TELECOM Digest     Wed, 22 Jun 94 13:40:00 CDT    Volume 14 : Issue 296

Inside This Issue:                           Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Asia Telecom News (Cedric Hui)
    V.34 Standard is Agreed (Robert Shaw)
    Spectrum Allocation (Amy Berger)
    AMPS Inter-Operable With GSM? (Amy Berger)
    Looking for Erlang "B" Equation (Scott White)
    The Third Summer School on Telecommunications (Vesa Ruokonen)
    Help on Dial Line Protection From Storms! (Mike Foltz)
    Germany <-> Canda: Cheapest Rates? (poing@cs.tu-berlin.de)

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From: chui@netcom.com (Cedric Hui)
Subject: Asia Telecom News
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 18:04:58 GMT


While most of the discussions on telecom developement of in this
Digest are of local issues (North America), I hope that recent telecom
developments in Asia are also of interest to this group's readers:
 
 FROM HK: 
 
Subject: Motorola Invests US$40M In Hong Kong Wireless Network 06/20/94
Date: 20 Jun 94 22:13:27 GMT

NORTH POINT, HONG KONG, 1994 JUN 20 (NB) -- Motorola has announced
that it is investing US$40 million in Hong Kong to develop a high
speed wireless computing network for the territory based on the latest
microcellular packet switched technology. It is the first such venture
by Motorola anywhere in the world.

One local information technology (IT) industry watcher, who preferred
not to be identified, told Newsbytes that he thought this would be a
forerunner of even more intensified Motorola activity in the region.

"The telecoms giant is one of the pioneers in this part of the world
and as such commands considerable respect throughout. It is expected
that Australia, because of its wide geographical spread, will be
observing this move with more than a passing interest as well," he
said.

The network will be built and operated by a new Motorola subsidiary,
Motorola AirCommunications Ltd. It will give users of notebook
computers, personal organizers, and personal digital assistants
(PDAs) access to information and messaging services wherever and
whenever they need it, freeing them from the constraints of the wired
telephone network.

"Motorola AirComms is the newest and most exciting communications
company in Hong Kong," said Robert Growney, executive vice president
of Motorola and president and general manager of the company's
Messaging, Information and Media Sector (MIMS). "To us it's more than
an investment - it's a chance for Hong Kong to become the world's
showcase for a whole new concept in personal communications."

Growney adds that Hong Kong was chosen as the ideal city in which to
pioneer such a network because of its "dynamic economic environment"
and its proven acceptance of advanced mobile communication services
such as cellular telephones and CT2.  "Motorola will draw on the
experience we gain with this venture to extend our wireless network
operations to other parts of the world."

Operating at 19,200 bits per second (bps), the Motorola AirComms
network will be operational in trial mode by the end of the year.
Unlike other networks it will primarily offer a range of messaging and
public information services specifically designed for consumers.

"We are investing in a service that will offer four times the speed of
the previous wireless data network, together with greatly improved
geographical coverage and a much wider range of applications," said
Pam Thompson, managing director of Motorola AirComms. "By exploiting
microcellular technology, we will provide comprehensive, uninterrupted
coverage throughout the urban areas and in many parts of the New
Territories.

The new network is expected to be the platform for a host of new
services including wireless fax and email, scribble-and-send messaging
through PDAs, and mobile access to information sources such as
CompuServe Hong Kong, Thompson said. Looking a little into the future,
she added, "we foresee that mobile banking and shopping will become
important applications, together with remote access to office local
area networks."

The Motorola AirComms network will be compatible with similar
networks, also using Motorola technology, which are currently under
development in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia. Together
with Motorola, the carriers involved in these networks have formed a
consortium called AsiaPAC Radio Data Net and intend to offer their
customers a transparent "roaming" service throughout the Asia-Pacific
region.

"Our first priority is to provide our customers with top-quality
service and support. While we invest in the new network, we will
simultaneously be investing in people - skilled technical staff who
will be able to understand our customers' needs and help them to
easily make use of the many services available," said Thompson.

