Start date: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
The sucessful candidate must have experience in/ be able to:
• Leadership and management of Quality Assurance Team.
• Prepare and perform quality awareness competence transfer to teams and individuals in the project.
• Scope Management
• Quality Management
• Resource Management
• Communication Management
• Risk Management
• Procurement Management
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Vacancy: Ericsson Cluster Manager for Europe
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 3 months
The sucessful candidate must have:
• At least 5 years of experience with GSM and/or WCDMA turn-key rollout projects, preferably with interaction with outside plant/civil works. Experience with RBS 300 and 6000 installation is desired.
• Overall knowledge of Ericsson and customer standards and procedures:
- Civil Works
- Antenna & feeder installation
- NodeB Installation + Integration (RBS 3000 & RBS 6000)
- Acceptance
- Document preparation and control
• Operational rollout experience
• Customer relationship management skills
• Excellent communication skills – written, spoken and presentation
• Good English communication skills
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Duration: 3 months
The sucessful candidate must have:
• At least 5 years of experience with GSM and/or WCDMA turn-key rollout projects, preferably with interaction with outside plant/civil works. Experience with RBS 300 and 6000 installation is desired.
• Overall knowledge of Ericsson and customer standards and procedures:
- Civil Works
- Antenna & feeder installation
- NodeB Installation + Integration (RBS 3000 & RBS 6000)
- Acceptance
- Document preparation and control
• Operational rollout experience
• Customer relationship management skills
• Excellent communication skills – written, spoken and presentation
• Good English communication skills
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Managed Services Network Operations Center (NOC)
Excellent Customer Service Skills, Experience in telecommunications field preferably having worked in surveillance or tier 1 support of legacy telephone equipment
Managed Services Network Operations Center (NOC) requirement for use of two part-time externals to work on the Service Assurance Management team, providing first tier support, 24X7 shift coverage, may be scheduled to work any shift, weekdays and weekends, PART-TIME approx 25 to 30 hours/week.
Location : New Century, KS
Type : 12+ Months Contract
Regards
Pradeep
IT Recruiter
Tel: 973-481-0100 Ext: 3094
pradeep.manduru@makrotech.com
Managed Services Network Operations Center (NOC) requirement for use of two part-time externals to work on the Service Assurance Management team, providing first tier support, 24X7 shift coverage, may be scheduled to work any shift, weekdays and weekends, PART-TIME approx 25 to 30 hours/week.
Location : New Century, KS
Type : 12+ Months Contract
Regards
Pradeep
IT Recruiter
Tel: 973-481-0100 Ext: 3094
pradeep.manduru@makrotech.com
MSC/MSS/MGW/BSC Engineer
Perform MSC/MSS/MGW/BSC related configuration tasks
Analyze and troubleshoot MSC/MSS/MGW/BSCMSC performance
Perform all applicable Operational activities, 1.e. corrective & preventive maintenance, related to MSC/MSS/MGW/BSC. Provide competence development to customer engineers related to MSC/MSS/MGW/BSC
Location : Granite Hill, ME
Type : 12+ Months Contract
Regards
Pradeep
IT Recruiter
Tel: 973-481-0100 Ext: 3094
pradeep.manduru@makrotech.com
Analyze and troubleshoot MSC/MSS/MGW/BSCMSC performance
Perform all applicable Operational activities, 1.e. corrective & preventive maintenance, related to MSC/MSS/MGW/BSC. Provide competence development to customer engineers related to MSC/MSS/MGW/BSC
Location : Granite Hill, ME
Type : 12+ Months Contract
Regards
Pradeep
IT Recruiter
Tel: 973-481-0100 Ext: 3094
pradeep.manduru@makrotech.com
SEEKING PLANNING AND OPTIMISATION EXPERTS FOR SAUDI ARABIA
** Nokia experience is a must **
1) RU10 HSPA and I-HSPA strategy recommendation and implementation with features
2) Working experience with Optimizer tool
3) Excellent presentation and reporting skills
4) Parameter recommendation to improve network KPIs
5) Strong troubleshooting skills on all network elements including transmission, CS core, PS core and IP
Location: Riyadh – Saudi Arabia
** Excellent Rates of pay **
Zoe Wilson
Resourcer at Tangent International - zoe.wilson@tanint.com
1) RU10 HSPA and I-HSPA strategy recommendation and implementation with features
2) Working experience with Optimizer tool
3) Excellent presentation and reporting skills
4) Parameter recommendation to improve network KPIs
5) Strong troubleshooting skills on all network elements including transmission, CS core, PS core and IP
Location: Riyadh – Saudi Arabia
** Excellent Rates of pay **
Zoe Wilson
Resourcer at Tangent International - zoe.wilson@tanint.com
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
First Point Group Vacancy
Vacancy: Ericsson Core 2G/3G Surveillance Engineer for Middle East
Start Date: Immediate
Duration: 6 months
The sucessful candidate must have:
• Good knowledge in written and spoken English
• Good communication skills
• Good in analytic and investigation technique
• Good knowledge Core and Transport Networks.
• Good knowledge of the network topology, its traffic handling capabilities and traffic characteristics.
• Good knowledge about network operation center processes and interfaces.
• Good knowledge of network implementation / integration processes.
• Good knowledge of different signaling protocols and network elements connectivity.
• Vendor or Operator certified candidate who already participated in official trainings courses.
• Degree within Electrical Engineering/Telecommunication Engineering/Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Operation & Maintenance implementation / integration / operation / support or service environment.
Vacancy: Huawei 3G RF Engineer for Asia
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 3 months
The sucessful candidate must:
Have worked as a 3G RF Engineer before
Have worked for Huawei Previously
Vacancy: Nokia 3G UTRAN Surveillance Engineer for Middle East
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 6 months
The sucessful candidate must have:
• Good knowledge in written and spoken English
• Good communication skills
• Good in analytic and investigation techniques
• Good knowledge in Radio GSM and RAN.
• Good knowledge of the network topology, its traffic handling capabilities and traffic characteristics.
• Good knowledge about network operation center processes and interfaces.
• Good knowledge of network implementation / integration processes.
• Vendor or Operator certified candidate who already participated in official trainings courses.
• Degree within Electrical Engineering/Telecommunication Engineering/Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Operation & Maintenance implementation / integration / operation / support or service environment.
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Start Date: Immediate
Duration: 6 months
The sucessful candidate must have:
• Good knowledge in written and spoken English
• Good communication skills
• Good in analytic and investigation technique
• Good knowledge Core and Transport Networks.
• Good knowledge of the network topology, its traffic handling capabilities and traffic characteristics.
• Good knowledge about network operation center processes and interfaces.
• Good knowledge of network implementation / integration processes.
• Good knowledge of different signaling protocols and network elements connectivity.
• Vendor or Operator certified candidate who already participated in official trainings courses.
• Degree within Electrical Engineering/Telecommunication Engineering/Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Operation & Maintenance implementation / integration / operation / support or service environment.
Vacancy: Huawei 3G RF Engineer for Asia
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 3 months
The sucessful candidate must:
Have worked as a 3G RF Engineer before
Have worked for Huawei Previously
Vacancy: Nokia 3G UTRAN Surveillance Engineer for Middle East
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 6 months
The sucessful candidate must have:
• Good knowledge in written and spoken English
• Good communication skills
• Good in analytic and investigation techniques
• Good knowledge in Radio GSM and RAN.
• Good knowledge of the network topology, its traffic handling capabilities and traffic characteristics.
• Good knowledge about network operation center processes and interfaces.
• Good knowledge of network implementation / integration processes.
• Vendor or Operator certified candidate who already participated in official trainings courses.
• Degree within Electrical Engineering/Telecommunication Engineering/Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Operation & Maintenance implementation / integration / operation / support or service environment.
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Vacancy: Network Operations Manager for Asia
Start date: ASAP
Duration: Perm Role (initially may be 12 months contract)
Job Description:
1. Manage the daily Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the Nation Wide Mobile Network
2. Ensure the network quality and maintain cost efficiency
3. Ensure manpower efficiency
4. Responsible for the customer satisfaction in relation to Network Operation and Maintenance
Job Requirement :
1. Two years of experience in working with a leading Mobile Operator in the area of Network Operation and Maintenance
2. Five years of experience in working with a major vendor on RAN or Core Network Support
3. Good Project Management Skills
4. Honour Degree in Electronic Engineering/ Graduate Degree
5. Full knowledge on Network operation, Quality Control and Cost Control
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Duration: Perm Role (initially may be 12 months contract)
Job Description:
1. Manage the daily Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the Nation Wide Mobile Network
2. Ensure the network quality and maintain cost efficiency
3. Ensure manpower efficiency
4. Responsible for the customer satisfaction in relation to Network Operation and Maintenance
Job Requirement :
1. Two years of experience in working with a leading Mobile Operator in the area of Network Operation and Maintenance
2. Five years of experience in working with a major vendor on RAN or Core Network Support
3. Good Project Management Skills
4. Honour Degree in Electronic Engineering/ Graduate Degree
5. Full knowledge on Network operation, Quality Control and Cost Control
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
WHAT REALLY IS 4G?
The fourth generation wireless technologies are considered to be the next logical step for the ever evolving wireless business and the customer. A lot has been stated, discussed and argued about LTE and WiMax and how they are will compete with each other (at least in the USA). Many companies in different parts of the world are making claims about the download speeds under each of these technologies and are running towards the finish line to be the first to reach the consumer. But the question is that how many of us actually understand what is 4G and what sort of bandwidth it is supposed to provide us? Is it what the network operators and the media are telling us or is it something more than that?
LTE and WiMax, both theoretically and practically, are evolution to 4G and not 4G themselves. Calling them 3.5G could be more appropriate. ITU-R, the apex body for radio communications standards in the world, prefers to use the term ‘IMT-Advanced’ for 4G. IMT-Advanced according to them, should be able to provide average downlink speeds of 100 Mbps to the high mobility users, and up to 1 Gbps for local access or low mobility scenarios. Also the radio interface technology should support a scalable bandwidth up to and including 40 MHz and preferably, service providers should consider channel allocations of 100 MHz. The ITU-R recommendations also specify criteria for latency, capacity and spectral efficiency. The key candidate technologies for IMT-Advanced are 802.16m and LTE-Advanced.
Going back to WiMax and LTE for a moment, here are the kinds of speeds coming out of different field tests. WiMax has shown peak download speeds of up to 10 Mbps with an average speed of 3 to 6 Mbps. For LTE, the peak is around 50 Mbps with an average of 5-12 Mbps in real world scenarios. The world’s first commercially deployed LTE network in Scandinavia showed variable average speeds between 16 and 32 Mbps depending on geographic location. It is not that greater speeds are not achievable. But operators want to move one step at a time. They do not want to create too much supply before understanding the demand. Also they intend to keep an upper cap on the bandwidth per user in order to adjust more subscribers within a given backhaul network. Another constraint is the lack of spectrum, especially in USA. The FCC, as part of the National Broadband Plan, intends to make 500 MHz of spectrum available to mobile broadband service providers in the next 10 years. The FCC realizes that the country lags in both broadband speeds and adaption despite being on top of most global technological developments. The ratio of bits per second to dollar remains one of the lowest in the world here. This can be attributed to various factors, but the fact remains that Internet has become such a vital part of life, that the demand for bandwidth is ever increasing.
As I wrote earlier, 802.16m and LTE Advanced are two disruptive technologies that could be considered as being next up in the wireless communication generation. 802.16m can be seen as the advanced version of 802.16e. Promising features such as advanced multiple antenna architectures, uplink and downlink OFDMA, multihop relay architecture, reduced latency and multi channel/carrier access through aggregation of channels would help 802.16m in achieving peak data rates of up to 120 Mbps for highly mobile users. LTE Advanced is expected to be an evolution of LTE and should share the same frequency bands. Key features of this technology would be higher spectral efficiency, greater capacity (about 3xLTE), higher average cell throughput by using advanced antenna techniques, coordinated multipoint transmission reduced latency and multi-carrier support. LTE Advanced claims to achieve peak downlink data rate of 1 Gbps. It also requires 100 MHz transmission bandwidth which is much higher as compared to LTE. Interested readers will notice the similarity between 802.16m and LTE Advanced. They have similar attributes which points out to the possibility of merging the 4G standards into one technology in the future.
Such high download data rates have been demonstrated by various companies under ideal situations. At the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson showcased 4G with a speed of 1 Gbps in the downlink. In the commercial world, the deployment of these actual 4G technologies is a few years away with the main bottleneck being lack of enough spectrum. In a nutshell it can be stated that while WiMax and LTE will significantly enhance user experience in terms of speed and reliability, the big leap that will bring a disruptive change to the user perception is still some time away and that will be the ‘real’ 4G.
About the Author: Gunjan Indrayan
Gunjan Indrayan is a telecommunications professional with more than four years of experience in the wireless consulting industry. He has a wide understanding of technical, business and policy aspects of the wireless communications industry. His current job profile mainly involves frequency planning, spectrum management, wireless network analysis and interference resolution. Gunjan holds an MS in Telecommunications from University of Colorado, Boulder where he performed research in the field of mobile ad hoc networks.
Connect with him on LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/gindrayan
Article source: http://www.4gwirelessjobs.com/articles/article-detail.php?WHAT REALLY IS 4G?&Arid=MTI0&Auid=ODY=
LTE and WiMax, both theoretically and practically, are evolution to 4G and not 4G themselves. Calling them 3.5G could be more appropriate. ITU-R, the apex body for radio communications standards in the world, prefers to use the term ‘IMT-Advanced’ for 4G. IMT-Advanced according to them, should be able to provide average downlink speeds of 100 Mbps to the high mobility users, and up to 1 Gbps for local access or low mobility scenarios. Also the radio interface technology should support a scalable bandwidth up to and including 40 MHz and preferably, service providers should consider channel allocations of 100 MHz. The ITU-R recommendations also specify criteria for latency, capacity and spectral efficiency. The key candidate technologies for IMT-Advanced are 802.16m and LTE-Advanced.
Going back to WiMax and LTE for a moment, here are the kinds of speeds coming out of different field tests. WiMax has shown peak download speeds of up to 10 Mbps with an average speed of 3 to 6 Mbps. For LTE, the peak is around 50 Mbps with an average of 5-12 Mbps in real world scenarios. The world’s first commercially deployed LTE network in Scandinavia showed variable average speeds between 16 and 32 Mbps depending on geographic location. It is not that greater speeds are not achievable. But operators want to move one step at a time. They do not want to create too much supply before understanding the demand. Also they intend to keep an upper cap on the bandwidth per user in order to adjust more subscribers within a given backhaul network. Another constraint is the lack of spectrum, especially in USA. The FCC, as part of the National Broadband Plan, intends to make 500 MHz of spectrum available to mobile broadband service providers in the next 10 years. The FCC realizes that the country lags in both broadband speeds and adaption despite being on top of most global technological developments. The ratio of bits per second to dollar remains one of the lowest in the world here. This can be attributed to various factors, but the fact remains that Internet has become such a vital part of life, that the demand for bandwidth is ever increasing.
As I wrote earlier, 802.16m and LTE Advanced are two disruptive technologies that could be considered as being next up in the wireless communication generation. 802.16m can be seen as the advanced version of 802.16e. Promising features such as advanced multiple antenna architectures, uplink and downlink OFDMA, multihop relay architecture, reduced latency and multi channel/carrier access through aggregation of channels would help 802.16m in achieving peak data rates of up to 120 Mbps for highly mobile users. LTE Advanced is expected to be an evolution of LTE and should share the same frequency bands. Key features of this technology would be higher spectral efficiency, greater capacity (about 3xLTE), higher average cell throughput by using advanced antenna techniques, coordinated multipoint transmission reduced latency and multi-carrier support. LTE Advanced claims to achieve peak downlink data rate of 1 Gbps. It also requires 100 MHz transmission bandwidth which is much higher as compared to LTE. Interested readers will notice the similarity between 802.16m and LTE Advanced. They have similar attributes which points out to the possibility of merging the 4G standards into one technology in the future.
Such high download data rates have been demonstrated by various companies under ideal situations. At the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson showcased 4G with a speed of 1 Gbps in the downlink. In the commercial world, the deployment of these actual 4G technologies is a few years away with the main bottleneck being lack of enough spectrum. In a nutshell it can be stated that while WiMax and LTE will significantly enhance user experience in terms of speed and reliability, the big leap that will bring a disruptive change to the user perception is still some time away and that will be the ‘real’ 4G.
About the Author: Gunjan Indrayan
Gunjan Indrayan is a telecommunications professional with more than four years of experience in the wireless consulting industry. He has a wide understanding of technical, business and policy aspects of the wireless communications industry. His current job profile mainly involves frequency planning, spectrum management, wireless network analysis and interference resolution. Gunjan holds an MS in Telecommunications from University of Colorado, Boulder where he performed research in the field of mobile ad hoc networks.
Connect with him on LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/gindrayan
Article source: http://www.4gwirelessjobs.com/articles/article-detail.php?WHAT REALLY IS 4G?&Arid=MTI0&Auid=ODY=
Iraqi Network Hit by Terrorist Attacks
Iraqi mobile network operator, Asiacell has again called on the government to step up efforts to curb terrorist attacks on its network infrastructure. The latest attack involved the bombing of one of Asiacell's telecom sites in Abu Guraib near Baghdad and led to severe damages to transmission devices and the company's property on the site.
Commenting on Asiacell's position against these inhumane terrorist activities, Asiacell's Chairman, Mr. Faruk Mustafa Rasool, said: "Asiacell is once again calling upon the Iraqi Government and all officials in Iraq to intervene and protect us from these terrorist attacks that are causing financial, physical and mental damage. We would like to stress that we will never reconsider our aims and ambitions that target the elevation of the Iraqi economy and building a new Iraq that serves its people. We will continue with our operations even if this requires that we become martyrs for our country, however, the Government must take a clear and strong stance against these criminal activities."
Mr. Rasool added: "Reaching our targets and ambitions with regards to building the Iraqi infrastructure requires that all the people of Iraq work together against the unfortunate political and security circumstances that we have been facing. We truly believe in this vision, which is why we have set ourselves as an example by refusing to change or veer off from our course. These cowardly terrorist attacks have in fact increased our belief in our responsibility and confirmed our commitment to remain at the forefront of the development process and perform our duties towards a prosperous and stable Iraq."
