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The value chain and added-value networks. Phone business profitability: Operators sell services, not transmission. Compare the price SMS vs. voice in term of transmitted bytes !!!. 2. PERSON-to-MACHINE. IVR. 3. NETWORK. Prepaid / Postpaid VPN 800-900 ….
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Phone business profitability:Operators sell services, not transmission Compare the price SMS vs. voice in term of transmitted bytes !!! 2. PERSON-to-MACHINE IVR 3. NETWORK Prepaid / Postpaid VPN 800-900 … Distribution of most terminals (pre-configuration) • PERSON-to-PERSON Voice call Voice mail SMS … Services are performed in the network, coupling services <=> network
Phone business profitability:The operator controls the value chain content Network with Services terminal Terminals distributed by operators Voice provided by the user
Internet and a new value chain:The operators controls transmission • Internet creates a open and universal transmission layer: IP • Services and Transmission are decoupled • Person-to-Machine communication explodes content Portal services Network Line Network IP terminal
Internet and a new value chain:The services are externalized out of the operator’s network Portal Content providers 2. PERSON-to-MACHINE 3. NETWORK Directory Prepaid 1. PERSON-to-PERSON E-mail Instant Messaging Phone over IP Video over IP Most Services are performed out of the network, coupling services <=> terminal
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Terminal-based services:Network services … without the network! network network Raw Transmission Raw Transmission
A proposal for the Internet futurePutting more value in the network
Developing the added-value of the networks 2. PERSON-to-MACHINE 3. NETWORK 1. PERSON-to-PERSON
A Vision for the future –smarter terminals connected by smarter networks ++ terminals Sites, portalsin a tough competition (Operators but mainly Medias: MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Wanadoo, Tiscali…) 20+ proxies to be inserted in series in the network to add value to the exchanges crossing the network Increase the value in the operator’s « reserved domain », the « line » itself
What is a proxy? • A proxy is an Intermediate node in the data flow • An IP network is made of • Transmission • Nodes: • routers (to orient the flow) • proxies (to work on the flow) • Examples of proxies • Cache, firewall, network anti-virus, WAP gateway…
Inventing the proxy platform Appli 1 … … … … Appli 2 • Nextenso Proxy Platform designed to develop and run proxies • Pipe-line architecture specialized to work on the flow • Applications are proxylets to be plugged • Full scalability of the software cluster • Fault-Tolerant by design
Nextenso Proxy Platform3 key advantages • 1. Coherent Administration, for the lowest OPEX • Just one platform to manage several proxies • 2. Open Architecture, easily expandable to new services • Toolkit to develop new proxylets to be plugged (by any development team) • Architecture compliant with IETF standard • 3. High-Performance, for end-users and CAPEX/OPEX • The Operator must reach the best response time for end-users • Impressive performance permitted from the specialization of the platform (e.g.,Nx WAP gateway vs. traditional WAP gateways) • Much less hardware needed for the same traffic
The operator’s bunch of services for its subscribers Operator’s applications « base » Partnership « kiosk » Any sites « connectivity » Proxies in actione.g.1, Dynamic re-branding Content providers as partners Operator's Logo Dynamic modification of the screen pages to rebrand or co-brand the content
New handsets support color Wap sites are in black & white (B&W) B&W services are not acceptable on color terminal (see the TV syndrom and the colorization of old movies) Proxies in actione.g.2, Dynamic colorization Black & white pages Dynamic colorization of the screen pages according to defined operator’s rules
Each terminal has specific capabilities E.g., document format Proxies in actione.g.3, Terminal-based content filtering The proxy adjusts the pages and the documents (such as images type or size) according to terminal constraints
Operators can provide a single sign-on for the access to the on-line services Ease of use for the subscribers (see phone keyboards) Reinforce the role of the operator in the service delivery Protecting the customer database with “blind identifiers” Proxies in actione.g.4, Operator-level authentication Operator’s Authentication server The proxy authenticates. Then, it takes in charge the authentication with the applications of the partners
MMS is not SMS MMS is just an e-mail modified with specific protocols (… not compatible with Microsoft Outlook) A proposal: supporting MMS with proxies and a standard e-mail server 1. Protocols translation 2. Charging 3. Store the mails 4. Support WAP traffic for MMS Proxies in actione.g.5, MMS, simpler and much cheaper Prepaid-postpaid systems Nx MMS charging proxy Nx MMS proxy relay Fault-tolerant mail server Nx WAP gateway MMS protocols E-mail protocols MMS protocols
The system computes a more accurate location using several BTSs. The phone gets the radio parameters related to the surrounding BTSs (signal power, timing advance) From this information the location is computed: “triangulation” Proxies in action e.g.6, Radio-based Location Calculator Location Calculator Radio parameters Enhanced Data flow Data flow
Nextenso Proxy Platform pipe-line architectureis optimized for the implementation of proxies Proxylet Proxylet Proxylet Proxylet Proxylet Proxylet WAP Gateway Push Proxy … Proxylet Engine Proxylet Engine Protocol Mapping http http WAP WAP SMS SMS Administration Voice Voice … … • The specialization of the platform permits • More efficiency with a pipe-line platform than with a general-purpose layered platform • More value from the platform itself reducing the complexity of each proxy (stability, creation of a proxy for a new business opportunity)
Proxies per domain • Request Enhancement • Location proxy • Profile syndication • … € • Content Enhancement • Re-branding • Colorization • Adaptation to the handset • … • User • Authentication • Blind Identifier • … • Payment • Charging proxy • … Services sites • Protocols • WAP gateway, WAP2.0 (I-mode) • MMS proxy relay • Push proxy • Wireless Optimizer • … • Protocols • IBM Lotus Domino • Microsoft Exchange • …
Summary • Terminals are become more and more intelligent. Microsoft & Nokia contribute to this evolution – and this is a good thing. • However, the danger is that operators' networks may be reduced to being "dumb transmission systems" as a result of this increased terminal intelligence • So, it is necessary to reinforce the business of operators by balancing the development of intelligence in terminals by adding value to the network -- and better serving the end-users. • Alcatel's latest lines of telecommunication systems embed innovative Internet functions designed to increase added-value services and generate more revenue from the network infrastructure.