visualises geo-
located traffic and
performance data.
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BSH Home
Appliances cooks
up the connected
kitchen
By Paul Rasmussen
The concept of a fully
connected lifestyle will take “It’ll be about being able to
many forms, according to
the speakers at Monday morning’s
second keynote session. Likely
sectors where interconnection will
first take place include transport
systems, B2B, B2C, tourism, and
within the home – especially the
kitchen.
Making the case that the kitchen
will be a key starting point for
connectivity, Karsten Ottenberg
(pictured), CEO of BSH Home
Ericsson adds ‘industrial
strength’ to cloud with
Intel partnership
By Paul Rasmussen
Increasing concerns over cloud
security and governance could
be laid to rest following a new
partnership deal announced
between Ericsson and Intel. The
agreement will see software and
hardware from the two firms being
offer cloud services to rival the
capabilities from today’s largest
cloud service providers.
Labelled the Ericsson HDS 8000
Hyperscale Datacentre System, the
new cloud system will take
advantage of Intel’s rack scale
architecture to host Ericsson’s
secure cloud storage and its
Continuum technology to provide a
platform for hybrid cloud services.
“This partnership with Intel
enables non-cloud providers to
compete with the biggest names in
the industry,” said Hans Vestberg,
Ericsson’s CEO. “Our proposition is
about more than realising a cloud
solution. It is about realising a
digital industrialisation strategy.”
“This is an offering aimed directly to dramatically improve efficiency,
at operators. It provides them a data utilisation and automation.
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Appliances, said that next year will
see the majority of new kitchen
appliances enabled for connection.
personalise these devices to how you
want to access and monitor them.”
“We have been surprised by the
strong interest of consumers to the
connected fridge. We’re launching
such a device this year that will
have two cameras fitted so owners
can remotely observe what
consumables it contains.”
Of note, Ottenberg said that
consumers are closely watching
what added-value connectivity can
centre and software to manage all
aspects of the cloud. From this they
can develop and build a cloud
service that best meets their needs,
giving them a key competitive
edge,” he said.
The company maintains that
demand for cloud agility,
operational scale and associated
economics is growing but existing
concerns around security and
governance are slowing the full
adoption of cloud technologies by
the world’s largest enterprises.
Intel’s CEO, Brian Krzanich,
added: “Our rack space system
brings much improved capabilities
and performance together with
significantly lower cost of
ownership. The new hyperspace
datacentre system is the foundation
for operators wanting to transfer
their services to the cloud. This is a
ground-breaking development for
the cloud and data centres.”
Intel claims that its development
effort with Ericsson will see its rack said will be available in the spring. city centre, then ride the e-bike to
scale technology used to provide a
disaggregated hardware approach
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provide to white goods. However,
he acknowledged that, while the
business opportunity was growing,
the process of cooking using
connectivity needs a complex
combination of analogue and
digital technology.
“The processes associated with
cooking are a very different world,”
he observed.
Moving to how connected
devices within the home should be
made secure, Ottenberg said that a
clear policy was needed to reassure
Ford launches
app to manage
electric car
charging
By Joseph Waring
Ford Motor Company yesterday
introduced a smartphone app
in Europe that allows drivers Mobile helps them to do this.”
to remotely manage the charging of
their electric vehicles.
With the MyFord Mobile app,
users can manage the status of their
car, check the range and plan
journeys to include charging stops.
The company said it took
inspiration from gaming and
personal fitness apps to develop the
app, which can also display CO2
savings and offer tips on how
efficiency might be improved.
The app can also be used to set a
specific temperature inside the car.
Among the first cars to offer
MyFord Mobile in Europe will be the
zero emission new Focus Electric
that will feature its SYNC 2 voice-
activated connectivity, which Ford
The app also is available for the
C-MAX Energi plug-in electric
hybrid vehicle.
“MyFord Mobile makes owning an
electric vehicle even more
consumers on what data from these
devices would be collected, and
how it would be analysed and used.
“Basic security must be
embedded by the white goods
manufacturer. Users will want to
personalise their appliances, but
they must be made secure.”
“We certainly don’t want a
washing machine to become infected
with the Struxnet virus. But, last year
a connected fridge in the US did start
operating as a botnet sending out
spam,” added Ottenberg.
convenient. It shows how further
energy efficiencies can be achieved in
a way that is easily understood,” said
Don Butler, executive director of
Ford’s connected vehicle and services.
“Electric car drivers want to
understand the environmental
benefits their vehicle brings. MyFord
MyFord Mobile is supported by a
website and is available for iOS and
Android smartphones. It connects to
the car via an on-board modem that
sends data directly to a remote server.
Ford also announced it is running
an experiment to study how electric
bicycles can be used together with
cars and public transport to reduce
daily commute times and save energy.
The project, called Handle on
Mobility, developed two prototype
e-bikes equipped with a 200-watt
motor, powered by a 9-amp-hour
battery that allows speeds of up to
25 km/h. The foldable bikes are
designed to fit into Ford vehicles,
allowing commuters to park on the
city outskirts, take the bike onto
public transport and travel to the
their destination.
The bikes have an alert system,
driven by a rear-facing ultrasonic
sensor, that warns the cyclist when a
vehicle is overtaking, by vibrating
both handlebars, and alerts motorists
of the presence of the e-bike by
illuminating handlebar lights.