Posted to the site on 19th April 2010
Commenting on Asiacell's position against these inhumane terrorist activities, Asiacell's Chairman, Mr. Faruk Mustafa Rasool, said: "Asiacell is once again calling upon the Iraqi Government and all officials in Iraq to intervene and protect us from these terrorist attacks that are causing financial, physical and mental damage. We would like to stress that we will never reconsider our aims and ambitions that target the elevation of the Iraqi economy and building a new Iraq that serves its people. We will continue with our operations even if this requires that we become martyrs for our country, however, the Government must take a clear and strong stance against these criminal activities."
Mr. Rasool added: "Reaching our targets and ambitions with regards to building the Iraqi infrastructure requires that all the people of Iraq work together against the unfortunate political and security circumstances that we have been facing. We truly believe in this vision, which is why we have set ourselves as an example by refusing to change or veer off from our course. These cowardly terrorist attacks have in fact increased our belief in our responsibility and confirmed our commitment to remain at the forefront of the development process and perform our duties towards a prosperous and stable Iraq."
Posted to the site on 19th April 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Berita baik untuk ahli2 MAFTEC.
Corporate Office MAFTEC/MAFTEC Sdn.Bhd akan beroperasi sepenuhnya di No 14,Jalan Aman,off Jalan Tun Abdul Razak dalam tempoh 2 minggu dari sekarang.General Meeting akan dibuat dalam masa terdekat dan akan diberitahu kelak.
Sekian
Sekian
Optimisation Engineers
1. Very good experience in OSS RC3 tools
2. Very good experience in R-PMO and TEMSvisualization
3. Excellent knowledge of Ericsson 3G tools(MOshell explorer, N explorer, SQL analyzer).
4. Excellent experience in performing andanalysing RNC traces (GPEH, UETR, CTR)
5. Excellent knowledge in 3G NWS BO tool andunderstanding STS counters.
6. Strong Ericsson Background on NodeB and RNCnodes.
7. Very good experience in using Mapinfo andMCOM 3G.
8. Very good experience in trouble shooting ofproblematic cells using Ericsson tools.
9. Strong knowledge of Ericsson 3G radio features/parameters.
10. Very good experience in TEMS investigation7.0 and analysing log files.
Send your CV to : mklasson@saudinetworkers.com
2. Very good experience in R-PMO and TEMSvisualization
3. Excellent knowledge of Ericsson 3G tools(MOshell explorer, N explorer, SQL analyzer).
4. Excellent experience in performing andanalysing RNC traces (GPEH, UETR, CTR)
5. Excellent knowledge in 3G NWS BO tool andunderstanding STS counters.
6. Strong Ericsson Background on NodeB and RNCnodes.
7. Very good experience in using Mapinfo andMCOM 3G.
8. Very good experience in trouble shooting ofproblematic cells using Ericsson tools.
9. Strong knowledge of Ericsson 3G radio features/parameters.
10. Very good experience in TEMS investigation7.0 and analysing log files.
Send your CV to : mklasson@saudinetworkers.com
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Transmisson Planners
Sirius telecom is looking for Transmisson Planners immediate start
We are currently looking for four experienced Transmission Planners for an immediate start on an interesting project run by one of our clients. You need to have previous experience from mobile transmission planning on fibre or radio link based networks.
We believe that you:
•have previous experience from mobile network planning.
•good communicator, fluent in English as well as one of the Scandinavian languages, both spoken and written.
•knowledge of relevant tools and products such as TEMS, Ericsson Traffic Node, Minilink E og PW.
•an ability to work independent and experience from working in a project based work environment.
•are able to work in Jylland, Denmark for a period of minimum 6 months.
As a Fibre Transmission Planner you also need:
•previous experience with planning of SDH/PDH, PW, xWDM and fibre based transmission nets to mobile networks and fixed clients is a must.
•project work experience and ability to work independent.
•planning of fibre rings/fibre sites.
•planning of fixed client solutions, mobile client solutions and fibre to new sites.
Radio Link Transmission Planner:
•previous experience with planning of mobile transmission networks and fixed customer solutions, primarily Ericsson Traffic Node and PW.
•planning in relation to upgrading Radio Link sites to Ericsson Traffic Node and PW box.
•planning of fixed or mobile client solutions with Ericsson Traffic Node or alternatively Minilink E.
•an ability to work independent.
•good knowledge from working with TEMS linkplanner from Ericsson.
Sirius can offer you:
•A competitive salary.
•A friendly and inspiring work environment together with some of the best telecom engineers within deployment.
•Excellent opportunities to participate in exciting telecom projects all around the world.
Please send a cover letter together with your CV to jobs@siriustele.com Mark the application "Transmission planning" in the subject field. We need your application no later than the 20th of April.
We are currently looking for four experienced Transmission Planners for an immediate start on an interesting project run by one of our clients. You need to have previous experience from mobile transmission planning on fibre or radio link based networks.
We believe that you:
•have previous experience from mobile network planning.
•good communicator, fluent in English as well as one of the Scandinavian languages, both spoken and written.
•knowledge of relevant tools and products such as TEMS, Ericsson Traffic Node, Minilink E og PW.
•an ability to work independent and experience from working in a project based work environment.
•are able to work in Jylland, Denmark for a period of minimum 6 months.
As a Fibre Transmission Planner you also need:
•previous experience with planning of SDH/PDH, PW, xWDM and fibre based transmission nets to mobile networks and fixed clients is a must.
•project work experience and ability to work independent.
•planning of fibre rings/fibre sites.
•planning of fixed client solutions, mobile client solutions and fibre to new sites.
Radio Link Transmission Planner:
•previous experience with planning of mobile transmission networks and fixed customer solutions, primarily Ericsson Traffic Node and PW.
•planning in relation to upgrading Radio Link sites to Ericsson Traffic Node and PW box.
•planning of fixed or mobile client solutions with Ericsson Traffic Node or alternatively Minilink E.
•an ability to work independent.
•good knowledge from working with TEMS linkplanner from Ericsson.
Sirius can offer you:
•A competitive salary.
•A friendly and inspiring work environment together with some of the best telecom engineers within deployment.
•Excellent opportunities to participate in exciting telecom projects all around the world.
Please send a cover letter together with your CV to jobs@siriustele.com Mark the application "Transmission planning" in the subject field. We need your application no later than the 20th of April.
Nokia Siemens Networks Opens TD-LTE Lab in China
Nokia Siemens Networks has inaugurated a TD-LTE Open Lab at its Chinese Hangzhou R&D facility. TD-LTE smartphone and terminal manufacturers will be able to use the lab to test the interoperability and functionality of their devices across TD-LTE networks.
"The development of terminals and devices has always been a bottleneck in the roll-out of new mobile technology," said Mr. Sha Yuejia, vice president of China Mobile. "We are thus more than happy to see that Nokia Siemens Networks has established a cutting-edge terminal testing environment, an initiative that we support wholeheartedly. After all, a healthy ecosystem needs efforts from all stakeholders."
Nokia Siemens Networks' Open Lab will provide an end-to-end testing environment for verifying the compatibility of terminals and devices with the company's TD-LTE network products and solutions. The lab will also provide consultancy and testing services to device manufacturers. Nokia Siemens Networks' TD-LTE R&D center in Hangzhou is fully integrated into the company's global network of LTE Centers of Competence.
"This initiative will facilitate the holistic development of TD-LTE technology," said Wang Tong, chief technology officer of Samsung China. "We are working hard to build-up the TD-LTE ecosystem. TD-LTE Open Lab will provide us with a common testing platform to prove the interoperability of our terminals with its networks before commercial rollout."
"We are at the forefront of driving TD-LTE deployments, as we were the first to conduct a call fully compliant with the 3GPP Release 8 (March 09 baseline) standard using commercial network hardware," said Zhang Zhiqiang, president of the Greater China Region at Nokia Siemens Networks. "The TD-LTE Open Lab is a key cooperation initiative that will help us align our solutions with major user equipment vendors and ensure that our networks fully interoperate with their devices for the benefit of all TD-LTE operators."
While Nokia Siemens Networks will focus on a quick ramp-up of the Open Lab by leveraging existing R&D teams and assets, it is also putting in place an expert pool of interoperability testing (IOT) professionals to ensure optimum quality standards and define a long-term strategy for the lab.
Providing a live TD-LTE experience to operators in the region, Nokia Siemens Networks also recently kicked off a nationwide TD-LTE road show in China. Beginning in Beijing, the road show will cover more than ten provinces in three months, demonstrating the most advanced TD-LTE technology and applications.
Posted to the site on 16th April 2010
"The development of terminals and devices has always been a bottleneck in the roll-out of new mobile technology," said Mr. Sha Yuejia, vice president of China Mobile. "We are thus more than happy to see that Nokia Siemens Networks has established a cutting-edge terminal testing environment, an initiative that we support wholeheartedly. After all, a healthy ecosystem needs efforts from all stakeholders."
Nokia Siemens Networks' Open Lab will provide an end-to-end testing environment for verifying the compatibility of terminals and devices with the company's TD-LTE network products and solutions. The lab will also provide consultancy and testing services to device manufacturers. Nokia Siemens Networks' TD-LTE R&D center in Hangzhou is fully integrated into the company's global network of LTE Centers of Competence.
"This initiative will facilitate the holistic development of TD-LTE technology," said Wang Tong, chief technology officer of Samsung China. "We are working hard to build-up the TD-LTE ecosystem. TD-LTE Open Lab will provide us with a common testing platform to prove the interoperability of our terminals with its networks before commercial rollout."
"We are at the forefront of driving TD-LTE deployments, as we were the first to conduct a call fully compliant with the 3GPP Release 8 (March 09 baseline) standard using commercial network hardware," said Zhang Zhiqiang, president of the Greater China Region at Nokia Siemens Networks. "The TD-LTE Open Lab is a key cooperation initiative that will help us align our solutions with major user equipment vendors and ensure that our networks fully interoperate with their devices for the benefit of all TD-LTE operators."
While Nokia Siemens Networks will focus on a quick ramp-up of the Open Lab by leveraging existing R&D teams and assets, it is also putting in place an expert pool of interoperability testing (IOT) professionals to ensure optimum quality standards and define a long-term strategy for the lab.
Providing a live TD-LTE experience to operators in the region, Nokia Siemens Networks also recently kicked off a nationwide TD-LTE road show in China. Beginning in Beijing, the road show will cover more than ten provinces in three months, demonstrating the most advanced TD-LTE technology and applications.
Posted to the site on 16th April 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Vacancy: Nokia Radio Access O&M Engineer for Africa
Start date: 1st May
Candidate should have experience with Nokia equipment (NetAct as well).
The configuration that must be done is related to the new NSN 3G RAN and microwave transmission equipment
Must have experience with:
Flexi BTS and Flexi Hybrid 38Ghz
Flexi Packet 15Ghz microwave
IP Network knowledge
Netviewer
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Candidate should have experience with Nokia equipment (NetAct as well).
The configuration that must be done is related to the new NSN 3G RAN and microwave transmission equipment
Must have experience with:
Flexi BTS and Flexi Hybrid 38Ghz
Flexi Packet 15Ghz microwave
IP Network knowledge
Netviewer
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Vacancy: Network Operations Manager for Asia
Start date: ASAP
Duration: Perm Role (initially may be 12 months contract)
Job Description:
1. Manage the daily Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the Nation Wide Mobile Network
2. Ensure the network quality and maintain cost efficiency
3. Ensure manpower efficiency
4. Responsible for the customer satisfaction in relation to Network Operation and Maintenance
Job Requirement :
1. Two years of experience in working with a leading Mobile Operator in the area of Network Operation and Maintenance
2. Five years of experience in working with a major vendor on RAN or Core Network Support
3. Good Project Management Skills
4. Honour Degree in Electronic Engineering/ Graduate Degree
5. Full knowledge on Network operation, Quality Control and Cost Control
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Duration: Perm Role (initially may be 12 months contract)
Job Description:
1. Manage the daily Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the Nation Wide Mobile Network
2. Ensure the network quality and maintain cost efficiency
3. Ensure manpower efficiency
4. Responsible for the customer satisfaction in relation to Network Operation and Maintenance
Job Requirement :
1. Two years of experience in working with a leading Mobile Operator in the area of Network Operation and Maintenance
2. Five years of experience in working with a major vendor on RAN or Core Network Support
3. Good Project Management Skills
4. Honour Degree in Electronic Engineering/ Graduate Degree
5. Full knowledge on Network operation, Quality Control and Cost Control
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Job Vacancy - FPG
Vacancy:2G/3G RF Optimization Engineers(With Huawei/Nokia experience) for Middle East
Start: ASAP
Candidate provide: Own flights, accommodation, sim card, mobile handset, medical insurance cover ,laptop and local transportation from home to office.
We are lookign for someone with Huawei and / or Nokia experience as a 2G/3G RF Engingeer.
Vacancy: Nokia SW Support Engineer for Middle East
Start: ASAP
Languages: English and Arabic is a plus
Main Skills required:
- 4+ years experience in Java/J2EE programming
- Proven proficiency in programming language: Java & C++
- High skill level of UNIX or/and LINUX
- Proven proficiency in UNIX and scripting skills; such as shell, PERL, Python, PHP.
- Prior acceptance testing experience is a plus
- Knowledge of Internet Services; such as NAT, IPSec, Syslog, DNS, DHCP, RADIUS
- Detailed understanding of the different protocol layers (layer1-4)and IP protocols
- Experience in charge@once mediate
Vacancy: Ericsson IN ( E-Serv) Engineer for Middle East
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 3-6 month/ extendable
We are looking for a candidate with good experience working i this role before.
Ideally with the below:
- Intelligence Network , SMS FDA, HLR Interface, USSD and Location Base Service
- Network protocol (GSM MAP, INAP, ISUP, SMPP, Diameter, ISO 8583, ASN.1)
Vacancy: Huawei Account Service Manager for Middle East
Start date: ASAP
Requirements:
1. Bachelor or Master degree or above of commercial or telecom major
2. At least 5 years experience in telecom industry
3. Possess fundamental knowledge of service products
4. Possess plenty of sales tactics knowledge
5. Possess negotiation skills
6. Be familiar with Huawei internal procedure and organizational resources
If you are interested in all this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Start: ASAP
Candidate provide: Own flights, accommodation, sim card, mobile handset, medical insurance cover ,laptop and local transportation from home to office.
We are lookign for someone with Huawei and / or Nokia experience as a 2G/3G RF Engingeer.
Vacancy: Nokia SW Support Engineer for Middle East
Start: ASAP
Languages: English and Arabic is a plus
Main Skills required:
- 4+ years experience in Java/J2EE programming
- Proven proficiency in programming language: Java & C++
- High skill level of UNIX or/and LINUX
- Proven proficiency in UNIX and scripting skills; such as shell, PERL, Python, PHP.
- Prior acceptance testing experience is a plus
- Knowledge of Internet Services; such as NAT, IPSec, Syslog, DNS, DHCP, RADIUS
- Detailed understanding of the different protocol layers (layer1-4)and IP protocols
- Experience in charge@once mediate
Vacancy: Ericsson IN ( E-Serv) Engineer for Middle East
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 3-6 month/ extendable
We are looking for a candidate with good experience working i this role before.
Ideally with the below:
- Intelligence Network , SMS FDA, HLR Interface, USSD and Location Base Service
- Network protocol (GSM MAP, INAP, ISUP, SMPP, Diameter, ISO 8583, ASN.1)
Vacancy: Huawei Account Service Manager for Middle East
Start date: ASAP
Requirements:
1. Bachelor or Master degree or above of commercial or telecom major
2. At least 5 years experience in telecom industry
3. Possess fundamental knowledge of service products
4. Possess plenty of sales tactics knowledge
5. Possess negotiation skills
6. Be familiar with Huawei internal procedure and organizational resources
If you are interested in all this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Project Engineer - Perth or Adelaide
My client has been awarded a national project to carry out a wireless network rollout and their Perth office has an opportunity for an experienced Project Engineer to work on this project.
To be successful in this position you will possess the ability to:
Work on / manage large scale mobile telecommunications projects.
Conduct Site Engineering Inspections in various metropolitan and rural locations.
Prepare conceptual through to detailed design drawings for Telecommunications sites.
Liaise directly with multiple client contacts.
Work proactively within a multi-discipline team of professionals.
Provide professional guidance and leadership to less experienced members of the team.
Produce high quality designs for a client that puts a heavy emphasis on “first time right” design principles.
Ensure that deadlines are met on time and on budget.
Communicate ideas and information effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Focus on program and performance issues, both internally and externally.
Previous Telecommunications experience (wireless and/or fibre) is preferred (but not essential) and a solid background in civil and/or structural engineering is essential.
This role requires an experienced, competent and motivated individual who is prepared to operate in a busy environment and respond efficiently to our client’s needs. It is expected that applicants will be able to demonstrate excellent technical and analytical skills together with high degree of competency in written and oral communication.
Please send your CV to Leo Clifford by emailing jobs@phase1.com.au
To be successful in this position you will possess the ability to:
Work on / manage large scale mobile telecommunications projects.
Conduct Site Engineering Inspections in various metropolitan and rural locations.
Prepare conceptual through to detailed design drawings for Telecommunications sites.
Liaise directly with multiple client contacts.
Work proactively within a multi-discipline team of professionals.
Provide professional guidance and leadership to less experienced members of the team.
Produce high quality designs for a client that puts a heavy emphasis on “first time right” design principles.
Ensure that deadlines are met on time and on budget.
Communicate ideas and information effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Focus on program and performance issues, both internally and externally.
Previous Telecommunications experience (wireless and/or fibre) is preferred (but not essential) and a solid background in civil and/or structural engineering is essential.
This role requires an experienced, competent and motivated individual who is prepared to operate in a busy environment and respond efficiently to our client’s needs. It is expected that applicants will be able to demonstrate excellent technical and analytical skills together with high degree of competency in written and oral communication.
