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HP IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UPDATE
... for Hewlett-Packard's Telecom Customers
* January 1993 *
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INDEX OF ARTICLES:
Ericsson and HP Form a Joint Venture to Develop and Market Network-
Management Systems
HP Background Information - HP in the Telecommunications Industry
Western Communications Forum Sign-Up Now!
CTIA WIRELESS '93
HP Recognized as Number One UNIX Vendor
ATM is Happening at HP!
PRISM Systems' netWORKS Off to a Fast Start
HP and ATT Microelectronics New Technology
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Ericsson and HP Form a Joint Venture to Develop and Market Network-
Management Systems
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STOCKHOLM, Dec. 10, 1992 -- Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard Co. today
announced the formation of a joint-venture company to develop and market
network-management systems for telecommunications operators and service
providers around the world. The new company will begin operations in the
first quarter of 1993 and will start shipping products immediately.
The new venture, Ericsson Hewlett-Packard Telecommunications AB,
will draw on the strengths of both parent companies in the tele-
communications, networking and computer-technology areas to meet the
needs of a rapidly growing market for network-management systems. The
joint venture will be owned 60 percent by Ericsson and 40 percent by HP.
The amount of the total investment was not disclosed. The final
transaction is subject to EC approval.
The joint venture's products will enable telecom operators to
increase profitability by running their operations and networks more
efficiently and by allowing them to offer additional services. The
company's offering consists of a unique mix of competences in computing
and communications for the global telecommunications market.
With headquarters in Stockholm and additional facilities in
Gothenburg, Sweden, and Grenoble, France, the new company is expected to
employ about 350 people, of which about 30 will be in France.
"The alliance aims at a new market," said Haakan Jansson, president
of Ericsson Telecom AB. "Established telecom operators are under strong
competitive pressure to become more efficient and to provide more
services. To do that they must integrate their network-management
systems with administrative and customer-support systems and are
currently spending about $10 billion per year on the task. Only 10
percent of this work is done by outside suppliers today, but that share
is estimated to double within the next three years."
The joint venture also will aim its products at newer telecom
operators who would prefer to buy such ready-made systems off the shelf.
Additionally, the joint venture will offer telecom operators, software
developers and systems integrators stand-alone hardware and software
platforms and on which to develop applications and thus add their own
competitive advantages. Some operators will develop applications in
close cooperation with the joint-venture company.
"Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard complement each other very well,"
said Willem P. (Wim) Roelandts, an HP vice president and general manager
of the Computer Systems Organization. "Ericsson will contribute the
physical network elements -- the switching and transmission systems and
their associated applications to manage them. HP will bring focused
expertise and specialist solutions from its Telecom Systems Business
Unit, along with its scalable line of computers and the strength of its
worldwide support organization.
"Through the joint venture, we will be able to leverage the
complimentary skills and technologies of both companies to provide a
unique set of solutions and capabilities to the telecommunications
industry.
"This agreement is a reflection of HP's strategy to serve the tele-
communications industry better," said Roelandts. "This is not the first
alliance with a partner to complement our core business, nor will it be
the last. Strategic alliances are now a common trend in the
information-technology industry."
Ericsson's contribution to the joint venture consists of major
parts of its Telecommunications Management and Operations Support (TMOS)
family of systems. TMOS, which was launched in 1990, offers applications
for managing and operating public fixed and mobile networks. Some 65
TMOS systems have been sold to customers in 15 countries.
The joint venture will have responsibility for the TMOS platform
and product strategy. The new company will support fully current TMOS
customers on HP and other hardware platforms.
The joint venture will design and deliver solutions in telecom
network management, including:
- integrated management of telecom networks composed of multiple
vendors' elements such as switches, transmission equipment, etc.
This is essential to operators in order to reduce their cost of
operation and to increase the quality of service to their
customers.
- platforms for application developers to meet specific telecom
needs in the areas of business and service management. Such
applications enable operators to identify and to take advantage
of new market opportunities.
