Italtel Appoints Umberto de Julio as its new CEO

The Italtel Group, which specializes in next generation multiservice integrated network systems, has appointed Umberto de Julio as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. de Julio is a veteran of the telecom industry.

Since June 2000, he has been partner of Pino Partecipazioni, a venture capital company. From July 1999 to April 2000, he was Head of Strategies in Telecom Italia Spa and from 1998 to 1999 he covered the role of Chief Executive Officer in Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM). Previously he held the roles of General Manager at TIM, General Manager at Telecom Italia and Co-General Manager at STET.


Mr de Julio started his career in the research field at Fondazione Ugo Bordoni. Afterwards he joined SIP, where he was first responsible for various development projects on new technologies and services, and then, from 1986 to 1994, Head of Network.


He is member of many international standardization bodies and he was Board of Directors member in many important companies, such as Telecom Italia, TIM, CSELT, Finsiel, SSGRR, Fintech, Italtel, Telespazio Saritel and Telit, as well as President of AEI (Italian Electronics and Electrotechnics Association) and of ‘Quadrato della Radio' Association.


At the moment, he is Vice President of ANFOV, a member of the Board of Directors in Sielte, Tiscali, UnTecnico, as well as in other companies backed by Kiwi funds.http://www.italtel.com/

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Cisco TelePresence Adds Support for NTT's User Network Interface

Cisco has added support for NTT's user network interface (UNI) to Cisco IOS Software , enabling Cisco routers and switches to connect directly to NTT's UNI. The Cisco TelePresence system can now be added to commercial NGN services offered by NTT East and NTT West.


The companies said business communications can more easily take place between companies using the same NTT service, while Cisco TelePresence use can be tracked via metered billing.


Cisco TelePresence can be used as a guaranteed bandwidth application service called "Hikari Telephone Office Type" that can be subscribed to by users of "Flets Hikari Next Business Type," for which NTT East and NTT West are scheduled to begin service in October 2008.http://www.cisco.comhttp://www.ntt.co.jp

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Microsoft Joins Working Group for Open Standards Messaging Software

Microsoft is joining the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) Working Group, an organization focused on the development of the AMQP specification. Microsoft said it is joining the group in order to support the development of an open industry standard for ubiquitous messaging.


AMQP is a specification for platform-neutral, open standards-based business messaging. The primary goal of AMQP is to enable the communications necessary for business processes. AMQP Working Group members are collaborating on specifications for messaging infrastructure that provide businesses with a simple and more powerful way of connecting messaging-dependent applications both within and between firms.


Other members of the AMQP Working Group include Cisco, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Boerse Systems, Envoy Technologies Inc., The Goldman Sachs Group, iMatix, IONA Technologies, J.P. Morgan, Novell, Rabbit Technologies Ltd., Red Hat Inc., TWIST Process Innovations Ltd., WSO2 and 29West Inc.
http://www.microsoft.com/interop

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Sprint appoints Former Ericsson Exec to its Board

Sprint announced the appointment of Sven-Christer Nilsson to its Board of Directors. Prior to his current advisory business, Nilsson, 64, worked with Ericsson from 1982 through 1999, including serving as president, Ericsson Radio Systems (Sweden), as vice president, Mobile Switching Systems, as executive vice president and general manager, Cellular Systems-American Standards, and as president and chief executive officer. Nilsson also serves as a director of ASSA Abloy AB, Tilgin AB, and CEVA Inc. In addition, Nilsson is Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Swedish ICT Research AB and of the (Swedish) Public Service Broadcasting Foundation. He also is a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.http://www.sprint.com

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Verizon Urges FCC Action on Intercarrier Compensation

Verizon Communications is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt intercarrier compensation and universal-service reform this year. Verizon said the current "arcane system," which pays carriers for the exchange of traffic, is "an obstacle to the development and use of broadband and IP services." said in a speech prepared for delivery Saturday (Oct. 25).


"While this transition from the policies of the circuit-switched world is tough, we will all be better off when it is finished," Tauke said in his prepared remarks. "The longer policymakers and the industry try to sustain the old world, the more likely that the inevitable crash between old-world policies and new-world technology will wreak havoc on telecom carriers and their customers," said Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy and communications, speaking at the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association conference in Venice, Italy.


Tauke urged the FCC to "forge ahead and get this across the finish line" this year. "There's a lot of work to do in a short time," he said. "But all the piece parts are there in the FCC's record to develop a viable plan."

http://www.verizon.com

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