Please send your CV to Leo Clifford by emailing jobs@phase1.com.au
Site Acquisition Manager - Sydney
Reporting to the National Project Manager, this role is responsible for managing site acquisition, environmental approvals and community consultation related activities of the wireless site deployment and site upgrade process.
The key responsibilities of the role are as follows:
• Managing a team of professional property consultants and environmental planners.
• Dealing with escalations from team members.
• Managing implementation of stakeholder consultation and notification processes.
• Managing tracking and reporting multiple programs in conjunction with the National Project Manager.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders.
• Providing advice to and liaising with clients and external stakeholders.
• Identifying areas for process and performance improvement.
The successful applicant will be Degree qualified in Property / Real Estate or Environmental or Town Planning or a similar discipline and will have experience managing site acquisition and environmental approvals / stakeholder consultation processes.
Experience working under the Telecommunications Act 1997, The Telecommunications (Low Impact Facilities) Determination and the ACIF / CA Industry Code for the Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure is highly desirable but not necessary as comprehensive training will be provided.
Candidates must be motivated team players, who are disciplined and capable or working with minimal supervision.
Send your CV to Leo Clifford - jobs@phase1.com.au
The key responsibilities of the role are as follows:
• Managing a team of professional property consultants and environmental planners.
• Dealing with escalations from team members.
• Managing implementation of stakeholder consultation and notification processes.
• Managing tracking and reporting multiple programs in conjunction with the National Project Manager.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders.
• Providing advice to and liaising with clients and external stakeholders.
• Identifying areas for process and performance improvement.
The successful applicant will be Degree qualified in Property / Real Estate or Environmental or Town Planning or a similar discipline and will have experience managing site acquisition and environmental approvals / stakeholder consultation processes.
Experience working under the Telecommunications Act 1997, The Telecommunications (Low Impact Facilities) Determination and the ACIF / CA Industry Code for the Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure is highly desirable but not necessary as comprehensive training will be provided.
Candidates must be motivated team players, who are disciplined and capable or working with minimal supervision.
Send your CV to Leo Clifford - jobs@phase1.com.au
RF Engineer - Perth, Australia
The RF Engineers key accountabilities and responsibilities are:
• Performance monitoring to identify and rectify Non alarmed faults, responding to customer problems and trouble tickets, tracking and resolving external interference
• Radio Access optimisation of RAN parameter sets, radio frequency spectrum (Ec/1o), etc to optimise dropped call rate (DCR), voice quality (VQ) congestion and data through put.
• Technical assistance and solutions in pre/post sales support to state based business and consumer teams
• Radio access network element design and preparation of documentation (including EME and council reports) in alignment with the customer’s national design standards
• Radio access network growth planning and capacity management to meet customer requirements and sales / marketing strategies
• New infrastructure integration and acceptance, site surveys and arranging coverage verification testing in accordance to procedures
• Network event and performance reporting as required by Team Leader
• Assist with new technology evaluation, tools development, practices and procedures
• Preparing network design documents
• Identify and participate in new opportunities and initiatives for reducing costs and improving service
• Comply with relevant design standards and Australian regulations
The critical experience and qualification areas for the successful performance in the role are:
• 3-5 years commercial experience with advanced radio access planning and capacity implementation skills
• 3-5 years commercial experience with access performance optimisation and statistical analysis ability
• 3-5 years experience in radio access design, planning and optimisation of GSM/CDMA and WCDMA networks
• At least 5 years experience in radio propagation and RF equipment
• Detailed knowledge of WCDMA, GSM and GPRS networks and products and theory of operation
• Advanced understanding of radio traffic management
• Detailed knowledge of antenna design, implementation, and RF propagation modelling.
• Well honed computer application skills with MS Office, mapping software, and GSM/WCDMA planning tools such as ATOLL, Planet, CE4 or Asset platforms
• Experience with drive test tools with a commercial focus (Tems, Agilent, Nemo etc) Post-processing tools (eg Actix, Tems investigation, etc) and analysis
• Understanding of transmission systems including PDH, SDH, ATM and DWDM, packet switched networks and frame relay
• You must hold current Australian working rights
• Ability to build business case and determine cost effectiveness of solution
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Solid understanding of quality systems, OH&S and regulatory compliance
Send your CV to Leo Clifford: jobs@phase1.com.au
• Performance monitoring to identify and rectify Non alarmed faults, responding to customer problems and trouble tickets, tracking and resolving external interference
• Radio Access optimisation of RAN parameter sets, radio frequency spectrum (Ec/1o), etc to optimise dropped call rate (DCR), voice quality (VQ) congestion and data through put.
• Technical assistance and solutions in pre/post sales support to state based business and consumer teams
• Radio access network element design and preparation of documentation (including EME and council reports) in alignment with the customer’s national design standards
• Radio access network growth planning and capacity management to meet customer requirements and sales / marketing strategies
• New infrastructure integration and acceptance, site surveys and arranging coverage verification testing in accordance to procedures
• Network event and performance reporting as required by Team Leader
• Assist with new technology evaluation, tools development, practices and procedures
• Preparing network design documents
• Identify and participate in new opportunities and initiatives for reducing costs and improving service
• Comply with relevant design standards and Australian regulations
The critical experience and qualification areas for the successful performance in the role are:
• 3-5 years commercial experience with advanced radio access planning and capacity implementation skills
• 3-5 years commercial experience with access performance optimisation and statistical analysis ability
• 3-5 years experience in radio access design, planning and optimisation of GSM/CDMA and WCDMA networks
• At least 5 years experience in radio propagation and RF equipment
• Detailed knowledge of WCDMA, GSM and GPRS networks and products and theory of operation
• Advanced understanding of radio traffic management
• Detailed knowledge of antenna design, implementation, and RF propagation modelling.
• Well honed computer application skills with MS Office, mapping software, and GSM/WCDMA planning tools such as ATOLL, Planet, CE4 or Asset platforms
• Experience with drive test tools with a commercial focus (Tems, Agilent, Nemo etc) Post-processing tools (eg Actix, Tems investigation, etc) and analysis
• Understanding of transmission systems including PDH, SDH, ATM and DWDM, packet switched networks and frame relay
• You must hold current Australian working rights
• Ability to build business case and determine cost effectiveness of solution
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Solid understanding of quality systems, OH&S and regulatory compliance
Send your CV to Leo Clifford: jobs@phase1.com.au
RF 3G Broadband NSN Expert
I'm looking for 3 RF 3G Broadband NSN Expert with following requirements:
1) at least 6 years in 3G RF Optimization with hands on experience in Network which have Broadband. Mandatory ex-Nokia or NSN experience and on RAS06 only. Knowledge of RU10 preferable.
2) at least 8 years in GSM/UMTS;
3) minimum 5 years on NSN network;
4) deep knowledge in HSDPA/HSUPA parameter optimization;
5) strong knowledge in NSN parameter optimization;
6) knowledge in NetAct, Nemo, Actix.
7) European Nationality or relevant European Experiences.
Project Duration: 6 months;
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
Starting Date: immediately
Please send your updated CV to paolo.dicarne@devoteam.com with in object REF. KSA RF 3G Broadband NSN Expert
1) at least 6 years in 3G RF Optimization with hands on experience in Network which have Broadband. Mandatory ex-Nokia or NSN experience and on RAS06 only. Knowledge of RU10 preferable.
2) at least 8 years in GSM/UMTS;
3) minimum 5 years on NSN network;
4) deep knowledge in HSDPA/HSUPA parameter optimization;
5) strong knowledge in NSN parameter optimization;
6) knowledge in NetAct, Nemo, Actix.
7) European Nationality or relevant European Experiences.
Project Duration: 6 months;
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
Starting Date: immediately
Please send your updated CV to paolo.dicarne@devoteam.com with in object REF. KSA RF 3G Broadband NSN Expert
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Cell Phones That Protect Against Deadly Chemicals? Why Not?
Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a "smartphone" and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in-not to mention an MP3 player, GPS or even a bar code scanner. This 'Swiss-Army-knife' trend represents the natural progression of technology-as chips become smaller/more advanced, cell phones absorb new functions.
What if, in the future, new functions on our cell phones could also protect us from toxic chemicals?
Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)'s Cell-All is such an initiative. Cell-All aims to equip cell phones with a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals. The technology is ingenious. A chip costing less than a dollar is embedded in a cell phone and programmed to either alert the cell phone carrier to the presence of toxic chemicals in the air, and/or a central station that can monitor how many alerts in an area are being received. One might be a false positive. Hundreds might indicate the need for evacuation.
"Our goal is to create a lightweight, cost-effective, power-efficient solution," says Stephen Dennis, Cell-All's program manager.
How would this wizardry work? Just as antivirus software bides its time in the background and springs to life when it spies suspicious activity, so Cell-All would regularly sniffs the surrounding air for certain volatile chemical compounds.
When a threat is sensed, an alert ensues in one of two ways. For personal safety issues such as a chlorine gas leak, a warning is sounded; the user can choose a vibration, noise, text message or phone call. For catastrophes such as a sarin gas attack, details-including time, location and the compound-are phoned home to an emergency operations center. While the first warning is beamed to individuals, the second warning works best with crowds. And that's where the genius of Cell-All lies-in crowd sourcing human safety.
Currently, if a person suspects that something is amiss, he might dial 9-1-1, though behavioral science tells us that it's easier to do nothing. And, as is often the case when someone phones in an emergency, the caller may be difficult to understand, diminishing the quality of information that's relayed to first responders. An even worse scenario: the person may not even be aware of the danger, like the South Carolina woman who last year drove into a colorless, odorless, and poisonous ammonia cloud.
In contrast, anywhere a chemical threat breaks out-a mall, a bus, subway or office-Cell-All will alert the authorities automatically. Detection, identification, and notification all take place in less than 60 seconds. Because the data are delivered digitally, Cell-All reduces the chance of human error. And by activating alerts from many people at once, Cell-All cleverly avoids the long-standing problem of false positives. The end result: emergency responders can get to the scene sooner and cover a larger area-essentially anywhere people are, casting a wider net than stationary sensors can.
And the privacy issue? Does this always-on surveillance mean that the government can track your precise whereabouts whenever it wants? To the contrary, Cell-All will operate only on an opt-in basis and will transmit data anonymously.
"Privacy is as important as technology," says Dennis. "After all, for Cell-All to succeed, people must be comfortable enough to turn it on in the first place."
For years, the idea of a handheld weapons of mass destruction detector has engaged engineers. In 2007, S&T called upon the private sector to develop concepts of operations. Today, thanks to increasingly successful prototype demonstrations, the Directorate is actively funding the next step in R&D-a proof of principle-to see if the concept is workable.
To this end, three teams from Qualcomm, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Rhevision Technology are perfecting their specific area of expertise. Qualcomm engineers specialize in miniaturization and know how to shepherd a product to market. Scientists from the Center for Nanotechnology at NASA's Ames Research Center have experience with chemical sensing on low-powered platforms, such as the International Space Station. And technologists from Rhevision have developed an artificial nose-a piece of porous silicon that changes colors in the presence of certain molecules, which can be read spectrographically.
Similarly, S&T is pursuing what's known as cooperative research and development agreements with four cell phone manufacturers: Qualcomm, LG, Apple and Samsung. These written agreements, which bring together a private company and a government agency for a specific project, often accelerate the commercialization of technology developed for government purposes. As a result, Dennis hopes to have 40 prototypes in about a year, the first of which will sniff out carbon monoxide and fire.
To be sure, Cell-All's commercialization may take several years. Yet the goal seems eminently achievable: Just as Gates once envisioned a computer on every desk in every home, so Dennis envisions a chemical sensor in every cell phone in every pocket, purse or belt holster.
And if it's not already the case, says Dennis, "Our smartphones may soon be smarter than we are."
Posted to the site on 10th April 2010
What if, in the future, new functions on our cell phones could also protect us from toxic chemicals?
Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)'s Cell-All is such an initiative. Cell-All aims to equip cell phones with a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals. The technology is ingenious. A chip costing less than a dollar is embedded in a cell phone and programmed to either alert the cell phone carrier to the presence of toxic chemicals in the air, and/or a central station that can monitor how many alerts in an area are being received. One might be a false positive. Hundreds might indicate the need for evacuation.
"Our goal is to create a lightweight, cost-effective, power-efficient solution," says Stephen Dennis, Cell-All's program manager.
How would this wizardry work? Just as antivirus software bides its time in the background and springs to life when it spies suspicious activity, so Cell-All would regularly sniffs the surrounding air for certain volatile chemical compounds.
When a threat is sensed, an alert ensues in one of two ways. For personal safety issues such as a chlorine gas leak, a warning is sounded; the user can choose a vibration, noise, text message or phone call. For catastrophes such as a sarin gas attack, details-including time, location and the compound-are phoned home to an emergency operations center. While the first warning is beamed to individuals, the second warning works best with crowds. And that's where the genius of Cell-All lies-in crowd sourcing human safety.
Currently, if a person suspects that something is amiss, he might dial 9-1-1, though behavioral science tells us that it's easier to do nothing. And, as is often the case when someone phones in an emergency, the caller may be difficult to understand, diminishing the quality of information that's relayed to first responders. An even worse scenario: the person may not even be aware of the danger, like the South Carolina woman who last year drove into a colorless, odorless, and poisonous ammonia cloud.
In contrast, anywhere a chemical threat breaks out-a mall, a bus, subway or office-Cell-All will alert the authorities automatically. Detection, identification, and notification all take place in less than 60 seconds. Because the data are delivered digitally, Cell-All reduces the chance of human error. And by activating alerts from many people at once, Cell-All cleverly avoids the long-standing problem of false positives. The end result: emergency responders can get to the scene sooner and cover a larger area-essentially anywhere people are, casting a wider net than stationary sensors can.
And the privacy issue? Does this always-on surveillance mean that the government can track your precise whereabouts whenever it wants? To the contrary, Cell-All will operate only on an opt-in basis and will transmit data anonymously.
"Privacy is as important as technology," says Dennis. "After all, for Cell-All to succeed, people must be comfortable enough to turn it on in the first place."
For years, the idea of a handheld weapons of mass destruction detector has engaged engineers. In 2007, S&T called upon the private sector to develop concepts of operations. Today, thanks to increasingly successful prototype demonstrations, the Directorate is actively funding the next step in R&D-a proof of principle-to see if the concept is workable.
To this end, three teams from Qualcomm, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Rhevision Technology are perfecting their specific area of expertise. Qualcomm engineers specialize in miniaturization and know how to shepherd a product to market. Scientists from the Center for Nanotechnology at NASA's Ames Research Center have experience with chemical sensing on low-powered platforms, such as the International Space Station. And technologists from Rhevision have developed an artificial nose-a piece of porous silicon that changes colors in the presence of certain molecules, which can be read spectrographically.
Similarly, S&T is pursuing what's known as cooperative research and development agreements with four cell phone manufacturers: Qualcomm, LG, Apple and Samsung. These written agreements, which bring together a private company and a government agency for a specific project, often accelerate the commercialization of technology developed for government purposes. As a result, Dennis hopes to have 40 prototypes in about a year, the first of which will sniff out carbon monoxide and fire.
To be sure, Cell-All's commercialization may take several years. Yet the goal seems eminently achievable: Just as Gates once envisioned a computer on every desk in every home, so Dennis envisions a chemical sensor in every cell phone in every pocket, purse or belt holster.
And if it's not already the case, says Dennis, "Our smartphones may soon be smarter than we are."
Posted to the site on 10th April 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Alcatel UTRAN Software Deployment Expert
Axir Consulting are currently looking to recruit Alcatel UTRAN Software Deployment expert
Tasks:
Upgrade UA5 to UA6 UTRAN part.Will be in charge of the 3G upgrade UA5 to UA6 on site with the WNMS.
Location: Kenya
Contract: 1 Month extendable
Salary: Attractive
Start Date Asap
If you are interested,please send us your CV at:
mha@axirconsulting.com/marwan.khneisser@axirconsulting.com
Best Regards
Marwan Kneisser
Candidate Consultant
AXIR CONSULTING
Place Pury 3 - Case Postale 3008
CH-2000 Neuchatel- Switzerland
Tel: +41.32.722.6580
Fax:+41.32.725. 6680
email: mha@axirconsulting. com
www.axirconsulting. com
Tasks:
Upgrade UA5 to UA6 UTRAN part.Will be in charge of the 3G upgrade UA5 to UA6 on site with the WNMS.
Location: Kenya
Contract: 1 Month extendable
Salary: Attractive
Start Date Asap
If you are interested,please send us your CV at:
mha@axirconsulting.com/marwan.khneisser@axirconsulting.com
Best Regards
Marwan Kneisser
Candidate Consultant
AXIR CONSULTING
Place Pury 3 - Case Postale 3008
CH-2000 Neuchatel- Switzerland
Tel: +41.32.722.6580
Fax:+41.32.725. 6680
email: mha@axirconsulting. com
www.axirconsulting. com
Back Office Managers - Saudi Arabia
I am looking for Back office Managers to work in Saudi Arabia for a 6
month rolling contract.
1.In charge of management control of Core/TX/VAS/ Access etc within
contractual scope in timely and effective manner.
2.In Charge of arranging and applying resources in the project
3.Responsible for quality of Managed Service Operations
4.In charge of regular follow-up with customer & team in order to achieve
service delivery targets.
5.Responsible for reporting to customer & Huawei.
6.Organize the preventive maintenance work before the beginning of each
month.
7.Send the preventive maintenance reports to the team & customer.
8.Issue the individual resource, vehicles resource and spare parts
resource
to ensure the trouble can be fixed at the first time.
9.Participate in the MS management issue meetings and related follow-up.
10.Deliver the task to the team.
11.Answer the request between Huawei and customer office.
12.Verify/approve/ Coordinate all change-request to the system
configuration
detail and coordinate network change.
13.Monitor and evaluate network documentation.
14.Escalation of Problems to relevant parties.
15.Tracking of Progress & report.
Please send me resumes and contact numbers if interested. Thank you
____________ _________ _
Raquel Debache
Sales Support
Tangent International
Direct - +44 1277 635 835
Fax - +44 1277 633 133
raquel.debache@tanint.com
www.tanint.com
month rolling contract.