(Keith Cameron/19940620/Press Contact: Pam Thompson, Motorola AirComms
+852-599-2800)

 FROM CHINA: 
 
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 13:57:24 -0700
Subject: China Says It's Leaping Onto Telecom Superhighway

BEIJING (Reuter) - Telecommunications Minister Wu Jiachuan said China
is aggressively leap-frogging its way onto a futuristic information
superhighway by exploiting the country's very backwardness.
 
Beijing plans to use $7 billion in foreign investment by 2000 but
still will not allow foreigners to take equity or management stakes,
Xinhua news agency late Monday quoted the minister of posts and
telecommunications as saying.
 
`Compared with Western countries China is spared the pain of
eliminating outdated equipment due to its not-so-developed
telecommunications infrastructure,' Wu said. Instead, he said, it can
install the newest equipment without being hindered by entrenched
technological interests.
 
`China's telecommunications construction can leap over some
development stages and technical levels which the Western countries
had gone through and directly adopt highly efficient new technology
and equipment,' Wu said.  Wu reiterated a ban on direct management or
equity ownership of services by foreigners, a policy that reflects
national security concerns and -- some analysts say -- the ministry's
strong interest in protecting its lucrative monopoly.
 
Wu said foreign investment was welcome in telecommunications equipment
production and supply as well as in engineering, design, product
development, research and education.  `China especially welcomes
overseas businessmen to invest in telecommunications construction
projects,' he said. `The Chinese side will ensure their interests
according to the rule of mutual benefit.'
 
Wu said China hopes by 2000 to tap `at least' $7 billion in foreign
capital -- more than the $5.67 billion it has used over the last 10
years. It will use $2.1 billion in foreign capital in the next 18
months alone, he said.
 
The addition of 12 million lines last year brought China's total to 42
million -- still one of the world's lowest rates at 3.5 lines for
every 100 people. The target is 140 million lines by 2000, he said.
 
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Date: 22 Jun 1994 09:40:22 CET
From: SHAW +41 22 730 5338 <ROBERT.SHAW@itu.ch>
Subject: V.34 Standard is Agreed


Patrick,

Greetings from Geneva.  I thought that TELECOM Digest readers might be
interested in the news that the long awaited V.34 "V.fast" modem
standard was approved a couple of weeks ago by the relevant ITU-T
(formerly CCITT) Study Group.  It has now gone out for ballot to all
ITU-T members with the deadline of September 20, 1994 for responses.

Electronic versions of the standard will be available within a few
days to ITU members on our Gopher server.  For non-ITU members, an
electronic version will be available after the September 20th
deadline.


Robert Shaw
Information Services Department
International Telecommunication Union
Place des Nations
1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland

shaw@itu.ch

Here's the "official" ITU press release.

     ITU/94-16
     9 June 1994

Milestone in modem technology: the V.34 standard is agreed by ITU-T
and put under ballot for adoption

Study Group 14 of the International Telecommunication Union 
Telecommunication Standardization Sector, ITU-T (formerly known as
CCITT), has been meeting in Geneva, Switzerland for the last week to
decide on the approval of the long-awaited standard for future
high-speed modems. The meeting was chaired by Mr K. Kern (Germany).
The work of Study Group 14 covers modems and transmission techniques
for data, telegraph and telematic services.

The adoption of the standard will give a go-ahead signal to the
industry to offer new products using high performance data transfer
technology. Work on the drafting of the standard started some three
years ago Termed by industry experts V.fast in its development stage,
V.34 as it will now be called, will surpass the current technology
used in data transfer via traditional telephone lines.

V.34 future modems will transfer data at speeds twice the current
technology, thus the nickname V.fast. By increasing transmission
speed, they will drastically cut down the time needed by computers and
faxes and in turn lower user phone bills. These new modems will have
variable data transmission capacity ranging from 2 400 bits/second all
the way up to 28 800 bits/second. The new modems will use a feature
called line probing that will allow modems to identify the capacities
and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each
individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest
possible data transmission rate. In addition the standard will support
a half-duplex mode of operation for fax applications and will support
automoding to existing V-series modems.