- collection and processing of data through mediation devices for
such tasks as pre-processing for billing and service-order
handling.
HP will contribute computer technology, as well as extensive
experience in working with software developers and systems integrators
to provide solutions for the telecommunications industry. Customers
that have installed such systems already include network operators in
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK
and the U.S.A.
The joint-venture company's products will be sold through
Ericsson's established channels. Support services will be provided by
HP's support organization with offices in more than 100 countries
throughout the world.
Ericsson is an international leader in telecommunications, recog-
nized for its advanced systems and products for wired and mobile commu-
nications in public and private networks. The company is also a leading
supplier of electronic defense systems. Ericsson has 70,000 employees
and is active in 100 countries. 1991 revenue was SEK 46 billion (about
$8 billion).
Hewlett-Packard is an international manufacturer of measurement
and computation products and systems recognized for excellence in
quality and support. The company's products and services are used in
industry, business, engineering, science, medicine, and education in
approximately 100 countries. HP has 92,600 employees and had revenue of
$16.4 billion in its 1992 fiscal year.
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HP Background Information - HP in the Telecommunications Industry
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
HP IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
In an era when companies rely heavily on telephone
transactions for business, dependable telecommunication services
are a necessity. Because of this need, telecommunications
companies around the world use Hewlett-Packard Company's computer
systems and electronic test-and-measurement equipment to help
build reliable networks.
HP's historic strengths -- linking technology and quality
with a corporatewide commitment to service and support -- have
established HP as a major player in telecommunications. Today,
HP is one of the leading suppliers of computer systems to the
industry, serving equipment manufacturers and service providers.
HP's broad product offerings, backed by world-class quality
and worldwide customer support, have enabled the company to build
strong relationships with major customers worldwide, such as
AT&T, British Telecom, Ericsson, France Telecom, GTE, Northern
Telecom, Telecom Australia, and most of the regional Bell
operating companies in the United States.
HP's Focus on Telecommunications
Information-technology spending in the telecommunications
industry is expected to jump from $14 billion worldwide in 1991
to approximately $26 billion by 1996, according to market
researchers.
To increase its focus on this fast-growing and rapidly
changing market, HP recently formed a worldwide
Telecommunications Systems Business Unit. Its main objective is
to align HP's telecommunications strategy, products, sales,
consulting and services to better serve the needs of
telecommunications equipment vendors and service providers.
Leadership in Open Systems and Standards
Many companies rely on computing standards to operate
efficiently and effectively in today's telecommunications world.
Standards are essential in heterogeneous computing environments,
because they allow telecommunications operators to decide which
computer vendors' equipment best fits their business objectives;
they are not locked into a proprietary system.
HP offers open-systems computers based on industry standards
that can help companies introduce new, profitable services today
and in the future. HP was the first major computing vendor to
commit extensive resources to develop and support standards for
UNIX* system-based computers.
Today, HP ranks first in UNIX-based systems revenues* and
offers the industry's broadest range of UNIX system-based
computers -- from workstations to multiprocessor and fault-
tolerant systems.
HP's Computers in the Telecommunications Marketplace
Telecommunications companies use HP computers for
applications such as operations support systems, business support
systems, and intelligent network systems. HP and its Channel
Partners have been particularly successful in providing solutions
for customer service and billing systems for both wireline and
wireless service providers.
In addition, HP provides advanced tools to design, install
and test telecommunications networks; integrate measurement and
computation to help build network-management solutions; and
furnish the computing power necessary to add services that
customers want.
Meeting Tomorrow's Telecommunications Needs
HP offers telecommunication companies computer and
networking equipment with extremely high quality and industry-
leading price/performance, broad telecommunications expertise,
and an extensive network of business alliances within the
industry.
These business alliances include premier third-party
application developers, system integrators, service providers and
switch vendors. HP believes that strategic relationships are
essential to meet the complex needs of today's information-
intensive businesses as they move into the future.