1.In charge of management control of Core/TX/VAS/ Access etc within
contractual scope in timely and effective manner.
2.In Charge of arranging and applying resources in the project
3.Responsible for quality of Managed Service Operations
4.In charge of regular follow-up with customer & team in order to achieve
service delivery targets.
5.Responsible for reporting to customer & Huawei.
6.Organize the preventive maintenance work before the beginning of each
month.
7.Send the preventive maintenance reports to the team & customer.
8.Issue the individual resource, vehicles resource and spare parts
resource
to ensure the trouble can be fixed at the first time.
9.Participate in the MS management issue meetings and related follow-up.
10.Deliver the task to the team.
11.Answer the request between Huawei and customer office.
12.Verify/approve/ Coordinate all change-request to the system
configuration
detail and coordinate network change.
13.Monitor and evaluate network documentation.
14.Escalation of Problems to relevant parties.
15.Tracking of Progress & report.
Please send me resumes and contact numbers if interested. Thank you
____________ _________ _
Raquel Debache
Sales Support
Tangent International
Direct - +44 1277 635 835
Fax - +44 1277 633 133
raquel.debache@tanint.com
www.tanint.com
WiMAX Boosts Taiwanese Commuter Experience
Sat Mar 13, 2010 | Created by Aziz Zoaib | Follow
Bandwidth-hungry riders have a new option in Taipei as VMAX Telecom partners with a leading taxicab company to install WiMAX-enabled devices in 1000 cabs, and in the process possibly opens up new sources of revenue.
Of the nearly 60,000 taxis trolling for fares in Taipei, 1,000 are now WiMAX-equipped, making it worth the wait for the bright yellow cab with the large red "M" atop the car.
As of today, commuters in the Taiwanese capital will be able to surf the Internet, download videos, watch Web TV, play online games and more in taxis belonging to M-Taxi, one of the largest taxi services in the region. And all for free, at least for now. In addition, riders will be able to call and request these WiMAX-enabled taxis using a unique number.
VMAX Telecom, a leading WiMax operator in northern Taiwan, is behind this latest expression of the power and usefulness of 4G technologies like WiMAX, equipping these taxis with MIDs (mobile internet devices.) They're calling it the "Mobile Internet Cafe."
The MIDs are small, flat devices with 7-inch touch screens made by Tecom Inc. that work with a stylus. They are attached to the back of the front passenger seat inside the taxis. The devices have embedded WiMAX and GPS (Global Positioning System) chips and use Microsoft’s Windows CE 5.0 operating system. They are loaded with video and audio codecs and are meant to entertain people as they ride taxis across Taipei. The devices are 216 millimeters long by 132mm wide and 24.5mm thick.
"The use of WiMAX-enabled devices in taxis is meant to popularize WiMAX as well as give people something to do if they’re stuck in traffic or need information such as the latest movie times," said Teddy Huang, chairman of VMAX, at a news conference in Taipei. The value-added service will also hopefully bring more customers to the taxi company, M-Taxi, he said. VMAX says they will continue to assess the program before they decide whether or not to charge for it. In addition, the service will be limited to the Taipei area, at least until VMAX expands its WiMAX network.
It seems like the more lucrative revenue stream, however, will come when 4G-equipped transportation meets up with targeted advertising. Imagine being a passenger on a Friday night and all of the advertising on the MID (or even on a digital sign attached to the outside of the cab) is geared toward your needs - food, drink and entertainment perhaps. Now imagine being the advertiser with access to a highly focused, ready-to-spend audience. And by some accounts, the average taxi ride in Taipei is 20-30 minutes.
Intel is among the major investors in VMAX, with agreements reaching back several years. In 2008 they invested $12 million (USD) to support the Taiwanese company's efforts to establish Taiwan's first WiMAX network, which they launched in January. Their network of more than 200 base stations will cover more than 85% of the city's population, according to the company.
VMAX has initially offered a 4Mbps/2Mbps service for NT$456 (US$14.30) per month using USB dongles or with WiMAX embedded notebooks.
source : wimax.com
Bandwidth-hungry riders have a new option in Taipei as VMAX Telecom partners with a leading taxicab company to install WiMAX-enabled devices in 1000 cabs, and in the process possibly opens up new sources of revenue.
Of the nearly 60,000 taxis trolling for fares in Taipei, 1,000 are now WiMAX-equipped, making it worth the wait for the bright yellow cab with the large red "M" atop the car.
As of today, commuters in the Taiwanese capital will be able to surf the Internet, download videos, watch Web TV, play online games and more in taxis belonging to M-Taxi, one of the largest taxi services in the region. And all for free, at least for now. In addition, riders will be able to call and request these WiMAX-enabled taxis using a unique number.
VMAX Telecom, a leading WiMax operator in northern Taiwan, is behind this latest expression of the power and usefulness of 4G technologies like WiMAX, equipping these taxis with MIDs (mobile internet devices.) They're calling it the "Mobile Internet Cafe."
The MIDs are small, flat devices with 7-inch touch screens made by Tecom Inc. that work with a stylus. They are attached to the back of the front passenger seat inside the taxis. The devices have embedded WiMAX and GPS (Global Positioning System) chips and use Microsoft’s Windows CE 5.0 operating system. They are loaded with video and audio codecs and are meant to entertain people as they ride taxis across Taipei. The devices are 216 millimeters long by 132mm wide and 24.5mm thick.
"The use of WiMAX-enabled devices in taxis is meant to popularize WiMAX as well as give people something to do if they’re stuck in traffic or need information such as the latest movie times," said Teddy Huang, chairman of VMAX, at a news conference in Taipei. The value-added service will also hopefully bring more customers to the taxi company, M-Taxi, he said. VMAX says they will continue to assess the program before they decide whether or not to charge for it. In addition, the service will be limited to the Taipei area, at least until VMAX expands its WiMAX network.
It seems like the more lucrative revenue stream, however, will come when 4G-equipped transportation meets up with targeted advertising. Imagine being a passenger on a Friday night and all of the advertising on the MID (or even on a digital sign attached to the outside of the cab) is geared toward your needs - food, drink and entertainment perhaps. Now imagine being the advertiser with access to a highly focused, ready-to-spend audience. And by some accounts, the average taxi ride in Taipei is 20-30 minutes.
Intel is among the major investors in VMAX, with agreements reaching back several years. In 2008 they invested $12 million (USD) to support the Taiwanese company's efforts to establish Taiwan's first WiMAX network, which they launched in January. Their network of more than 200 base stations will cover more than 85% of the city's population, according to the company.
VMAX has initially offered a 4Mbps/2Mbps service for NT$456 (US$14.30) per month using USB dongles or with WiMAX embedded notebooks.
source : wimax.com
Qualcomm Names New Head of Chinese Operations
Qualcomm has promoted Xiang Wang, vice president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, to senior vice president of Qualcomm and president of Qualcomm Greater China. Frank Meng, senior vice president of Qualcomm and president of Qualcomm Greater China, is leaving Qualcomm to pursue other opportunities.
"I am pleased to announce Xiang Wang's promotion. He is an experienced executive who successfully extended Qualcomm's partnership to more than 50 Chinese manufacturing customers," said Jing Wang, executive vice president of Qualcomm for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. "Xiang's strong technology background in the semiconductor industry and close relationship with the ecosystem will lead Qualcomm to the next level of success in Greater China."
"Frank's leadership to the China team in the last eight years has been instrumental for the growth of Qualcomm's China business. I'd like to thank him for his contributions to the Company and wish him all the best with his future opportunities."
Xiang Wang has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and communications fields. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he held key positions in sales and marketing of world leading companies, including Motorola and Lucent/Agere. Wang earned his BSEE from Beijing Polytechnic University. In his new role, Wang will continue to manage Qualcomm's CDMA Technologies division in China.
Posted to the site on 9th April 2010
"I am pleased to announce Xiang Wang's promotion. He is an experienced executive who successfully extended Qualcomm's partnership to more than 50 Chinese manufacturing customers," said Jing Wang, executive vice president of Qualcomm for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. "Xiang's strong technology background in the semiconductor industry and close relationship with the ecosystem will lead Qualcomm to the next level of success in Greater China."
"Frank's leadership to the China team in the last eight years has been instrumental for the growth of Qualcomm's China business. I'd like to thank him for his contributions to the Company and wish him all the best with his future opportunities."
Xiang Wang has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and communications fields. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he held key positions in sales and marketing of world leading companies, including Motorola and Lucent/Agere. Wang earned his BSEE from Beijing Polytechnic University. In his new role, Wang will continue to manage Qualcomm's CDMA Technologies division in China.
Posted to the site on 9th April 2010
iPhone Application to Scan for Food Allergens
Allergy sufferers could soon be able to use their iPhone to scan a food's barcode at the supermarket to determine whether it's safe to eat. The application being developed by Australia's Deakin University, GS1 Australia and Nestlé, will allow consumers to instantly access detailed product information including allergens such as wheat, egg, peanuts and shellfish directly from their iPhone.
Deakin University Associate Professor Caroline Chan, said the application would help consumers make quick yet informed choices about their health.
"When you read a label the product information is often so small you can barely read it, nor understand it," she said.
"In Australia all packaged food products carry a barcode but its use is limited to inventory control and to settle purchases at the cash register."
Associate Professor Chan, an information systems expert, said the barcoding system administered by the not-for-profit organisation, GS1 Australia, had 'unlimited potential' as it could be associated with other valuable product data such as serving size, nutrient information, and environmental related information.
"We wanted to really harness all this information on the bar-coding system and team it up with detailed product information provided by Nestlé to give consumers a tool that had the potential to improve their health and raise public awareness," she said.
Associate Professor Chan said initial testing of the application had been encouraging and the next step was to seek funding for a consumer trial.
She was confident the application would be expanded to appeal to people on special diets or those with specific nutritional needs.
GS1 Australia Chief Executive Officer, Maria Palazzolo said the exploration of mobile technology using the ubiquitous barcode is the next frontier for GS1 Australia.
"There is a tremendous opportunity for GS1 to provide business-to-business applications to engage consumers with business-to-consumer tools."
Posted to the site on 9th April 2010
Deakin University Associate Professor Caroline Chan, said the application would help consumers make quick yet informed choices about their health.
"When you read a label the product information is often so small you can barely read it, nor understand it," she said.
"In Australia all packaged food products carry a barcode but its use is limited to inventory control and to settle purchases at the cash register."
Associate Professor Chan, an information systems expert, said the barcoding system administered by the not-for-profit organisation, GS1 Australia, had 'unlimited potential' as it could be associated with other valuable product data such as serving size, nutrient information, and environmental related information.
"We wanted to really harness all this information on the bar-coding system and team it up with detailed product information provided by Nestlé to give consumers a tool that had the potential to improve their health and raise public awareness," she said.
Associate Professor Chan said initial testing of the application had been encouraging and the next step was to seek funding for a consumer trial.
She was confident the application would be expanded to appeal to people on special diets or those with specific nutritional needs.
GS1 Australia Chief Executive Officer, Maria Palazzolo said the exploration of mobile technology using the ubiquitous barcode is the next frontier for GS1 Australia.
"There is a tremendous opportunity for GS1 to provide business-to-business applications to engage consumers with business-to-consumer tools."
Posted to the site on 9th April 2010
ERICSSON RNC CONSULTANT
We are looking for an RNC consultant with integration and O&M experience for a 3 month initial contract in Lagos, Nigeria.
Ericsson will provide accommodation, local transportation, 1 return flight ticket and we will cover the visa fee and offer a monthly salary of around $8-8.5k net per month.
Further information is below:
1.parameter & configuration changes
2.execution of data translation changes
3.the maintenance of correct software levels
4.performance of diagnostics
5.assist with statistical analysis
6.execute changes recommended by Node B & Optimization engineers
7.ensuring system and data integrity
8. good OSS-RC knowledge
9. Integration of new Node Bs on Existing RNC type 3810 on P7 SW level
10. Integration of new Node Bs on new RNC 3820 on P7 SW level
11. SW updates for existing RNC 3810 in preparation for SWDP
12. Participate in the upgrade of RNCs from P5 -> P6 -> P7
13. Participate in the upgrade of Node Bs from p5 -> P6 -> P7
14. General troubleshooting and fault traces on both RNC and Node B
15. Required to work on own initiative and take on Mentee on OJT if required
Are you available and interested? If yes then can you please send us your latest CV.
If you are not available could you recommend anyone with the right profile?
Best regards,
Perye List
Recruitment Consultant
Tel: +44 (0)20 8313 6674
Fax: +44 (0)20 8313 6601
Email: perye.list@commsresources.com
Web: www.commsresources.com
No 1 Sherman Road, Bromley, Kent , BR1 3JH , United Kingdom
Ericsson will provide accommodation, local transportation, 1 return flight ticket and we will cover the visa fee and offer a monthly salary of around $8-8.5k net per month.
Further information is below:
1.parameter & configuration changes
2.execution of data translation changes
3.the maintenance of correct software levels
4.performance of diagnostics
5.assist with statistical analysis
6.execute changes recommended by Node B & Optimization engineers
7.ensuring system and data integrity
8. good OSS-RC knowledge
9. Integration of new Node Bs on Existing RNC type 3810 on P7 SW level
10. Integration of new Node Bs on new RNC 3820 on P7 SW level
11. SW updates for existing RNC 3810 in preparation for SWDP
12. Participate in the upgrade of RNCs from P5 -> P6 -> P7
13. Participate in the upgrade of Node Bs from p5 -> P6 -> P7
14. General troubleshooting and fault traces on both RNC and Node B
15. Required to work on own initiative and take on Mentee on OJT if required
Are you available and interested? If yes then can you please send us your latest CV.
If you are not available could you recommend anyone with the right profile?
Best regards,
Perye List
Recruitment Consultant
Tel: +44 (0)20 8313 6674
Fax: +44 (0)20 8313 6601
Email: perye.list@commsresources.com
Web: www.commsresources.com
No 1 Sherman Road, Bromley, Kent , BR1 3JH , United Kingdom
Cell Phone Videos: Modern Protection Against Crime And Abuse
A new decade has begun and along with major events that have transformed life on planet Earth, technology has increased. Cellular phones, also known as mobile phones or wireless phones, are a convenience for everyone. They are a necessity during emergency situations. However no one could have ever predicted that cell phones would be equipped with the wide array of accessories that they currently feature. For the past few years cell phone videos have been changing the world by identifying criminals and potential suspects.
Last summer millions of people around the globe were able to watch the dramatic and tragic events in Iran after the elections. Mahmood Ahmadinejad, the incumbent won the presidency in an election against Mir Hussein Mousavi. Many Iranians felt that the election was a fraud and demanded a recount. When the citizen’s demands were not met, they went to the streets in protest and organized demonstrations against the government. The chaos that followed with the police use of excessive force and the deaths of many protesters were caught on video phones and uploaded onto the internet. Iran is a closed society and it was not possible for Western news media to gain access of footage but the videos from civilian cell phones were able to give the entire world a glimpse of the atrocities.
In the United States many high school students who bullied other students have been caught in the act by cell phone videos. It has changed the way people react to crime. Instead of relying on the police or vigilante justice, a person only needs to be armed with a cell phone. The criminal acts can be recorded and put online in a matter of minutes. This has changed the laws in many states and how school officials design after school programs for teenage students.
This had been very helpful for police trying to identify suspects in open investigations. Canadian law enforcement has had some success with the identification of alleged suspects because civilians were willing to give the police videos recorded on the cell phones.
This phenomenon has also seen in more caution by North American police surrounding possible cases of police brutality. One year ago, on New Year’s morning, a California subway law enforcement official was recorded on a cell phone while using excessive force against an individual. The recording showed the officer standing over a twenty-one year old man who was handcuffed, lying face down and unarmed while the officer fired a round into the victim’s back. This event was recorded on four cell phone videos by separate individuals. The footage is conclusive and is currently being used in the case against the officer.
Street harassment is something that many women endure around the globe. Many women are sexually harassed while taking a bus, taxi, tram, train, or the subway each day on the way to work. It creates a climate of fear and it has been documented that it is a very common occurrence for women. The use of a recording device in a cell phone is changing this disrespectful behavior. It has also reduced the number of stalking incidents. Cell phone videos can be more a more effective deterrent against stalkers than a legal restraining order. Women are able to have control of the recording and delivering the video to the police. It compels the law to do something because the proof is in the cell phone.
In the United Kingdom there have been several incidents of brawls at pubs being recorded and used in litigation cases. Fighting while under the influence of drugs and alcohol can be uploaded onto the internet or given to legal authorities. This is an excellent way to prove who initiated a violent confrontation especially when both parties were too intoxicated to remember what happened.
Cell phone recording devices are changing the social nature of crime. It is changing the way criminals and victims interact with each other. Victims may not own firearms or be physically strong enough to fight back, but they can pick up a phone and record what is happening. This is why everyone should purchase a cell phone which can record videos and take photos. It is the best investment a person can make and it can save lives.
Last summer millions of people around the globe were able to watch the dramatic and tragic events in Iran after the elections. Mahmood Ahmadinejad, the incumbent won the presidency in an election against Mir Hussein Mousavi. Many Iranians felt that the election was a fraud and demanded a recount. When the citizen’s demands were not met, they went to the streets in protest and organized demonstrations against the government. The chaos that followed with the police use of excessive force and the deaths of many protesters were caught on video phones and uploaded onto the internet. Iran is a closed society and it was not possible for Western news media to gain access of footage but the videos from civilian cell phones were able to give the entire world a glimpse of the atrocities.
In the United States many high school students who bullied other students have been caught in the act by cell phone videos. It has changed the way people react to crime. Instead of relying on the police or vigilante justice, a person only needs to be armed with a cell phone. The criminal acts can be recorded and put online in a matter of minutes. This has changed the laws in many states and how school officials design after school programs for teenage students.
This had been very helpful for police trying to identify suspects in open investigations. Canadian law enforcement has had some success with the identification of alleged suspects because civilians were willing to give the police videos recorded on the cell phones.