Other important features of the new technology include an optional
auxiliary channel with a synchronous date signalling rate of 200
bits/second.  Data conveyed on this channel would be independent of
the primary channel (2 400  28 800 bit/second) and would consist
mostly of modem control data. Multi-dimensional trellis coding will be
used to gain higher immunity to noise and other phone line impairments
thus improving throughput. V.34 modems will also be the first modems
to identify themselves to telephone network equipment (handshaking).
Most important to the industry, V.34 will not only foster world-wide
connectivity due to its adaptive capabilities, but will enlarge the
market opportunities in areas which face poor telephone line quality.

V.34 technology has been long in coming and has had to overcome many
obstacles.  One year ago, members of the modem manufacturing industry
had become so impatient, they suggested that an interim standard for
modems be approved. This interim standard, however, only made speed
improvements.

The proliferation of high-speed non-V.fast modem production led many
market analysts to become sceptical of the interoperability such
non-V.fast technology-oriented products. The adoption of V.34 is
therefore very opportune. "V.34 modems will be transmission devices
that will be faster, more reliable and cheaper to use," said Mr Kern
at the outcome of the meeting.  Given its half-duplex mode of
operation, the use of V.34 will also help reduce costs of fax
transmissions and make feasible the use of colour fax. "The fax market
is in sharp increase on a global basis, thus providing a new market
outlet for modem manufacturers," Mr Kern added. The approved standard
should be applicable within a period of 16 weeks maximum.  "One of the
main issues for the future will be to make it possible for V.34 modems
to adapt their speed while transmitting data to adjust with changes
occurring on the lines such as noise impairments," concluded Mr Kern.

BREAKTHROUGH FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING

At the same meeting of Study Group 14, a standard  Recommendation
V.18  was also approved. It will provide, for the first time,
recognition of the communication needs of the deaf and hard of
hearing. This Recommendation, with its capability to interwork with
all existing devices, provides the platform on which a universal
standard communication device can be built.

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From: fsca@netcom.com (Frost ca/.nameFsca Sulli)
Subject: Spectrum Allocation
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 16:45:29 GMT


Was there an auction for PCS, especially unlicensed voice and data PCS
services?

As I don't read this group often, please send me e-mail at:

   amy_berger@fs-ca.ccmail.compuserve.com


Thanks,

Amy Berger - Frost & Sullivan
fsca@netcom.com


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yes there was something like this recently
and it was reported here in this Digest. Perhaps one or more of the readers
will send you copies of the notices as they appeared here.   PAT]

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From: fsca@netcom.com (Frost ca/.nameFsca Sulli)
Subject: AMPS Inter-Operable With GSM?
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 16:52:30 GMT


Can anyone tell me if there is any manufacturer working on AMPS/TACS 
interoperability with GSM?

Does any one have a contact at the Joint Technical Committee/Air Interface 
Standards Group?

Please reply via e-mail at:

Bukasa_Tshilombo@fs-ca.ccmail.compuserve.com


fsca@netcom.com

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From: swhite@mathcs.emory.edu (Scott White)
Subject: Looking for Erlang "B" Equation
Date: 22 Jun 1994 18:01:19 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS


There is an Erlang Equation, I think named "B", which computes the
number of required rotary ports given blocking probability, holding
time, and average calling frequency I think.

Could someone kindly tell me what it is?


Thanks much,

Scott White
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 
Internet: swhite@mathcs.emory.edu   UUCP:
{rutgers,ogicse,gatech}!emory!swhite 
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From: Vesa.Ruokonen@lut.fi (Vesa Ruokonen)
Subject: The Third Summer School on Telecommunications
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 12:28:28 GMT
Reply-To: Vesa.Ruokonen@lut.fi
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland


(Also available as: http://www.lut.fi/ltkk/tite/SSTC94.html)

Lappeenranta University of Technology   15.6.1994
Data Communications Laboratory

THE THIRD SUMMER SCHOOL ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Lappeenranta University of Technology 
August 8 - 11, 1994

Preliminary Program

The 3rd Summer School on Telecommunications will consist of the
International Workshop on Intelligent Networks, during Monday and
Tuesday, August 8 - 9, and two Seminars on Wednesday and Thursday,
August 10 - 11.