HP in Advanced Intelligent Networking
During the 1990s and beyond, telecommunications carriers
will extend their search for ways to differentiate themselves
from their competitors, develop new services and improve their
overall efficiency.
One area in which HP is investing for the future is advanced
intelligent-network (AIN) services. AIN refers to technology
that allows a telecommunications company or its agents to create
and modify telecommunications services for its subscribers
quickly and economically. AIN services ranging from 800-number
portability to enhanced telephone features are expected to become
more widespread as customer demand intensifies and
telecommunications carriers seek ways to differentiate themselves
from their competitors.
Creating New Services
HP assists companies with its service creation environment
(SCE) -- an advanced system that allows service providers to
program new services or change existing ones. This system
provides a tool that makes it easy for service providers to
create and deploy new services.
HP also offers a Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) application-
development platform under the HP-UX* operating system. The SS7
is the backbone of AIN service development and delivery. This
digital network allows operators to create and design new
services in response to rapidly changing customer requirements.
With these services running on HP's SS7 platforms, carriers can
maximize results and minimize incremental capital investments for
new services.
HP delivers the core technology on a UNIX-system-based
platform that allows AIN services to be customized for any
requirement.
Hewlett-Packard Company is an international manufacturer of
measurement and computation products and systems recognized for
excellence in quality and support. The company's products and
services are used in industry, business, engineering, science,
medicine and education in approximately 100 countries. HP has
92,600 employees and had revenue of $16.4 billion in its 1992
fiscal year.
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UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories Inc.
in the U.S.A. and other countries.
HP-UX is based on and is compatible with USL's UNIX operating
system. It also complies with X/Open's* XPG3, POSIX 1003.1, FIPS
151-1 and SVID2 interface specifications.
X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company Limited in the UK and
other countries.
UNIX supplier ranking according to UNIXWorld magazine's December
1992 issue.
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Western Communications Forum Sign-Up Now!
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The 1993 Western Communications Forum will be held in Phoenix, Arizona
on February 15-17, 1993. The Forum is designed for telephone company
network, operating, engineering, and marketing managers. Sessions
highlight strategic directions as well as practical case examples of
players in the telecom industry uses of new technologies and methods.
This year at WCF, HP will have Valori Stitt, Worldwide Wireless Business
Development Manager, Telecom Business Marketing Americas, chairing
"Personal Communications: Support Structures" and Jan Case, Quality
Manager, N. America Distribution Organization, chairing "The Role of
Quality in Steering Change".
Janice Chaffin, Marketing Manager for Planning and Program Management at
HP's General Systems Division, will present "Customer Focused Products"
in the "Managing the Customer Life Cycle" session. John Korondy, Manager
of Strategic Partners in HP's Precision Risc Organization, will present
in the "Infrastructural Changes in the U.S. Telecom Industry" session.
Robert Rowlands, Synchronous Test Products, will present in the "SONET
Technology" session. Shashi Raval, Director of Business Development at
HP Labs, will present "Distributed Computing Directions"in the "Advanced
Information Technologies in Distributed Computing" session. Many of the
key personnel from our channel partners will be chairing and presenting
as well.
This forum is an excellent way to get in-depth information about
customer needs across a wide range of applications in the telecom
industry. It is also a way to meet key decision makers in this industry.
The WCF Executive Policy Forum Luncheon will have James M. Osterhoff,
EVP and CFO of U S West, as the keynote speaker. If you have a need to
better understand telephone company business and technical needs or to
meet the players, I encourage you to attend this forum.
If you are interested in receiving the catalog and registration form,
call 312/938-3500. You will want to register early as some seminars are
filled several weeks before the Forum. You can FAX your registration
form to the WCF office at 312/938-8787.
To reserve your hotel room, please call the Hyatt Regency Phoenix at
602/252-1234.
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CTIA WIRELESS '93
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>>>>> ADVANCED REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 4, 1993 <<<<<
(details below)
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) eighth
annual convention and exposition is scheduled for March 2, 3, & 4, at
the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas.