This phenomenon has also seen in more caution by North American police surrounding possible cases of police brutality. One year ago, on New Year’s morning, a California subway law enforcement official was recorded on a cell phone while using excessive force against an individual. The recording showed the officer standing over a twenty-one year old man who was handcuffed, lying face down and unarmed while the officer fired a round into the victim’s back. This event was recorded on four cell phone videos by separate individuals. The footage is conclusive and is currently being used in the case against the officer.
Street harassment is something that many women endure around the globe. Many women are sexually harassed while taking a bus, taxi, tram, train, or the subway each day on the way to work. It creates a climate of fear and it has been documented that it is a very common occurrence for women. The use of a recording device in a cell phone is changing this disrespectful behavior. It has also reduced the number of stalking incidents. Cell phone videos can be more a more effective deterrent against stalkers than a legal restraining order. Women are able to have control of the recording and delivering the video to the police. It compels the law to do something because the proof is in the cell phone.
In the United Kingdom there have been several incidents of brawls at pubs being recorded and used in litigation cases. Fighting while under the influence of drugs and alcohol can be uploaded onto the internet or given to legal authorities. This is an excellent way to prove who initiated a violent confrontation especially when both parties were too intoxicated to remember what happened.
Cell phone recording devices are changing the social nature of crime. It is changing the way criminals and victims interact with each other. Victims may not own firearms or be physically strong enough to fight back, but they can pick up a phone and record what is happening. This is why everyone should purchase a cell phone which can record videos and take photos. It is the best investment a person can make and it can save lives.
JD for Core NW Audit
The candidate must have experience in design and support of NSN 2G Core Networks , To perform an audit of NSN Core Network and recommend and implement configuration changes in order to improve and optimize network quality. Also should perform a verification of all Hardware and physical connections and suggest installation improvements
· Must analyze the Core network statistics, traffic analysis and network performance
· Link capacity and signaling links
· Traffic congestion and Processor load
· Database and parameter consistency checks
· Deliver a report on completion with all recommendations and after agreement implement all changes and verify the network performance improvement.
Time plan:
· 3weeks
o Customer meeting for introduction of service deliverables
o Analysis of Current KPI and network performance indicators
o Agree on the service deliverables and KPI targets
o Perform Core network Audit and statistics analysis,
· 1 week
o Producing Network Performance report
o Customer meeting to agree on recommendations
If the client accepts we can then proceed with the below plan.
· 2 weeks
o Iimplementation of changes
o Verification of Network performance
o Deliver final report .
The maximum rate is 6000,00 usd per month.
The client will provide suitable accommodation, 1 round flight and transportation for business purpose when required.
If your happy with this happy with this contract proposal, please confirm the acceptance of the contract proposal by email and send me your updated CV.
Thank you,
Helder Martins
Customer Delivery Manager
Skype: h..martins
Website: www.new-vibrations.com
Email: helder.martins@new-vibrations.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/hmartins
· Must analyze the Core network statistics, traffic analysis and network performance
· Link capacity and signaling links
· Traffic congestion and Processor load
· Database and parameter consistency checks
· Deliver a report on completion with all recommendations and after agreement implement all changes and verify the network performance improvement.
Time plan:
· 3weeks
o Customer meeting for introduction of service deliverables
o Analysis of Current KPI and network performance indicators
o Agree on the service deliverables and KPI targets
o Perform Core network Audit and statistics analysis,
· 1 week
o Producing Network Performance report
o Customer meeting to agree on recommendations
If the client accepts we can then proceed with the below plan.
· 2 weeks
o Iimplementation of changes
o Verification of Network performance
o Deliver final report .
The maximum rate is 6000,00 usd per month.
The client will provide suitable accommodation, 1 round flight and transportation for business purpose when required.
If your happy with this happy with this contract proposal, please confirm the acceptance of the contract proposal by email and send me your updated CV.
Thank you,
Helder Martins
Customer Delivery Manager
Skype: h..martins
Website: www.new-vibrations.com
Email: helder.martins@new-vibrations.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/hmartins
Friday, April 9, 2010
Near Field Communication
Wed Apr 07, 2010 | By Unaiza Ahsan- News Team
One of the eight mobile technologies to watch out for in 2010 by Gartner, NFC or Near Field Communication is a high frequency, short-range, wireless communication technology that provides data communication between mobile devices about 10 centimetres (or round about 4 inches) apart. This technology extends the ISO/IEC 14443 contactless card standard which joins the smartcard's and reader's interfaces into one mobile device. An NFC device is capable of communicating with currently employed contactless infrastructure as well as other NFC devices. The applications are vast and very interesting. Imagine your phone doing the payment as you purchase a plane ticket, or downloading data from the internet by pointing your phone to a 'smart poster' on the streets. The possibilites and conveniences are endless.
The Physics behind this technology is a concept we all studied in high school: Magnetic field induction. This phenomenon occurs when two loop antennas are placed within each other's magnetic field, thus creating an air-core transformer out of the two. The operational frequency band is the ISM band of 13.56 Mhz, and the bandwidth is 14KHz. Data rates range from 106 to 848 kbits per second. There are two modes of operation: Passive communication mode and Active communication mode. The passive mode, the sender (or initiator) device generates the carrier field, and receiving device is passive, or just needs to modulate the existing fields. No power is needed for the target device. But in active mode, the sender as well as receiver both generate their own carrier fields, and both need power supplies.
Data communication requires two different types of coding (digital communications course anyone?). If a device is in active mode, and is transmitting data at 106 kbits/sec, modified Miller coding (100% modulation ratio) will be used. Else, Manchester coding is used (modulation ratio: 10%). A setback associated with NFC is that there is no prevention/protection against evesdropping, so a security risk is always present. Data can be modified on its way, and thus NFC-enabled devices have to use cryptographic methods to secure the data channel.
One of the eight mobile technologies to watch out for in 2010 by Gartner, NFC or Near Field Communication is a high frequency, short-range, wireless communication technology that provides data communication between mobile devices about 10 centimetres (or round about 4 inches) apart. This technology extends the ISO/IEC 14443 contactless card standard which joins the smartcard's and reader's interfaces into one mobile device. An NFC device is capable of communicating with currently employed contactless infrastructure as well as other NFC devices. The applications are vast and very interesting. Imagine your phone doing the payment as you purchase a plane ticket, or downloading data from the internet by pointing your phone to a 'smart poster' on the streets. The possibilites and conveniences are endless.
The Physics behind this technology is a concept we all studied in high school: Magnetic field induction. This phenomenon occurs when two loop antennas are placed within each other's magnetic field, thus creating an air-core transformer out of the two. The operational frequency band is the ISM band of 13.56 Mhz, and the bandwidth is 14KHz. Data rates range from 106 to 848 kbits per second. There are two modes of operation: Passive communication mode and Active communication mode. The passive mode, the sender (or initiator) device generates the carrier field, and receiving device is passive, or just needs to modulate the existing fields. No power is needed for the target device. But in active mode, the sender as well as receiver both generate their own carrier fields, and both need power supplies.
Data communication requires two different types of coding (digital communications course anyone?). If a device is in active mode, and is transmitting data at 106 kbits/sec, modified Miller coding (100% modulation ratio) will be used. Else, Manchester coding is used (modulation ratio: 10%). A setback associated with NFC is that there is no prevention/protection against evesdropping, so a security risk is always present. Data can be modified on its way, and thus NFC-enabled devices have to use cryptographic methods to secure the data channel.
Huawei May Buy Motorola
Thu Apr 08, 2010 | By Absar Taqvi- News Team
The Chinese giant Huawei is giving a tough time to its counterparts in North America. They have won deals with Clearwire and Cox and are further looking to strengthen their roots.
News from various angles have jumbled together to form an interesting picture. Motorola is splitting into two this year, it’s expected that the vendor will sell off its network infrastructure. Huawei, in all this, surfaces to be a major bidder.
Speculations say that Huawei is lobbying with certain US officials to make the conditions favorable but like many times in the past, the Chinese vendors’ undercover linkages with intelligence agencies seem to affect the deal.
If all goes well, Huawei might acquire the US vendor’s prized assets; there is nothing to fear from the likes of Ericsson, NSN and Alcatel-Lucent as the latter two are still struggling to get something to cherish, while Ericsson is going easy after buying Nortel’s wireless operations.
The Chinese giant Huawei is giving a tough time to its counterparts in North America. They have won deals with Clearwire and Cox and are further looking to strengthen their roots.
News from various angles have jumbled together to form an interesting picture. Motorola is splitting into two this year, it’s expected that the vendor will sell off its network infrastructure. Huawei, in all this, surfaces to be a major bidder.
Speculations say that Huawei is lobbying with certain US officials to make the conditions favorable but like many times in the past, the Chinese vendors’ undercover linkages with intelligence agencies seem to affect the deal.
If all goes well, Huawei might acquire the US vendor’s prized assets; there is nothing to fear from the likes of Ericsson, NSN and Alcatel-Lucent as the latter two are still struggling to get something to cherish, while Ericsson is going easy after buying Nortel’s wireless operations.
WiMAX Forum Speeds Up Development of New WiMAX Standards
The WiMAX Forum has launched an initiative to accelerate WiMAX features that enhance the average performance of its current Release 1 technology by more than 50 percent while remaining compliant with the IEEE Standard 802.16e. Based on this accelerated schedule, certified products using these enhancements are expected in late 2010.
This initiative will not delay the development of WiMAX Release 2 (WiMAX 2). In support of the expected completion of the IEEE Standard 802.16m in the second half of 2010, the WiMAX Forum is fast-tracking profiling and certification activities to prepare for WiMAX 2 product certification in late 2011.
Enhancements under development include support for additional MIMO antennae on the base stations (4 transmit antennae instead of 2), higher order (64 QAM) modulation on the uplink, downlink beamforming, and improved fractional frequency reuse (FFR) to increase performance in reuse 1 deployments while ensuring multi-vendor interoperability. These new features have the potential to double peak data rates and increase average and cell edge end user performance by 50 percent.
"The intense technical work in IEEE 802.16m has benefitted from a dedicated international collaboration among the world's leading telecom equipment manufacturers, technical organizations, and universities in support of future-looking worldwide operator requirements," said Roger Marks, Vice President for Technology at the WiMAX Forum and Chair of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group. "Organizations such as the Center of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT) Chennai, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) have contributed major innovations to help us bring this advanced technology to market."
WiMAX 2 is based on IEEE Standard 802.16m, which is documented to meet the International Telecommunications Union's "IMT-Advanced" requirements, delivering improvements in coverage and capacity. The standard provides for huge peak (zero path loss) transmission rates -- for example, up to 300 Mbps in a 20 MHz downlink channel -- and even lower latency. By enabling aggregation of multiple RF carriers, wider effective channel bandwidths of up to 100 MHz are possible.
Posted to the site on 8th April 2010
This initiative will not delay the development of WiMAX Release 2 (WiMAX 2). In support of the expected completion of the IEEE Standard 802.16m in the second half of 2010, the WiMAX Forum is fast-tracking profiling and certification activities to prepare for WiMAX 2 product certification in late 2011.
Enhancements under development include support for additional MIMO antennae on the base stations (4 transmit antennae instead of 2), higher order (64 QAM) modulation on the uplink, downlink beamforming, and improved fractional frequency reuse (FFR) to increase performance in reuse 1 deployments while ensuring multi-vendor interoperability. These new features have the potential to double peak data rates and increase average and cell edge end user performance by 50 percent.
"The intense technical work in IEEE 802.16m has benefitted from a dedicated international collaboration among the world's leading telecom equipment manufacturers, technical organizations, and universities in support of future-looking worldwide operator requirements," said Roger Marks, Vice President for Technology at the WiMAX Forum and Chair of the IEEE 802.16 Working Group. "Organizations such as the Center of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT) Chennai, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) have contributed major innovations to help us bring this advanced technology to market."
WiMAX 2 is based on IEEE Standard 802.16m, which is documented to meet the International Telecommunications Union's "IMT-Advanced" requirements, delivering improvements in coverage and capacity. The standard provides for huge peak (zero path loss) transmission rates -- for example, up to 300 Mbps in a 20 MHz downlink channel -- and even lower latency. By enabling aggregation of multiple RF carriers, wider effective channel bandwidths of up to 100 MHz are possible.
Posted to the site on 8th April 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Job Opportunity – Sr. Manager, Product Innovation – Middle East
We are a Singapore Headquartered Recruitment Consulting Company. Our client in the MIDDLE EAST from the TELECOMMUNICATIONS industry is looking to hire a "SR. MANAGER PRODUCT INNOVATION" for a permanent assignment. The following are the skills required for the position.
Role Overview
As the Group has now expanded operations into 17 different markets, it is imperative for the Product Development team to leverage its strengths across the various operations to seek synergies and to develop innovative products to face the competitions in the market.
The role of the Senior Manager, Product Innovation is to plan and develop the marketing strategy for single or multiple products. This includes estimation of the demand of a product, competitive analysis, pricing strategies and overseeing product development with key stakeholders and partners. In addition the Senior Manager, Product Innovation will work with advertising and PR departments and agencies to promote the products being managed.
Core Responsibilities
• Strategize and develop innovative products for various markets that will drive better overall revenues, market share, competitiveness, and brand image in the long run.
• Develop business case analysis for new products and the impacts on profit, competition, revenues and market share
• Manage end-to-end Product Development life-cycle by working closely with the Group OpCo's to ensure their requirements are captured, analyzed and implemented successfully in product launches.
• Develop and Maintain Strategic Alliance relationship with:
o Content Partners;
o Key Application and Platform Providers;
o Device Manufacturers.
• Define quantitative & qualitative processes for periodic fundamental marketing research of diverse products and services.
• Participate specific workgroups within the Marketing Forum structure to ensure key marketing / product initiatives are driven through to meet end goals of the overall plan. Track progress to key milestones, identify and correct any slippage.
• Regular progress reporting, focussing on exceptions and steps to correct the exceptions. Accurate and honest reports on project status and risks to the final delivery.
• Coach and mentor participants, and influence them to take accountability for their deliverables.
Qualifications
• Hold a bachelors degree in a related field.
• Total Corporate experience of 10+ years.
• 6+ years' proven experience of Product Development and Business Analysis in a key role within Telco/Mobile operation.
• Excellent analytical & presentation skills.
• Fluent in English.
Core Competencies
• Strong experience in each area described in "Minimum Experience & Essential Knowledge".
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the end-to-end technical implications of the mobile value chain (i.e. end user devices, applications, enabling platforms, and basic mobile infrastructure).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of cultures in a diverse community.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, including ability to foster a cooperative work environment amongst the group operations.
• Mature ability to work collaboratively with management teams throughout the organization and to be seen as a valuable expert resource to be sought out.
• Good knowledge of the Product Development life-cycle and Project Management in cross-team environment.
Client offers competitive Tax Free Expat Package.
Interested candidates are requested urgently to send their CVs to recruit@webecome.com or call +6590022574 for a confidential discussion.
Thanks,
We are the only people in this biz who say,
Yours Personally
Sheila R. Lorenzo
Recruitment Consultant
WeBecome.com (S) Pte. Ltd.
Mobile: +6590022574
www.webecome.com
Role Overview
As the Group has now expanded operations into 17 different markets, it is imperative for the Product Development team to leverage its strengths across the various operations to seek synergies and to develop innovative products to face the competitions in the market.
The role of the Senior Manager, Product Innovation is to plan and develop the marketing strategy for single or multiple products. This includes estimation of the demand of a product, competitive analysis, pricing strategies and overseeing product development with key stakeholders and partners. In addition the Senior Manager, Product Innovation will work with advertising and PR departments and agencies to promote the products being managed.
Core Responsibilities
• Strategize and develop innovative products for various markets that will drive better overall revenues, market share, competitiveness, and brand image in the long run.
• Develop business case analysis for new products and the impacts on profit, competition, revenues and market share
• Manage end-to-end Product Development life-cycle by working closely with the Group OpCo's to ensure their requirements are captured, analyzed and implemented successfully in product launches.
• Develop and Maintain Strategic Alliance relationship with:
o Content Partners;
o Key Application and Platform Providers;
o Device Manufacturers.
• Define quantitative & qualitative processes for periodic fundamental marketing research of diverse products and services.
• Participate specific workgroups within the Marketing Forum structure to ensure key marketing / product initiatives are driven through to meet end goals of the overall plan. Track progress to key milestones, identify and correct any slippage.
• Regular progress reporting, focussing on exceptions and steps to correct the exceptions. Accurate and honest reports on project status and risks to the final delivery.
• Coach and mentor participants, and influence them to take accountability for their deliverables.
Qualifications
• Hold a bachelors degree in a related field.
• Total Corporate experience of 10+ years.
• 6+ years' proven experience of Product Development and Business Analysis in a key role within Telco/Mobile operation.
• Excellent analytical & presentation skills.
• Fluent in English.
Core Competencies
• Strong experience in each area described in "Minimum Experience & Essential Knowledge".
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the end-to-end technical implications of the mobile value chain (i.e. end user devices, applications, enabling platforms, and basic mobile infrastructure).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of cultures in a diverse community.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, including ability to foster a cooperative work environment amongst the group operations.
• Mature ability to work collaboratively with management teams throughout the organization and to be seen as a valuable expert resource to be sought out.
• Good knowledge of the Product Development life-cycle and Project Management in cross-team environment.
Client offers competitive Tax Free Expat Package.
Interested candidates are requested urgently to send their CVs to recruit@webecome.com or call +6590022574 for a confidential discussion.
Thanks,
We are the only people in this biz who say,
Yours Personally
Sheila R. Lorenzo
Recruitment Consultant
WeBecome.com (S) Pte. Ltd.
