http://sun.systemnews.com Telco http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/110/1/telco/17856 Vodafone Betavine is a collaborative community site for mobile developers and testers. On the site you can share applications in the project space and solicit feedback from testers and other users. The community also has blogs, forums and a student zone with competitions and internship opportunities. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/110/1/telco/17857 Vonage, a leading provider of VoIP telephone services with more than two million subscribers, is implementing Sun FireTM T1000 and Sun FireTM T2000 servers running the SolarisTM 10 Operation System (Solaris OS) in its datacenters to reduce operating costs and improve profitability. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/110/1/telco/17894 Sun FireTM E25K servers, Sun FireTM E6900 servers and the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) will run the billing system for a large telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh called Grameenphone Ltd. Using the servers with the UltraSPARCR IV+ Chip Multithreading (CMT) processor provides the company with an efficient billing system while maintaining a reasonable price point. This is the first time these servers are being deployed in Bangladesh. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/110/1/telco/17903 As new demands from consumers and innovations in products affect telecommunications infrastructure, it becomes more important to have reliable and cost-effective hardware such as the NetraTM X4200 M2 server. A new white paper provides a detailed look at the server's architecture. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/108/3/telco/17672 Three SunTM Net Talks are available on demand (with slides) for those working in or with the telecommunications industry. Learn about the Sun Open Telecommunications Platform 1.0, NetraTM servers, and 4G. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/108/3/telco/17673 OEMs add value to telecommunications hardware that differentiates each OEM from others. Since the base hardware can oftentimes not be the differentiation point, Sun and members of the Telecommunications Platform Initiative have created the Sun Open Telecommunications Platform, a Carrier Grade solution for Network Equipment Provider (NEP) application development, deployment and hosting that leverages commercial off-the-shelf components. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/106/1/telco/17356 The November/December 2006 issue of "Global Telecoms Business" features an interview with Scott McNealy who emphasizes the need for open standards and how Sun is meeting that need in the telecommunications market, Sun's biggest. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/106/1/telco/17357 The Sun Netra Data-Plane Software Suite consists of a unified development environment, a lightweight runtime environment and virtualization that is based on Hypervisor and Logical Domains (LDOMs). It provides accelerated development and reduced costs via a unified development platform that supports open ANSI C programming. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/106/1/telco/17360 Check out the featured Sun Net Talk with Bob Sellinger, Telecom Architect, for a discussion of telecommunications issues such as keeping up with subscriber demand and consumer expectation. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/106/1/telco/17352 New features for the Sun JavaTM System Content Delivery Server ease management of new services such as wireless content. New customers adopting the Sun product include Telecom New Zealand and Telefonica Moviles de Argentina. They will run the system on the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS).