Daily News 2004/07/28

Channels Software Signs the Mobile Voice Magazine Service Project of Shanghai Mobile

  Shanghai Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. is a wholly-invested sub-company of China Mobile (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. mainly engaged in the operation of digital cellular (network number "135-139"), IP call, access of Internet and relevant information service, technology development, technology service, etc.

  Voice Magazine (the original voice interactive service) and mobile solon (the original online audio entertainment service) provide news, information on human culture, love and society, entertainment and recreation by voice access to users so as to satisfy the multi layers of user demands at any time in any place as one likes. It will provide more richer and much individualized mobile voice value-added service to Shanghai Mobile users.

  The integrated communication platform provided by Channels Software Company will provide all fundamental functions of voice gateway, "voice portal"business process, short message out-dial, business report, business examination, business management, business release, network management monitor and malfunction alarm system to the whole set of system.

  Now, the testing work to the above system has been accomplished, and it will enter into the substantial phase of market application in next step.
The future value added services of Shanghai Mobile will continuously integrate new value added business models on the existing open platform, including short message, WAP, BREW, USSD, stream media and kjava. It will also integrate new technology so as to adapt to the development of computer and communication technology, and bring more entertainment, information services with richer contents to the users.

Shanghai Unicom initiates the NGN internal test project, and its software exchange service will start

  Shanghai Unicom has officially initiated the NGN internal test project, which symbolizes that Shanghai Unicom has made a significant step in exploring the development road of next generation network. This test will accomplish the following basic voice communication based on the public Internet and voice exchange net, and will also launch the following typical application in phases:

1. The connection between NGN multimedia video terminal and fixed Uni-vedio, realizes multi-party video call service

2. Mobile Uni-vedio and NGN multimedia video terminal

3. "E-number" service, also called personal communication assistant service

  NGN Software exchange, as an open platform facing third party application service provider, can provide not only the above typical new services, but more flexible value-added telecommunication services based on software exchange platform through its Parlay and SIP interfaces to the third party (similar to the ICP-Internet content provider and short message SP in today's Internet). These service provides limitless possibility to the value-added service meeting customers's demand. Therefore, the NGN-based software exchange technology and its application will definitely become a fantastic scenery in the future telecommunication market of China.

Hubei Province opens the Super Highway Service Hot Line 96576

  From today to July 27, Hubei Province will open the first provincial super highway service hot line 96576 for trial. This hot line can inquire the super highway route, road status, weather, access charge standard, etc. It can assist to succor vehicles coming across accidents or malfunction on road, and it can also accept complaint.

  This hotline opens on July 28, and it implements charge service. The customer telephone charge abides by the ordinary telecommunication charge standard without any external information fee. Customers need not shoulder the long-distance fee, but the mobile roaming fee should be paid by customers.