Mobile: +6590022574
www.webecome.com
Vacancy: RBS Design Engineer wit Auto CAD experience for Africa
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 6 month contract
Additional information:
Ideal candidate must:
- Have managed or worked with subcontractor
- Have done RBS Design for more than 3 years
- Be able to use Auto CAD
Consultant to provide:
• Accommodation
• Laptop
• Transport
• Visa fees
• Mobile handset
• Medical insurance
• Flights from home country
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Duration: 6 month contract
Additional information:
Ideal candidate must:
- Have managed or worked with subcontractor
- Have done RBS Design for more than 3 years
- Be able to use Auto CAD
Consultant to provide:
• Accommodation
• Laptop
• Transport
• Visa fees
• Mobile handset
• Medical insurance
• Flights from home country
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Vacancy: Huawei Senior MS Delivery Project Manager for Africa
Start date: 30th of April
Duration: 6 month
The sucessful candidate must have managed subcontractor for MS projects either with a vendor or an operator.
Job description:
- Implementation of MS project delivery. Be responsible for MS project indices such as project progress, quality and customer satisfaction. Submit service quality analysis report of MS project delivery periodically and take necessary measures to improve the service quality.
- Responsible for due diligence investigate during project transition period.
- Prepare MS project budget and be responsible for finance control of the project. Monitor and manage subcontractors and partners of the MS project.
- Be responsible for periodic communications with each relevant internal and external departments and seek support and improvement suggestions.
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Duration: 6 month
The sucessful candidate must have managed subcontractor for MS projects either with a vendor or an operator.
Job description:
- Implementation of MS project delivery. Be responsible for MS project indices such as project progress, quality and customer satisfaction. Submit service quality analysis report of MS project delivery periodically and take necessary measures to improve the service quality.
- Responsible for due diligence investigate during project transition period.
- Prepare MS project budget and be responsible for finance control of the project. Monitor and manage subcontractors and partners of the MS project.
- Be responsible for periodic communications with each relevant internal and external departments and seek support and improvement suggestions.
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Vacancy: OSS Remedy Software Engineer for Middle East
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 6 -12 month
The sucessful candidate will be providing operational support for process and operations routines as subject matter expert
Required skills:
Fault Management (Netcool) and Problem Management (Remedy). Someone with managed service experience is desired.
MUST HAVE:
Good experience with Remedy (problem management) mainly
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Duration: 6 -12 month
The sucessful candidate will be providing operational support for process and operations routines as subject matter expert
Required skills:
Fault Management (Netcool) and Problem Management (Remedy). Someone with managed service experience is desired.
MUST HAVE:
Good experience with Remedy (problem management) mainly
If you are interested in this role please send your CV to linkedin@firstpointgroup.com
Customer Support Engineer SC - SDM (Apertio)- Egypt
Location: Egypt
Contract Duration: 6 months
Start Date: Mid of June 10
Job Role:
-Care support for NT-HLR 4.5.
-Act as dedicated expert for advanced Care consultancy and support, both for customer account teams and for customers, provide technical leadership to large and / or complex e2e projects or troubleshooting cases.
-Provide advanced technical support and troubleshooting /fault localization within several competence areas and Multi Vendor Interface.
-Lead and provide consultancy during complex Care activities such as SW change planning, Expert Support Services, SW upgrades, technical audits and SWAPs or migrations.
-Implement parametering in systems level, understands KPI and is capable to improve the performance of the system or e2e solution.
-Project management duties (e.g. planning of a subproject, technical manager substitute, managing subcontractors).
-Network expansion activities up to multi-interface level.
-Overall responsibility for test planning: understanding of local requirements (e.g. network structure, functionalities, parameters etc.) to create valid and reliable test plans.
-Proactive knowledge sharer role: Technical guidance and support of other team members to avoid problems before they occur, Information sharing and competence transfer, proven presentation and training skills
Main Skill: Good knowledge and experience for NT-HLR-FE 4.5 + One-NDS 8.0
Kindly share cv's or references with me at: niti.jain@imsiglobal.com
Regards
Niti
IMSI
Contract Duration: 6 months
Start Date: Mid of June 10
Job Role:
-Care support for NT-HLR 4.5.
-Act as dedicated expert for advanced Care consultancy and support, both for customer account teams and for customers, provide technical leadership to large and / or complex e2e projects or troubleshooting cases.
-Provide advanced technical support and troubleshooting /fault localization within several competence areas and Multi Vendor Interface.
-Lead and provide consultancy during complex Care activities such as SW change planning, Expert Support Services, SW upgrades, technical audits and SWAPs or migrations.
-Implement parametering in systems level, understands KPI and is capable to improve the performance of the system or e2e solution.
-Project management duties (e.g. planning of a subproject, technical manager substitute, managing subcontractors).
-Network expansion activities up to multi-interface level.
-Overall responsibility for test planning: understanding of local requirements (e.g. network structure, functionalities, parameters etc.) to create valid and reliable test plans.
-Proactive knowledge sharer role: Technical guidance and support of other team members to avoid problems before they occur, Information sharing and competence transfer, proven presentation and training skills
Main Skill: Good knowledge and experience for NT-HLR-FE 4.5 + One-NDS 8.0
Kindly share cv's or references with me at: niti.jain@imsiglobal.com
Regards
Niti
IMSI
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Senior Transmission Planner - Morocco - 3-month contract
Our client is currently seeking a Senior Transmission Planner for an initial 3-month contract to be based in Morocco.
Successful candidates will have a background in a combination of the following:
- Microwave, Optical Fibre, PDH & SDH equipment.
-Access Transport Network Design on PDH,SDH, DCN,ATM & IP
-Operator & Vendor GSM and WCDMA (3G) Transmission side.
-Implementation, Design, Optimization & Strategy of Transport network areas with Network Synchronization design(TDM/ATM/IP).
-ATM/IP/DCN Transport Network Design/Optimization:
∙ IMA Bandwidth Adaptation, IuB dimensioning & optimization
∙ Layer 2/3 design,AAL2 switching,VLan & Layer 2 switching,IP and NG-Transmission Design, LCAS, GFP, Ethernet over PDH/SDH, Native Ethernet
∙ Ensuring right type of traffic management scheme(DiffServ support for MPLS, ATM service categories: CBR & UBR,IEEE 802.1P/Q mapping to IP or MPLS)
∙ IP DCN design & implementation
∙ Expertise to deal with ATM/IP Aggregator devices in GSM/UMTS
If you are interested in being considered for this position, please email a copy of your CV to alice.davis@projectpeople.com
Successful candidates will have a background in a combination of the following:
- Microwave, Optical Fibre, PDH & SDH equipment.
-Access Transport Network Design on PDH,SDH, DCN,ATM & IP
-Operator & Vendor GSM and WCDMA (3G) Transmission side.
-Implementation, Design, Optimization & Strategy of Transport network areas with Network Synchronization design(TDM/ATM/IP).
-ATM/IP/DCN Transport Network Design/Optimization:
∙ IMA Bandwidth Adaptation, IuB dimensioning & optimization
∙ Layer 2/3 design,AAL2 switching,VLan & Layer 2 switching,IP and NG-Transmission Design, LCAS, GFP, Ethernet over PDH/SDH, Native Ethernet
∙ Ensuring right type of traffic management scheme(DiffServ support for MPLS, ATM service categories: CBR & UBR,IEEE 802.1P/Q mapping to IP or MPLS)
∙ IP DCN design & implementation
∙ Expertise to deal with ATM/IP Aggregator devices in GSM/UMTS
If you are interested in being considered for this position, please email a copy of your CV to alice.davis@projectpeople.com
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Power Diet For Quick Weight Loss
In this fast moving life we do not get much time to spare for physical exercise so in such a situation a healthy and nutritious diet can solve the purpose.
Early Morning
Start your day with lemon juice and honey in lukewarm water; this helps your body to get rid of harmful acids produced by the body.
Breakfast
Choose any one or two from the following options
Egg white omelet (2) + 2 slices of brown bread,
Milk (Skimmed Milk) +Cornflakes/ Oats /Wheat bran
Fruit salad / Sprouts.
Vegetable Poha / Upma
Skimmed milk cottage cheese + Brown Bread
Pre Lunch
Take black coffee before the afternoon meal this helps in boosting metabolism.
Lunch
Boiled / Roasted Chicken/ Soyabean (200 grams) +Brown Rice (1/2 plate) / Chapatti (1)
Boiled Dal +salad + Brown Rice (1/2 plate) / Chapatti (1-2)
Take Probiotic curd (100grams) as it helps in digestion.
Vegetable Daliya
Evening
Take some citrus fruits to satisfy the hunger pangs in the evening,
Green tea with two Marie Lite biscuit
Boiled Channa
Dinner
Choose any one or two from the following options
Boiled Soybean Nutrela/ soup + salad,
Boiled Egg White (3) + Vegetable clear soup
Chicken or Tuna salad.
Boiled Dal
Vegetable Daliya
Pre Bed –time
150 -200 ml of skimmed milk.
Beside the above diet keep in mind the following points-
• Avoid heavy dinner; maintain at least 3 to 4 hours of gap between meal and sleep.
• Replace cold drinks with coconut water, vegetable soup or butter milk
• Drink at least 2 to 3 liters of water everyday
• Fibre is excellent for weight loss , so consume more of raw vegetables and fruits
• All carbs are not bad; avoid simple carbs like sugar, sweet and processed food.
• Never skip meals.
• Avoid Bakery products.
• Replace Chicken Tikka with Chicken Salami
• Avoid taking water along with the meal.
.
Follow the above mentioned points for 6 days in a week and once in a week please your taste buds with one meal of your choice but don’t forget only one. Try to take out some time for physical exercises at least thrice a week
Pursue the above mentioned rules and fit in your old clothes again but don’t forget the results may vary from person to person and don’t try to bully your body.
NOTE : Please consult your DOCTOR before doing anything..
Early Morning
Start your day with lemon juice and honey in lukewarm water; this helps your body to get rid of harmful acids produced by the body.
Breakfast
Choose any one or two from the following options
Egg white omelet (2) + 2 slices of brown bread,
Milk (Skimmed Milk) +Cornflakes/ Oats /Wheat bran
Fruit salad / Sprouts.
Vegetable Poha / Upma
Skimmed milk cottage cheese + Brown Bread
Pre Lunch
Take black coffee before the afternoon meal this helps in boosting metabolism.
Lunch
Boiled / Roasted Chicken/ Soyabean (200 grams) +Brown Rice (1/2 plate) / Chapatti (1)
Boiled Dal +salad + Brown Rice (1/2 plate) / Chapatti (1-2)
Take Probiotic curd (100grams) as it helps in digestion.
Vegetable Daliya
Evening
Take some citrus fruits to satisfy the hunger pangs in the evening,
Green tea with two Marie Lite biscuit
Boiled Channa
Dinner
Choose any one or two from the following options
Boiled Soybean Nutrela/ soup + salad,
Boiled Egg White (3) + Vegetable clear soup
Chicken or Tuna salad.
Boiled Dal
Vegetable Daliya
Pre Bed –time
150 -200 ml of skimmed milk.
Beside the above diet keep in mind the following points-
• Avoid heavy dinner; maintain at least 3 to 4 hours of gap between meal and sleep.
• Replace cold drinks with coconut water, vegetable soup or butter milk
• Drink at least 2 to 3 liters of water everyday
• Fibre is excellent for weight loss , so consume more of raw vegetables and fruits
• All carbs are not bad; avoid simple carbs like sugar, sweet and processed food.
• Never skip meals.
• Avoid Bakery products.
• Replace Chicken Tikka with Chicken Salami
• Avoid taking water along with the meal.
.
Follow the above mentioned points for 6 days in a week and once in a week please your taste buds with one meal of your choice but don’t forget only one. Try to take out some time for physical exercises at least thrice a week
Pursue the above mentioned rules and fit in your old clothes again but don’t forget the results may vary from person to person and don’t try to bully your body.
NOTE : Please consult your DOCTOR before doing anything..
Monday, April 5, 2010
Job Opportunity – Department Head Data Services – Oman
We are a Singapore Headquartered Recruitment Consulting Company. Our client in the OMAN from the TELECOMMUNICATIONS industry is looking to hire a " Department Head Data Services " for a permanent assignment. The following are the skills required for the position.
Role Description
• Lead and manage a team of technical managers and engineers responsible for Mobile and Fixed packet core networks planning and operations including 2G/3G mobile packet core, WiMAX packet core, IP/MPLS packet core, IGW for data services, terrestrial access IP network, end user broadband CPEs testing.
• Full responsibility for packet core network architecture design
• Full responsibility for annual operations planning including efficient budget calculations and exercises/simulations preparations for packet core and packet access networks.
• Tenders preparation, vendors preselection/selection and short listing based on defined benchmark parameters, technical and commercial proposals evaluation, scope of work / contract annexes / ATPs preparation.
• High level designs preparations and close coordination with various counterparts for all packet core projects; low level designs and acceptance control.
• Supporting Engineering director in network overall design, budget preparation and justification based on commercially driven parameters and network growth trends.
Background Knowledge & Experience
Education Level
B.Sc.E.E. in Telecommunications or Computer Science
Professional Qualifications/ Mandatory Licences
In-depth knowledge and experience with:
- Ericsson SGSN and GGSN platforms
- Ericsson MPBN solution
- SGSN in pool and dual homing solution
- SGSN/GGSN performance management
- Routing and switching platforms performance management
- Huawei WASN, BRAS, AAA and PM platforms
- Huawei's WiMAX CSN performance management
- MPLS switching and its signaling protocols LDP, RSVP, traffic engineering
- IP routing protocols: BGP, IS-IS, OSPF
- QoS, traffic classification, queuing, policing, marking
- Multicast protocols, PIM, IGMP
- IP/MPLS based business services L2VPN, VPLS, L3VPN, Internet access
- IP/MPLS based residential services Voice, Video, Internet
- Ethernet transport over microwave
- IEEE Bridging standards 802.1p, 802.1q, 802.1h, 802.1ae
- IEEE Ethernet standards 802.3 series
Preferred certification:
- Ericsson SGSN, GGSN, MPBN certification
- Huawei's WASN, MSANs, BRAS, AAA, Policy Manager certification
- Cisco certified CCNA, CCNP, CCIE
- Juniper certified JNCIA, JNCIS
- Policy based routing and Deep Packet Inspection platforms certification
- Ericsson OSS, HP-OVO, Nokia-Siemens SPOC or similar certification
- Bluecoat filtering and caching platforms certification
- Load balancing platforms certification
- Ericsson MINI-LINK TN AMM 2p, 6p and 20p series
- Other vendor’s microwave backhaul networks certification
- WiMAX CPE IOT testing certification
- xDSL, GPON CPE IOT testing certification
- 3G CPE testing certification
- Project Management certification
Work Experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in operation and maintenance of mobile and/or fixed packet core networks
- Minimum 3 years of experience in planning and optimization of mobile and fixed packet core networks or converged packet core networks
- Minimum 4 years of experience on senior management positions in mobile and fixed packet core networks planning
Client offers competitive Tax Free Expat Package.
Interested candidates are requested urgently to send their CVs to recruit@webecome.com or call +6590022574 for a confidential discussion.
Thanks,
We are the only people in this biz who say,
Yours Personally
Sheila R. Lorenzo
Recruitment Consultant
WeBecome.com (S) Pte. Ltd.
Mobile: +6590022574
www.webecome.com
Role Description
• Lead and manage a team of technical managers and engineers responsible for Mobile and Fixed packet core networks planning and operations including 2G/3G mobile packet core, WiMAX packet core, IP/MPLS packet core, IGW for data services, terrestrial access IP network, end user broadband CPEs testing.
• Full responsibility for packet core network architecture design
• Full responsibility for annual operations planning including efficient budget calculations and exercises/simulations preparations for packet core and packet access networks.
• Tenders preparation, vendors preselection/selection and short listing based on defined benchmark parameters, technical and commercial proposals evaluation, scope of work / contract annexes / ATPs preparation.
• High level designs preparations and close coordination with various counterparts for all packet core projects; low level designs and acceptance control.
• Supporting Engineering director in network overall design, budget preparation and justification based on commercially driven parameters and network growth trends.
Background Knowledge & Experience
Education Level
B.Sc.E.E. in Telecommunications or Computer Science
Professional Qualifications/ Mandatory Licences
In-depth knowledge and experience with:
- Ericsson SGSN and GGSN platforms
- Ericsson MPBN solution
- SGSN in pool and dual homing solution
- SGSN/GGSN performance management
- Routing and switching platforms performance management
- Huawei WASN, BRAS, AAA and PM platforms
- Huawei's WiMAX CSN performance management
- MPLS switching and its signaling protocols LDP, RSVP, traffic engineering
- IP routing protocols: BGP, IS-IS, OSPF
- QoS, traffic classification, queuing, policing, marking
- Multicast protocols, PIM, IGMP
- IP/MPLS based business services L2VPN, VPLS, L3VPN, Internet access
- IP/MPLS based residential services Voice, Video, Internet
- Ethernet transport over microwave
- IEEE Bridging standards 802.1p, 802.1q, 802.1h, 802.1ae
- IEEE Ethernet standards 802.3 series
Preferred certification:
- Ericsson SGSN, GGSN, MPBN certification
- Huawei's WASN, MSANs, BRAS, AAA, Policy Manager certification
- Cisco certified CCNA, CCNP, CCIE
- Juniper certified JNCIA, JNCIS
- Policy based routing and Deep Packet Inspection platforms certification
- Ericsson OSS, HP-OVO, Nokia-Siemens SPOC or similar certification
- Bluecoat filtering and caching platforms certification
- Load balancing platforms certification
- Ericsson MINI-LINK TN AMM 2p, 6p and 20p series
- Other vendor’s microwave backhaul networks certification
- WiMAX CPE IOT testing certification
- xDSL, GPON CPE IOT testing certification
- 3G CPE testing certification
- Project Management certification
Work Experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in operation and maintenance of mobile and/or fixed packet core networks
- Minimum 3 years of experience in planning and optimization of mobile and fixed packet core networks or converged packet core networks
- Minimum 4 years of experience on senior management positions in mobile and fixed packet core networks planning
Client offers competitive Tax Free Expat Package.
Interested candidates are requested urgently to send their CVs to recruit@webecome.com or call +6590022574 for a confidential discussion.
Thanks,
We are the only people in this biz who say,
Yours Personally
Sheila R. Lorenzo
Recruitment Consultant
WeBecome.com (S) Pte. Ltd.