The IN Workshop is arranged together with the IFIP TC6 Task Group on
Intelligent Networks and Telecom Finland.  The aim of the workshop is
to collect international state-of-the-art contributions on the
Intelligent Network technology and its applications. In the beginning
of the workshop there will be a Tutorial on Intelligent Networks. The
presentations of the IN Workshop have been selected using a review
process based on the submitted extended abstracts. A more detailed
program including the titles of the presentations will be available by
July 12.

The Seminars concentrate on two rapidly evolving areas of
telecommunications: Network and Service Management and Broadband and
ATM Technologies.  Each topic will take one day, consisting of invited
presentations. The speakers are leading Finnish experts, with one
exception: professor Peter Martini is a high-speed networking
specialist from the University of Paderborn, Germany.

The Workshop and the Seminars will take place in the Auditorium of the
new Ylioppilastalo, in the immediate vicinity of the University main
building and the car park in front of the University. Guidance is
arranged starting from the main door of the University.

The events start at 9.15 am each day. Summer School Proceedings,
social program, lunch and coffee are included in the registration fee.
There is a special student fee, not including the social events on
Tuesday and Wednesday. The lectures are open (no fee) for the students
and personnel of LTKK within the space limits in the Auditorium. For
more detailed information, see the bulletin board of the Dept. of
Information Technology, or contact the Summer School Secretary in the
address given below.

PROGRAM:

Monday     8.8. -     INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
Tuesday    9.8.       INTELLIGENT NETWORKS

Wednesday 10.8.       SEMINAR ON NETWORK AND SERVICE
                      MANAGEMENT

Thursday  11.8.       SEMINAR ON BROADBAND AND ATM 
                      TECHNOLOGIES


Preliminary program for the Seminars:

Wednesday 10.8.

SEMINAR ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT
Chairman: Assistant Manager Jouko Parviainen, TELE

9.15 - 10.00
Service and Network Management expectations vs. capabilities
Jouko Parviainen, TELE-TKK 

10.00 - 10.45  
Evolution of Open SW Architectures and Platforms
Veli Kokkonen, TELE-KV

10.45 - 11.30  
Operations Support System Integration with IN Service
Control Point using Transaction Processing
Timo Metsaportti, Independence-Technologies Finland Oy 

11.30 - 13.00   Lunch

13.00 - 13.45 
Q3 Network Management Software Development
Nassim Bouteldja, Martis Oy

13.45 - 14.00   Coffee break

14.00 - 14.45 
Use of X.500 in Service and Network Management
Ismo Heikkonen, TELE-TKK

14.45 - 15.30 
Neural Networks in Service and Network Management 
Jari Vanttinen, TELE-TKK


Thursday 11.8. 

SEMINAR ON BROADBAND AND ATM TECHNOLOGIES
Chairman: Prof. Jarmo Harju, LTKK

9.15 - 10.00  
Realistic roadmap to ATM-networks
Hannu Flinck, Nokia Telecommunications

10.00 - 10.30 
Routing in ATM networks
Jorma Virtamo, VTT 

10.30 - 11.30  
The 100VG-AnyLAN standard and its position in high-speed LAN 
technology
Prof. Peter Martini, University of Paderborn, Germany

11.30 - 13.00  Lunch

13.00 - 14.00 
Recent trends in teletraffic theory
Ilkka Norros, VTT

14.00- 14.15   Coffee break

14.15 - 14.45 
The impact of Video-on-Demand Service into ATM networks
Hannu Flinck, Nokia Telecommunications

14.45 - 15.15 
FSR - a switching technology for digitized video
Juha Zidbeck, VTT


For more information, please contact the Summer School Secretary:

Ms. Paivi Ponni                           tel. +358 53 574 3917
LTKK / Centre for Continuing Education    fax: +358 53 574 3920
P.O. Box 20,  FIN-53850 Lappeenranta 
Finland


The 3rd Summer School on Telecommunications

August 8-11, 1994 Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

REGISTRATION FORM

Please complete and return before July 15, 1994 to:

Ms P{ivi P|nni     Tel  +358 53 574 3917
LTKK / Centre for Continuing Education  Fax +358 53 574 3920
P.O. Box 20
FIN-53851 LAPPEENRANTA
Finland

Please fill out in CAPITAL letters

Family name__________________Given name____________

Organization________________________________________

Postal address______________________________________

___________________________________________________

Phone____________________Fax_______________________

Registration fee should be paid before August 8, 1994 to Lappeenranta
University of Technology, PSP 00007 Helsinki Finland SWIFT PSPB FI HH
Account number 800011 - 12344.  Please mention your name and the
period you participate in your payment.

Payment includes coffee and luncheon every day, and the Welcome Party.
Social Dinner and Lake Sauna Party are included in the regular fee,
but not in the student fee. Extra tickets for the Social Dinner are
available at the price FIM 150.

Please mark X your choice
                       Regular fee       Student fee
August 8-11,1994    FIM 1500 ______   FIM 300 ______
August 8-9, 1994    FIM 1000 ______   FIM 200 ______
August 10, 1994     FIM  500 ______   FIM 100 ______
August 11, 1994     FIM  500 ______   FIM 100 ______

I will also participate in Welcome Party in 
Aug 8_____ Social dinner in Aug 9 _____ and Lake 
Sauna Party in Aug 10_____. 


Date/Signature ______________________________________


HOTEL INFORMATION

For hotel accommodations we have made a block reservation in each of
the following hotels for August 6-14, 1994. Please make your own
reservation at the hotel of your choice as soon as possible and before
the deadline of July 22. You must mention the name "Telecom Finland"
in order to receive the special rate.


CUMULUS HOTEL, Valtakatu 31, Lappeenranta
Tel. +358 53 5781
Fax. +358 53 578 299
Single room FIM 340, double room FIM 390. Breakfast included

SOKOS HOTEL LAPPEE, Brahenkatu 1, Lappeenranta
Tel. +358 53 5861
Fax.+358 53 415 3295
Single room FIM 290, double room FIM 340. Breakfast included.


<A HREF="http://www.lut.fi/~ruokonen/"> Vesa.Ruokonen@lut.fi </A>

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From: mike_foltz@sgate.com
Subject: Help on Dial Line Protection From Storms!
Date: 22 Jun 1994 13:50:27 GMT
Organization: Southgate Internet Host


To all thanks in advance.

I am experiancing problems on our BBS and Internet dial-in lines when
there is wicked lighting storms.  We have a total of 30 lines both
local and 1800 numbers all feeding Multitech a rack mount card cage
with MT1432BR modems.  On the RS-232 the modems feed a Shiva lan rover
for ARA or a cisco CS-516 for Internet access.  We also have other
vendors modems such as Intel, ZyXel and Scout modems for testing, SLIP
and fax services.

I seems that the storms do most harm on the Multitech modems, but it
appears not to bother the other modems.  The past 2 storms i have had
to reprogram the Multitechs most lost what they were originally setup
with.  Some did not recover even with reprogramming. I am able to
connect but either get no data or just garbage.

Is there some type of pads, isolators etc that can be used on the
dialup lines to protect the modems from getting trashed and also let
14.4K rates pass?  Is there guides to BBS or Modem installations that
address this issue?  I am a bit confused why the other modems didn't
have problems?  They have phone lines that come in over the same
copper bundle that feeds the Multitechs.

Any help is appreciated!!


Thanks,

Mike Foltz    foltzmik@sgate.com   703-803-8361 

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From: poing@cs.tu-berlin.de (Frank)
Subject: Germany <-> Canda: Cheapest Rates?
Date: 22 Jun 1994 13:59:45 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany


Could anybody please tell me what rates are offered for calls between
Germany and Canada (and the other way around)?

I am living in Germany and my fiancee is living in Canada at the
moment. The calls would mainly be going to just to one location, so
maybe there's an offer like 'MCI's Best Friend' for example.

Please send the answers via Email, 'cause I am not really reading this
section regularly.


poing@cs.tu-berlin.de   Frank
http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~poing

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