BT extends IP to US
On the same day Verizon said it plans to release a hosted unified communications and collaboration (UCC) service based on Cisco's solution, BT also announced plans to extend its hosted IP telephony service to business customers in the US, states Network World
The BT service, initially introduced in the UK in December 2009, also allows businesses to bring converged services to the desktop using BT and Cisco's cloud computing-based technologies.
BT's hosted IP telephony service is a based on Cisco Hosted Unified Communications Services platform and BT's Onevoice UCC portfolio.
China converges telecoms networks
Telecommunications, broadcasting and Internet networks in China have been separately regulated, but now operators in the three sectors will be permitted to enter each other's business areas, to help encourage competition and service innovations, says Beijing Review.
The State Council approved the pilot programme for network convergence at an executive meeting on 6 June. The programme will be implemented in 12 cities as of 1 July, representing a major shake-up for telecommunication, broadcasting and Internet industries.
After the convergence, broadcasting operators can provide telecom, voice and Internet services, in addition to TV programmes. Internet and telecom operators will be allowed to develop Internet-and cellphone-based TV programmes, sharing diversified programmes on broadcasting networks.
Airline plans in-flight triple play
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways plans to offer in-flight broadband, a cellphone service, and live television on its aircraft from early 2012, it said Wednesday, reports PC World.
The airline will use the eXConnect system supplied by Panasonic Avionics that can deliver a 50Mbps Internet stream via satellite to aircraft. That stream will be split between passenger Internet service and crew applications, such as the transmission of real-time flight data back to the airline's base of operations.
The satellite link will also support data and voice cellphone calls and carry a handful of live TV stations and some pay-per-view programming.
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