Mobile: +6590022574
www.webecome.com
M&E Engineer - Saudi Arabia
Job Description, Duties & Responsibilities:
Objective:Ø
According to the business plan and expansion strategy of Managed Services enhance projects delivery quality, and highly satisfied customers demand.
Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for providing site senior technical support for the Electrical and Mechanical equipment.
2. Responsible for 24x7x365 daily trouble shooting and repair.
3. Responsible for the site monitoring and provide proper site operation and maintenance.
4. Responsible for performing the routine preventive maintenance.
5. Responsible for technical communication.
Qualification Requirements (Education, Experience, Skills & Others)
1. Bachelor’s Degree (Electrical Mechanical Engineer )or above in telecommunication field or equivalent.
2. Energetic and studious; be able to travel frequently with short notice and work in Middle East countries.
3. At least 3 years practical experience in E & M Telecommunications industry.
4. At least 2 years big project/dept management experience with good track records.
5. Mature and positive attitudes; strong sense of quality; able to work well in a fast-paced, multi-culture dynamic environment.
6. Possess good interpersonal communications and negotiation skills. Be able to work as a team member and a leader, have good coordination and organizing skills.
7. Excellent written, oral and listening skills in English. Arabic would be a plus .
8. Ability to work under high pressure .
Send Your CV to : ss@sis-limited.com
Objective:Ø
According to the business plan and expansion strategy of Managed Services enhance projects delivery quality, and highly satisfied customers demand.
Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for providing site senior technical support for the Electrical and Mechanical equipment.
2. Responsible for 24x7x365 daily trouble shooting and repair.
3. Responsible for the site monitoring and provide proper site operation and maintenance.
4. Responsible for performing the routine preventive maintenance.
5. Responsible for technical communication.
Qualification Requirements (Education, Experience, Skills & Others)
1. Bachelor’s Degree (Electrical Mechanical Engineer )or above in telecommunication field or equivalent.
2. Energetic and studious; be able to travel frequently with short notice and work in Middle East countries.
3. At least 3 years practical experience in E & M Telecommunications industry.
4. At least 2 years big project/dept management experience with good track records.
5. Mature and positive attitudes; strong sense of quality; able to work well in a fast-paced, multi-culture dynamic environment.
6. Possess good interpersonal communications and negotiation skills. Be able to work as a team member and a leader, have good coordination and organizing skills.
7. Excellent written, oral and listening skills in English. Arabic would be a plus .
8. Ability to work under high pressure .
Send Your CV to : ss@sis-limited.com
Front Office Helpdesk
1. Position Mission
To work in the Managed Service organization for the Operations and Maintenance of the STC Network so as to meet the agreed SLAs& KPI thereby fulfilling the Company’s mission and customer
2. Department Responsibilities
FO is responsible for 24X7 surveillance of the STC network. For this, it should have the expertise for monitoring different nodes like BTS, BSC, MSC, MGW, RNC, node B, VAS nodes, Electrical and Transmission media.
FO requires working in Shift. Each shift has people working on different nodes.
It is required to monitor the network, segregate the alarms, do 1st level maintenance and escalate to responsible person.
FO is signal point of contact between huawei and STC; accept the requirement and end-user complaint from STC.
Responsibility for collect raw data, deal with the report and dispatch to relative staffs.
3. Position Responsibilities
Achieve the single point of contact (SPOC) with customer
standardize the activities for customer relationship management( CRM);
Guide to dispatch all kind of requests to appropriate engineers or management level for handling within the responding time of service level agreement (SLA) limits.
4. Position Activities
S. No Activities
1 Receipting service request and complaint from Customer Care Center, customer maintenance department or other departments.
2 Following the technical issues handling and complaints handling, and the handling of non-technical issue.
3 Coordinates with concerned on fault management and equipment behavior.
4 Creating trouble ticket in the IT system and distribute the ticket to the appropriate engineers or managers.
5 Confirming with customer about all handled requests or complaints, doing satisfaction survey and finally closing ticket.
6 Handling the report and delivery to relate staffs, then trace the problem of performance issue.
5. Position Specifications
5.1 Basic Requirements:
Minimum Qualification : B.Sc. level in Electrical Engineering / Telecommunication
Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent.
Professional
Relevant Experience : Minimum 3 years of experience in Operation & Maintenance implementation / integration / operation / support or testing environment.
5.2 Professional skills:
• Knowledge of all field related activities concerning transmission, data communications and access equipment.
• Hand on experience in GSM/WCDMA network characteristics and knowledge of all related network elements.
• Excellent handling skills of the above mentioned equipment.
• Basic knowledge of network performance / configuration / parameters.
• Network service / performance focused.
• Proficiency in English and Arabic language
• Basic knowledge of Huawei's network implementation / integration process.
5.3 Additional Skills:
• Be able to work independently and resolve issues with minimum escalation.
• Flexible and responsive to changing work patterns and demands.
• Excellent team player.
• Good communication skills.
• Open approach to solving problems and dealing with new proposals.
• A thorough and methodical approach to work.
• Must be able to work to tight time scales.
• High degree of analytical and investigative abilities.
Send Your CV to : ss@sis-limited.com
To work in the Managed Service organization for the Operations and Maintenance of the STC Network so as to meet the agreed SLAs& KPI thereby fulfilling the Company’s mission and customer
2. Department Responsibilities
FO is responsible for 24X7 surveillance of the STC network. For this, it should have the expertise for monitoring different nodes like BTS, BSC, MSC, MGW, RNC, node B, VAS nodes, Electrical and Transmission media.
FO requires working in Shift. Each shift has people working on different nodes.
It is required to monitor the network, segregate the alarms, do 1st level maintenance and escalate to responsible person.
FO is signal point of contact between huawei and STC; accept the requirement and end-user complaint from STC.
Responsibility for collect raw data, deal with the report and dispatch to relative staffs.
3. Position Responsibilities
Achieve the single point of contact (SPOC) with customer
standardize the activities for customer relationship management( CRM);
Guide to dispatch all kind of requests to appropriate engineers or management level for handling within the responding time of service level agreement (SLA) limits.
4. Position Activities
S. No Activities
1 Receipting service request and complaint from Customer Care Center, customer maintenance department or other departments.
2 Following the technical issues handling and complaints handling, and the handling of non-technical issue.
3 Coordinates with concerned on fault management and equipment behavior.
4 Creating trouble ticket in the IT system and distribute the ticket to the appropriate engineers or managers.
5 Confirming with customer about all handled requests or complaints, doing satisfaction survey and finally closing ticket.
6 Handling the report and delivery to relate staffs, then trace the problem of performance issue.
5. Position Specifications
5.1 Basic Requirements:
Minimum Qualification : B.Sc. level in Electrical Engineering / Telecommunication
Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent.
Professional
Relevant Experience : Minimum 3 years of experience in Operation & Maintenance implementation / integration / operation / support or testing environment.
5.2 Professional skills:
• Knowledge of all field related activities concerning transmission, data communications and access equipment.
• Hand on experience in GSM/WCDMA network characteristics and knowledge of all related network elements.
• Excellent handling skills of the above mentioned equipment.
• Basic knowledge of network performance / configuration / parameters.
• Network service / performance focused.
• Proficiency in English and Arabic language
• Basic knowledge of Huawei's network implementation / integration process.
5.3 Additional Skills:
• Be able to work independently and resolve issues with minimum escalation.
• Flexible and responsive to changing work patterns and demands.
• Excellent team player.
• Good communication skills.
• Open approach to solving problems and dealing with new proposals.
• A thorough and methodical approach to work.
• Must be able to work to tight time scales.
• High degree of analytical and investigative abilities.
Send Your CV to : ss@sis-limited.com
Field Maintenance Engineer(TX)
Location: Saudi Arabia
Reporting to: NOC Manager
Job Description:
1. Schedule first line preventative maintenance activities.
Checks, abnormality corrections, adjustments, tests, measurements, internal and external cleaning, surveys, as well as the analysis and replacement/repair of units, boards, components, modules.
TX department has a FME TX Preventive Routine Maintenance Check List.doc for maintenance activities.
2. On-site corrective maintenance.
Check meachine room environment status.Jump patch cord for NMS instruction. Fix or adjust significant equipment defects and failures, including the required replacement of units, boards, components.
3. Implementation of performance analysis recommendation.
Analyze the network performance and decide the actions to be taken in order to run the network in its optimal conditions.
4. On-site system configuration rearrangement.
Perform the system configuration rearrangements on-site under the guidance of Front Office.Perform testing job for network performance on-site under the guidance of Front Office.
5.Spare parts management.
FLM-FO staff clear up spare parts every month.
6.other
Instruments & tools management, documentation management, network security
management and service quality
Professional Related Working Experience:
1. Bachelors or masters in telecommunication.
2. Well versed with Optical Transmission & DataCom network architecture & protocols.
3. Minimum 2 years of experience in fault management, performance & capacity monitoring, and configuration management. 4. System upgrades, expansions & health checks of the network.
5. Experience in Huawei circuit switching equipments SDH series Metro 5000 / Metro 3000, NG-SDH series Optix 9500 / Optix 7500 / Optix 3500 , NG-WDM series BWS 320G / BWS 1600G , OTN series OTN 6800 / OTN 3800 is a must.
6. Familiar with O&M and technical support work flow.
7. Staff leadership & good communication skills.
Send your CV to : ss@sis-limited.com
Reporting to: NOC Manager
Job Description:
1. Schedule first line preventative maintenance activities.
Checks, abnormality corrections, adjustments, tests, measurements, internal and external cleaning, surveys, as well as the analysis and replacement/repair of units, boards, components, modules.
TX department has a FME TX Preventive Routine Maintenance Check List.doc for maintenance activities.
2. On-site corrective maintenance.
Check meachine room environment status.Jump patch cord for NMS instruction. Fix or adjust significant equipment defects and failures, including the required replacement of units, boards, components.
3. Implementation of performance analysis recommendation.
Analyze the network performance and decide the actions to be taken in order to run the network in its optimal conditions.
4. On-site system configuration rearrangement.
Perform the system configuration rearrangements on-site under the guidance of Front Office.Perform testing job for network performance on-site under the guidance of Front Office.
5.Spare parts management.
FLM-FO staff clear up spare parts every month.
6.other
Instruments & tools management, documentation management, network security
management and service quality
Professional Related Working Experience:
1. Bachelors or masters in telecommunication.
2. Well versed with Optical Transmission & DataCom network architecture & protocols.
3. Minimum 2 years of experience in fault management, performance & capacity monitoring, and configuration management. 4. System upgrades, expansions & health checks of the network.
5. Experience in Huawei circuit switching equipments SDH series Metro 5000 / Metro 3000, NG-SDH series Optix 9500 / Optix 7500 / Optix 3500 , NG-WDM series BWS 320G / BWS 1600G , OTN series OTN 6800 / OTN 3800 is a must.
6. Familiar with O&M and technical support work flow.
7. Staff leadership & good communication skills.
Send your CV to : ss@sis-limited.com
Saturday, April 3, 2010
RAN Career Opportunities - UK, Middle East, Africa, China, France
Hi all,
I'm currently headhunting for a number of vacancies with a leading Microwave Backhaul Solutions company, a Network Infrastructure provider and a leading Test and Measurement company.
For example I am looking for:
MEA Regional Sales Manager (ideally based in Egypt or the Lebonan but other locations maybe considered) - x2
Orange Account Manager - based in France with responsibility for the group but with travel to African opcos.
Africa Regional Sales Manager - ideally based in South Africa but focused on business in West Africa.
APAC General Manager - Based in China (Beijing) - Major Test and Measurement company.
MW Lead Technical Sales Consultant - UK based - I am looking for a thought leader / evangelist that can work with the sales team to break into key accounts.
Customer Account / Project Manager - UK based - I am looking for someone to manage the last part of the sales cycle and ensure that manufacturing and delivery of equipment to the client is achieved on time and to client satisfaction. High client touch role. Might suit a junior project manager or co-ordinator with commercial skills.
Technical Presales Consultant - UK based - candidates must have a understanding of radio networks and have excellent communication / customer facing skills.
For the UK based roles clearly I am looking for either those with UK working rights or EU passport, and for the other roles experience in those territories is a must.
If you might be interested feel free to email me your CV to neilmartin@mbrpartners.com. I am not interested in hearing from agencies.
Best Regards,
Neil Martin
+44 7917 101 208
neilmartin@mbrpartners.com
I'm currently headhunting for a number of vacancies with a leading Microwave Backhaul Solutions company, a Network Infrastructure provider and a leading Test and Measurement company.
For example I am looking for:
MEA Regional Sales Manager (ideally based in Egypt or the Lebonan but other locations maybe considered) - x2
Orange Account Manager - based in France with responsibility for the group but with travel to African opcos.
Africa Regional Sales Manager - ideally based in South Africa but focused on business in West Africa.
APAC General Manager - Based in China (Beijing) - Major Test and Measurement company.
MW Lead Technical Sales Consultant - UK based - I am looking for a thought leader / evangelist that can work with the sales team to break into key accounts.
Customer Account / Project Manager - UK based - I am looking for someone to manage the last part of the sales cycle and ensure that manufacturing and delivery of equipment to the client is achieved on time and to client satisfaction. High client touch role. Might suit a junior project manager or co-ordinator with commercial skills.
Technical Presales Consultant - UK based - candidates must have a understanding of radio networks and have excellent communication / customer facing skills.
For the UK based roles clearly I am looking for either those with UK working rights or EU passport, and for the other roles experience in those territories is a must.
If you might be interested feel free to email me your CV to neilmartin@mbrpartners.com. I am not interested in hearing from agencies.
Best Regards,
Neil Martin
+44 7917 101 208
neilmartin@mbrpartners.com
The First Live 3G to 4G/LTE Handoff
Posted by Jonathan Morgan
The industry tends to couple the LTE radio (the E-UTRAN) and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC). However, the EPC is being standardized as the core network for all access mechanisms, including: LTE, 2G, 3G, non-3GPP, and even wireline networks. The “open” EPC allows the operator to realize a truly converged packet core supporting all access technologies. The planning around the EPC must consider how all of these access networks enter the core, interwork with legacy systems, maintain seamless mobility, and provide consistent and optimized services.
Cisco’s mobile packet core solution is designed for the evolution from 3G to 4G. The ASR 5000 is the benchmark for today’s and tomorrow’s multimedia enabled core network. The ASR 5000 utilizes a simple, flexible distributed architecture that allows operators to support multiple access technologies concurrently, e.g., 2G, 3G and 4G, subscriber mobility management, and call control capabilities, as well as integrated intelligent In-line Services with policy enforcement. With its leading edge throughput, signaling and capacity, the ASR 5000 is the only product available today to support 3G mobile networks, and through software upgrades, support 4G functionality without forklift upgrades.
One of the challenges with the evolution to 4G is the ability to provide seamless mobility from 3G networks to 4G networks on day 1. As new applications emerge, the requirement for seamless service mobility for data becomes critical. For example, services such as messaging, push-to-talk, video, gaming, and enterprise security applications such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) require seamless service mobility to be viable. In the not so distant future, mobile users will soon be able to take part in a video chat while downloading a movie and writing e-mails with a mobile device. Providing content such as movies and live gaming without seamless service mobility will severely impact the user experience. Finally, there is nothing worse than a location-based service that is disrupted due to a handover which either takes too long to complete or results in a change in IP address—you may miss that right turn.
Cisco demonstrated the first live 3G to 4G handover in the industry at Mobile World Congress. At CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas, Cisco will again be demonstrating a live handover from both 3G to 4G and 4G to 3G with seamless mobility for mobile video. The demonstration also shows the ASR 5000’s ability to support both 3G and 4G functions in a single node.
Jonathan Morgan is a member of the Service Provider Mobility marketing team working, writing, and thinking about Evolved Packet Core solutions. You can read Jon's tweets at http://twitter.com/jamncl4.
The industry tends to couple the LTE radio (the E-UTRAN) and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC). However, the EPC is being standardized as the core network for all access mechanisms, including: LTE, 2G, 3G, non-3GPP, and even wireline networks. The “open” EPC allows the operator to realize a truly converged packet core supporting all access technologies. The planning around the EPC must consider how all of these access networks enter the core, interwork with legacy systems, maintain seamless mobility, and provide consistent and optimized services.
Cisco’s mobile packet core solution is designed for the evolution from 3G to 4G. The ASR 5000 is the benchmark for today’s and tomorrow’s multimedia enabled core network. The ASR 5000 utilizes a simple, flexible distributed architecture that allows operators to support multiple access technologies concurrently, e.g., 2G, 3G and 4G, subscriber mobility management, and call control capabilities, as well as integrated intelligent In-line Services with policy enforcement. With its leading edge throughput, signaling and capacity, the ASR 5000 is the only product available today to support 3G mobile networks, and through software upgrades, support 4G functionality without forklift upgrades.
One of the challenges with the evolution to 4G is the ability to provide seamless mobility from 3G networks to 4G networks on day 1. As new applications emerge, the requirement for seamless service mobility for data becomes critical. For example, services such as messaging, push-to-talk, video, gaming, and enterprise security applications such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) require seamless service mobility to be viable. In the not so distant future, mobile users will soon be able to take part in a video chat while downloading a movie and writing e-mails with a mobile device. Providing content such as movies and live gaming without seamless service mobility will severely impact the user experience. Finally, there is nothing worse than a location-based service that is disrupted due to a handover which either takes too long to complete or results in a change in IP address—you may miss that right turn.
Cisco demonstrated the first live 3G to 4G handover in the industry at Mobile World Congress. At CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas, Cisco will again be demonstrating a live handover from both 3G to 4G and 4G to 3G with seamless mobility for mobile video. The demonstration also shows the ASR 5000’s ability to support both 3G and 4G functions in a single node.
Jonathan Morgan is a member of the Service Provider Mobility marketing team working, writing, and thinking about Evolved Packet Core solutions. You can read Jon's tweets at http://twitter.com/jamncl4.
Job Opportunity – NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR (LAN) - QATAR
We are a Singapore Headquartered Recruitment Consulting Company. Our client in the QATAR is looking to hire a " NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR (LAN)" for a permanent assignment. The following are the skills required for the position.