This year's conference is expected to attract over 7,000 attendees from
the industry including Cellular System Operators, IXC's, LEC's, PCS
Providers, Manufacturers, Consultants, and others! The conference
sessions are structured to focus on five tracks that are crucial to the
future development of the wireless industry: Technology, Policy,
Economics, Marketing, and Operations.
Over 300 companies representing the "Who's Who" of the industry will be
exhibiting including AT&T, CTS, CBIS, COMSEARCH, DEC, DSC, EDS PCC,
Ericsson, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Morotola Nortel, Stratus, Tandem,
TeleSciences, and more!
Registration Information
CTIA Registration
c/o Galaxy Registration
P.O. Box 3379
Frederick, MD 21705
phone: (310) 662-7623
fax: (310) 846-7795
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HP Recognized as Number One UNIX Vendor
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In the December 1992 issue of "UnixWorld" magazine, HP was recognized as
the number one UNIX vendor, surpassing Sun Microsystems, last year's
number one. HP regained the number one position it last held in 1990 by
growing its overall UNIX business by 15% to $4.1 billion in 1992.
"UnixWorld" attributed HP's success in part to the introduction of low-
end workstations which filled a gap in the product line and provided
more leverage against Sun. HP's high-end Corporate Business Server 890
was also singled out as a successful product which is taking advantage
of IBM's faltering mainframe business. Sun, the number two UNIX vendor,
grew 14% with revenues of $3.9 billion.
The company with the largest percentage growth in UNIX revenue in 1992
was IBM at 55%. The top vendors gained market share at DEC's expense.
DEC lost significant market share and grew their overall UNIX business
by less than 10%. The average growth rate for the top ten UNIX companies
was 31%, with software vendors growing more quickly than hardware
suppliers on average.
Oracle Corporation maintained its number one position among UNIX
software companies by growing 22% to $684 million in UNIX revenues.
Sybase made the largest gain, jumping from the number five spot in 1991
to the number three position this year. Sybase' UNIX revenues grew 48%
in 1992 to $189 million.
The Top Five UNIX Systems Vendors (1992)
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Company UNIX Revenue % Growth From 1991
1) Hewlett-Packard Co. $4.1 billion 15%
2) Sun Microsystems Inc. $3.9 billion 14%
3) IBM Corp. $2.86 billion 55.4%
4) NCR Corp./AT&T $2.08 billion 14.3%
5) Digital Equipment Corp. $1.81 billion 9.7%
The Top Five UNIX Software Companies (1992)
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Company UNIX Revenue % Growth From 1991
1) Oracle Corp. $684 million 22%
2) Informix Software Inc. $250 million 52%
3) Sybase Inc. $189 million 48%
4) Ingres/ASK $179 million 50.4%
5) Santa Cruz Operation $175 million 25%
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ATM is Happening at HP!
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You can't pick up a trade paper or magazine these days without reading
about ATM - Asynchrouous Transfer Mode! ATM is an emerging, high speed
networking technology. It has taken the industry by a storm and promises
a huge paradigm shift in the way networking is done. HP is taking a
leadership role in setting standards and implementing ATM products,
components and test equipment.
ATM is a technology based on cell relay. It switches packets, called
cells, which are of a fixed length of 53 bytes. Several attributes
differentiate ATM from the networking technologies that are prevalent
today:
* ATM is the first networking technology that can be used equally
well in the LAN, MAN and WAN.
* Unlike shared networking technologies, ATM allows full bandwidth to
every user.
* ATM's small cell size makes it a perfect candidate for transmitting
video traffic, along with voice and data.
* ATM standards specify several physical mediums as well as scalable
speeds of 51 Mpbs to 2.4 Gpbs and beyond.
HP is committed to providing superior networking components and products
for the emerging cell relay and broadband networks of the 1990's and
will follow ATM standards where they have been defined. HP has taken a
proactive role in defining standards and is an active member of the ATM
Forum.
Various HP divisions and organizations are currently working on
different aspects of ATM:
* High Speed Communication Components
Chip sets and fiber optic components which can be used to implement ATM
are already available from HP's components divisions. Investigation
continues into high speed, low cost ATM specific components.
* Test & Measurement
HP's Test & Measurement organization has an ATM Analyzer available, the
HP 75000 Series 90, along with a spectrum of general purpose equipment
suitable for broadband testing. They are currently exploring integrated
Broadband ISDN testing - allowing analysis of both LAN and WAN ATM
environments.
* Internetworking Devices
HP is currently investigating ATM router interfaces as well as ATM
hubs.
* Computer Systems
HP is working on ATM adapter cards for our system and workstation
platforms. Prototype work is underway and specific product plans are
being set for adapter cards for both S/700 and S/800 platforms. A third
party EISA card for use in S/700 workstations will be available in March
of this year from FORE Systems.
* Research Activities
HP Labs in both Bristol and Palo Alto have teams involved in cell relay.
Work is being done on Gigabit Testbeds in the U.S. and Europe, Gigabit
LAN prototypes and multimedia networking prototypes.
HP offers a broad and balanced approach to cell relay and ATM
development. The activities of the various HP organizations working on
ATM are co- ordinated through HP's Cell Relay Program Team.
Further technical information on ATM can be found in the ATM Forum's
supplement in the October issue of Data Communications Magazine.
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PRISM Systems' netWORKS Off to a Fast Start
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netWORKS, an integrated network management platform for both wireline
and wireless from Prism Systems, running on the HP9000 series 700 and
800, is opening a lot of new customer doors for HP and starting to rack
up leveraged sales dollars as well. While the product just recently
passed 'Verification Office,' Prism's term for market release, seven
deals have already been closed. On the wireline side, netWORKS has been
sold to Mercury Telecommunications (U.K.), Austria Telecom, and Curacao
Telecom (That's an island in the Caribbean). On the wireless side, Prism
closed British Columbia Cellular and Edtel Cellular. And for our new
utilities reps, Prism closed British Columbia Hydro and Thailand
E.G.A.T. (hydro). Not a bad start for a a new application!
And the future for netWORKS looks even better, especially in Latin
America! Motorola Nortel, the alliance between Motorola and Northern
Telecom to market cellular switches in Latin America, is also marketing
netWORKS as the network management system. 1993 should be a great year
for Prism and HP with this exciting product.
For more information contact:
Danny Leblanc - HP SR
Phone: 403/294-3922
Telnet: 294/3922
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HP and ATT Microelectronics New Technology
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Hewlett-Packard and AT&T Microelectronics announced October 20, 1992
what they believe is the first technology to transmit data at 100
megabits per second across the voice-grade, unshielded twisted-pair
(UTP) cable that most users already have installed -- thus avoiding the
cost of having to install new data-grade cabling for the higher-speed
networking required by rapid advances in hardware and software.
The technology, developed by HP Laboratories working with AT&T,
is expected to result in considerable savings for corporations with
sizeable local area networks. As HP migrates to higher-speed
networks, for instance, it could save as much as $30 million by not
having to recable its offices, estimates Lloyd Taylor, director of
Corporate Information Systems.
"New applications, such as imaging and multimedia, coupled with the
business need to share this information among office environments,
will increase the amount of information that crosses networks
dramatically," said Joel Birnbaum, vice president for R&D and
director of HP Laboratories. He pointed out that during the
past 10 years, desktop processing power and storage capacity "have
increased at least a hundredfold, while LAN performance has
remained the same."
Initial research by HP Labs into the transmission capabilities
of UTP led to what the company believes was the first
implementation of Ethernet over UTP, an approach that was quickly
adopted in the past by the IEEE 802.3 networking-standards committee
as the 10Base-T standard. 10Base-T networks use voice-grade UTP
cable and are the most commercially popular workgroup solution
today, with more than 10 million nodes installed. HP plans to
suggest that the IEEE committee form a study group to examine the
new technology developed by HP and AT&T as a potential workgroup-
connectivity standard.
Corporate Communications