Job Purpose
Responsible for the overall management of all networks at the company including installation, maintenance, security and access protocols etc. coordinating with concerned colleagues to ensure the provision of best in class network related services suited to the company’s needs.
Principal Accountabilities
1. Assist in IT Strategy Formulation
• Assist the IT Operations Manager compile inputs for the IT strategy formulation and budgeting exercise from the standpoint of setting up appropriate networks and related technical requirements for the company
2. LAN Management
• Set up the Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure at the company, including routers, firewalls, desktop systems and file servers
• Ensure the successful operation of the LAN environment at the company.
• Take necessary action for the installation and restoration of services liaising with all concerned in the process.
• Monitor and support technical systems required to keep the LAN up and running
• Identify and rectify operational problems in coordination with the Technical Support
• Assist staff in obtaining remote access to the LAN and e-mail facilities including the customization and adaptation of existing programs to meet users' requirements
• Report on the capacity and performance of existing networks and makes recommendations for acquisition of new or replacement equipment/infrastructure with economic justifications; coordinates with Technical Support in this regard
• Connect all users to the available networks by providing User ID and password creation support
3. Compliance with IT Policies and Procedures
• Interact regularly with users to understand their requirements and takes necessary steps to assist them in addressing those requirements within the acceptable established IT policies & procedures
• Monitor compliance with security procedures as provided by the Security Policy and Procedures/Internal Control Manuals at the company.
4. Annual Maintenance Contracts
• Provide inputs to Annual Maintenance Contractors (AMCs) and their representatives on matters related to servicing of the company’s networks wherever required
5. Training
• Assist in the provision of appropriate training and hand holding support to all concerned in relation to the company’s IT networks
Education & Experience
Diploma in Computer Science/ Information Technology with relevant additional certifications. Minimum of 5 years experience in IT, preferably in Project Management industry with at least 2 years at a similar level
Key Skills and Knowledge
Functional:
• Knowledge of latest IT networking technology and available options
• Understanding of Information Security Management
• Understanding of local and international laws governing Information Technology.
Behavioral:
• Customer orientation
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Results orientation and execution skills
Client offers competitive Tax Free Expat Package.
Interested candidates are requested urgently to send their CVs to ravi@webecome.com or call +6590022574 for a confidential discussion.
Thanks,
We are the only people in this biz who say,
Yours Personally
K. Ravi
Global Director - "Human Capital"
WeBecome.Com (S) Pte Ltd
P.O.Box 744, Marine Parade
Singapore 914409
Job Purpose
Responsible for the overall management of all networks at the company including installation, maintenance, security and access protocols etc. coordinating with concerned colleagues to ensure the provision of best in class network related services suited to the company’s needs.
Principal Accountabilities
1. Assist in IT Strategy Formulation
• Assist the IT Operations Manager compile inputs for the IT strategy formulation and budgeting exercise from the standpoint of setting up appropriate networks and related technical requirements for the company
2. LAN Management
• Set up the Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure at the company, including routers, firewalls, desktop systems and file servers
• Ensure the successful operation of the LAN environment at the company.
• Take necessary action for the installation and restoration of services liaising with all concerned in the process.
• Monitor and support technical systems required to keep the LAN up and running
• Identify and rectify operational problems in coordination with the Technical Support
• Assist staff in obtaining remote access to the LAN and e-mail facilities including the customization and adaptation of existing programs to meet users' requirements
• Report on the capacity and performance of existing networks and makes recommendations for acquisition of new or replacement equipment/infrastructure with economic justifications; coordinates with Technical Support in this regard
• Connect all users to the available networks by providing User ID and password creation support
3. Compliance with IT Policies and Procedures
• Interact regularly with users to understand their requirements and takes necessary steps to assist them in addressing those requirements within the acceptable established IT policies & procedures
• Monitor compliance with security procedures as provided by the Security Policy and Procedures/Internal Control Manuals at the company.
4. Annual Maintenance Contracts
• Provide inputs to Annual Maintenance Contractors (AMCs) and their representatives on matters related to servicing of the company’s networks wherever required
5. Training
• Assist in the provision of appropriate training and hand holding support to all concerned in relation to the company’s IT networks
Education & Experience
Diploma in Computer Science/ Information Technology with relevant additional certifications. Minimum of 5 years experience in IT, preferably in Project Management industry with at least 2 years at a similar level
Key Skills and Knowledge
Functional:
• Knowledge of latest IT networking technology and available options
• Understanding of Information Security Management
• Understanding of local and international laws governing Information Technology.
Behavioral:
• Customer orientation
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Results orientation and execution skills
Client offers competitive Tax Free Expat Package.
Interested candidates are requested urgently to send their CVs to ravi@webecome.com or call +6590022574 for a confidential discussion.
Thanks,
We are the only people in this biz who say,
Yours Personally
K. Ravi
Global Director - "Human Capital"
WeBecome.Com (S) Pte Ltd
P.O.Box 744, Marine Parade
Singapore 914409
Potential Technologies for Wireless Geolocation in LTE
WHY LTE ?
Current geolocation technique is not reliable and accurate in all geo location condition. It will be very accurate and reliable in open environment like highway but it won’t perform as accurately in the street of NYC. So under such circumstances this geo location technique is not reliable so this limitation inspired for the development of geo location technique based on 4G wireless technologies such as LTE. This article is an overview on LTE architecture which will play major role in developing new geo location technique which will overcome on limitation of current geo location technique based on 3G.
APPROACHES FOR LBS
Depending upon how the location information is delivered over the wireless networks, two approaches for LBS are defined.
CONTROL PLANE APPROACH
Control plane location architectures exploit the capabilities of the circuit-switched network and the signaling layer to extract location from inside and through the wireless intelligent network
These architectures are well designed for taking 'geographic snapshots' of many mobile resources carrying several different lightweight devices .With this type of architecture, network-based location queries can be initiated without any device intervention. The devices can be located regardless of their in-use or available state. Control plane architecture offer advantages like smart-client operating system independence and little-to-no device battery power consumption.
Control plane location access methods fit particularly well within larger enterprise IT applications such as field service automation, fleet management/dispatch and sales force automation. These applications typically depend on several other integrated IT systems including call center systems, corporate email servers, CRM systems, etc., and use these systems in conjunction with wireless location and geospatial servers to enhance larger capabilities of the application in support of automated business information flows and real-time communications.
In this context, location is used as a feature to enhance communications by triggering inbound or outbound notifications based on business conditions or observations defined by geographic zones
USER PLANE APPROACH
User plane networks take the location intelligence out of the carrier's mobile network elements and allow handsets to connect directly to location servers through IP, where the servers can be inside or outside the wireless service provider's network. The wireless network is therefore transparent to location applications, eliminating the need for carriers to build location performance directly in 4G networks. User plane location architectures are designed to enable rapid-fix location updates. In user plane location architectures, application intelligence usually resides within the mobile client rather than server-side. Distinct advantages of this approach include the ability to quickly update location locally on the device with minimal network costs, ability to use location locally within a smart client application, and inexpensively push location to servers for processing - all possible through secure IP connections independent of the circuit-switched network. User plane location access methods fit particularly well within user-initiated device centric applications such as navigation, gaming, high-frequency location polling for tracking, photomarking, geocaching and other applications that make use of user-generated content.
LTE CONTROL PLANE LOCATION ARCHITECTURE
The most important technology behind LBS is obviously the location information, which can be gathered by using a network based location detection method. The diagram above shows the control plane location architecture for LTE.
The Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC) contains functionality required to support LBS. In one PLMN (Public Land Mobile Network), there may be more than one GMLC. The GMLC is the first node an external LCS client accesses in a GSM , UMTS or LTE network. The GMLC may request routing information from the HLR (Home Location register) or HSS (Home Subscriber Server). After performing registration authorization, it sends positioning requests to either the VMSC (Visited Mobile Switching Centre), SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) or MSC (Mobile Switching Centre) Server and receives final location estimates from the corresponding entity.
Location Registers (LR) are database functions storing information typically used in the routing of signaling information.The CSCF provides session control for subscribers accessing services within the IM (IP Multimedia) CN. In essence the CSCF is a SIP Server. It has responsibility for interacting with network databases such as the HSS for mobility and AAA (Access, Authorization and Accounting) Servers for security.
The P-CSCF is the initial interface (SIP Server) between the mobile and the IMS. The address of the P-CSCF is discovered either as part of the SM (Session Management) procedures involved with establishing IP connectivity. That is, the address of the P-CSCF may be provided during the PDP Context Activation process.
The diagram shows flow of information when a user (UE) requests a location based service for example Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). As UE is talking to PSAP, the latter collects the location based information for the UE from GMLC by exchanging signaling messages through some intermediate entities. Thus the call is served by fetching the location based information from the network itself rather than relying on the UE to provide the same.
LTE SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION ARCHITECTURE:
System and Subsystem Descriptions
1) SUPL Location Platform:
In the above figure we can see that the SUPL Location Platform (SLP) consists of an SUPL Location Center (SLC) and SUPL Positioning Center (SPC). The SLC and SPC may be integrated into a single system. The Lup interface is used to deliver messages for SUPL Service Management and SUPL Positioning Determination. It may also be possible to separate the SLC and SPC functionality into separate systems within the SLP.
There are two different communication modes between SET and SLP:
- Proxy Mode: The SPC system will not have direct communication with the SET. In this environment the SLC system will act as a proxy between the SET and the SPC.
- Non-Proxy Mode: The SPC system will have direct communication with the SET
A) SUPL Location Center (SLC):
The SLC system coordinates the operations of SUPL in the network and performs the following functions as it interacts with the SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) over User Plane bearer:
1. SUPL Privacy Function (SPF): The SUPL Privacy Function is the function of ensuring the privacy of a SET User is honored. The following must be considered:
1. Adhere to the target SET User privacy setting regardless of Network Initiated or SET Initiated services
2. Adhere to notification and verification settings of the target SET User
3. Allow for future emergency and lawful override regulations that may apply to the target SET User
2. SUPL Initiation Function (SIF): The SUPL Initiation function provides a mechanism for a SUPL network to start a transaction with a SET. The initiation function is of special importance in enabling SUPL Network Initiated Services
1. The SIF starts its transaction by using one of the following methods:
2. WAP Push Access Protocol (PAP)
3. SMS directly in an MNO environment
3. SUPL Security Function (SSF): The SUPL Security function enables the SUPL network to authenticate and authorize the SET and enables the SET to authenticate and authorize the SUPL network. This is important in safely enabling both Network Initiated and SET Initiated SUPL Service. The SUPL Security function also provides confidentiality and data integrity
4. SUPL Roaming Support Function (SRSF): SUPL roaming occurs when a SET leaves the service area of its H-SLP. The service area of an H-SLP includes the area within which the H-SLP can provide a position estimate for a SET or relevant assistance data to a SET without contacting other SLPs. It should be noted that an H-SLP service area is not necessarily associated with the service area(s) of the underlying wireless network(s).
5. SUPL Charging Function (SCF): The SUPL Charging Function (SCF) is responsible for charging activities within the SLP. This includes charging of MLS Application, SUPL Agents and SET Users. The main task for SCF is to collect appropriate charging related data and data for accounting between SUPL providers. Additionally, SCF may authorize activities in SLP based on assessment of available charging data.
6. SUPL Service Management Function (SSMF): SUPL Service Management Function is the function of managing locations of SETs. This function stores, extracts, and modifies the location information of a target SET. During the execution of this function, the integration with charging, privacy, security, QoP functions SHALL be considered.
7. SUPL Positioning Calculation Function (SPCF): The position calculation function performs the function of calculating the position of a SET.
B) SUPL Positioning Center (SPC):
The SPC supports the following functions:
1. SUPL Security Function (SSF): The SUPL Security function enables the SUPL network to authenticate and authorize the SET and enables the SET to authenticate and authorize the SUPL network. This is important in safely enabling both Network Initiated and SET Initiated SUPL Service. The SUPL Security function also provides confidentiality and data integrity
2. SUPL Assistance Delivery Function (SADF): The assistance data delivery function generates and delivers available assistance data, which is used for the measurement or the calculation of a SET position.
3. SUPL Reference Retrieval Function (SRRF): The reference data retrieval function is the function of retrieving GPS reference data from a GPS reference network. Reference data is needed to generate assistance data.
4. SUPL Positioning Calculation Function (SPCF): The position calculation function performs the function of calculating the position of a SET.
2) SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET):
The SET supports the procedures defined in SUPL as it interacts with the network over the User Plane bearer. The SET may support one or more of the following functions depending on its capabilities and the SUPL Provider’s business rules:
1. SUPL Privacy Function (SPF): The SUPL Privacy Function is the function of ensuring the privacy of a SET User is honored. The following must be considered
1. Adhere to the target SET User privacy setting regardless of Network Initiated or SET Initiated services
2. Adhere to notification and verification settings of the target SET User
3. Allow for future emergency and lawful override regulations that may apply to the target SET User
2. SUPL Security Function (SSF): The SUPL Security function enables the SUPL network to authenticate and authorize the SET and enables the SET to authenticate and authorize the SUPL network. This is important in safely enabling both Network Initiated and SET Initiated SUPL Service. The SUPL Security function also provides confidentiality and data integrity
3. SUPL SET Provisioning Function (SSPF): SUPL SET Provisioning Function is the function that manages the provisioning for the SET. The SET SHALL be provisioned with the address of the Home SLP.
Key features of SUPL:
1) In this user plane there is no need to load the carrier with the information regarding the location as it is already present in the SUPL server that is the carrier will not need to upgrade its wireless infrastructure which is a cost and time consuming process. The network doesn’t matter whether LTE or Wi MAX as the network is completely transparent to location based services. Because of these reasons the SUPL environment provides cheaper and faster deployment of wireless location solution.
2) SUPL environment can run directly off the open internet. Private closed network are more secure which provide protection, security and privacy of data and allow only authorized user and application to access the location information. Closed network can also be designed to be faster and secure to support mission- critical application than the open internet due to which enterprise prefer to use these systems.
3) SUPL environment has accurate location specific information. Because if this many business application and technologies can introduce valuable location information to existing mission critical solutions. Eg: companies could track the delivery trucks in real time and could be able to find out shortest path. In this way there are endless possibilities.
4) SUPL enabled pattern matching location technologies include a location engine which is in the SUPL server which processes the location requests by comparing the radio parameter values which are present in its database because of which it gives the most accurate information. These pattern matching location technologies work well in dense urban and indoor environment as they actually take an advantage of complex clutters caused by tall building and other obstructions.
About the Author: Sheetal
I am Sheetal Thakur, earned MS in Telecommunication from New Jersey Institute Of Technology. Served as Technical Customer Support Assistant and Wireless Research Associate. My goal is to transit my enthusiasm, creativity & experience into a position, where I continue to provide the strategic and tactical leadership critical to retaining valued customers of an organization.
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Current geolocation technique is not reliable and accurate in all geo location condition. It will be very accurate and reliable in open environment like highway but it won’t perform as accurately in the street of NYC. So under such circumstances this geo location technique is not reliable so this limitation inspired for the development of geo location technique based on 4G wireless technologies such as LTE. This article is an overview on LTE architecture which will play major role in developing new geo location technique which will overcome on limitation of current geo location technique based on 3G.
APPROACHES FOR LBS
Depending upon how the location information is delivered over the wireless networks, two approaches for LBS are defined.
CONTROL PLANE APPROACH
Control plane location architectures exploit the capabilities of the circuit-switched network and the signaling layer to extract location from inside and through the wireless intelligent network
These architectures are well designed for taking 'geographic snapshots' of many mobile resources carrying several different lightweight devices .With this type of architecture, network-based location queries can be initiated without any device intervention. The devices can be located regardless of their in-use or available state. Control plane architecture offer advantages like smart-client operating system independence and little-to-no device battery power consumption.
Control plane location access methods fit particularly well within larger enterprise IT applications such as field service automation, fleet management/dispatch and sales force automation. These applications typically depend on several other integrated IT systems including call center systems, corporate email servers, CRM systems, etc., and use these systems in conjunction with wireless location and geospatial servers to enhance larger capabilities of the application in support of automated business information flows and real-time communications.
In this context, location is used as a feature to enhance communications by triggering inbound or outbound notifications based on business conditions or observations defined by geographic zones
USER PLANE APPROACH
User plane networks take the location intelligence out of the carrier's mobile network elements and allow handsets to connect directly to location servers through IP, where the servers can be inside or outside the wireless service provider's network. The wireless network is therefore transparent to location applications, eliminating the need for carriers to build location performance directly in 4G networks. User plane location architectures are designed to enable rapid-fix location updates. In user plane location architectures, application intelligence usually resides within the mobile client rather than server-side. Distinct advantages of this approach include the ability to quickly update location locally on the device with minimal network costs, ability to use location locally within a smart client application, and inexpensively push location to servers for processing - all possible through secure IP connections independent of the circuit-switched network. User plane location access methods fit particularly well within user-initiated device centric applications such as navigation, gaming, high-frequency location polling for tracking, photomarking, geocaching and other applications that make use of user-generated content.
LTE CONTROL PLANE LOCATION ARCHITECTURE
The most important technology behind LBS is obviously the location information, which can be gathered by using a network based location detection method. The diagram above shows the control plane location architecture for LTE.
The Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC) contains functionality required to support LBS. In one PLMN (Public Land Mobile Network), there may be more than one GMLC. The GMLC is the first node an external LCS client accesses in a GSM , UMTS or LTE network. The GMLC may request routing information from the HLR (Home Location register) or HSS (Home Subscriber Server). After performing registration authorization, it sends positioning requests to either the VMSC (Visited Mobile Switching Centre), SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) or MSC (Mobile Switching Centre) Server and receives final location estimates from the corresponding entity.
Location Registers (LR) are database functions storing information typically used in the routing of signaling information.The CSCF provides session control for subscribers accessing services within the IM (IP Multimedia) CN. In essence the CSCF is a SIP Server. It has responsibility for interacting with network databases such as the HSS for mobility and AAA (Access, Authorization and Accounting) Servers for security.
The P-CSCF is the initial interface (SIP Server) between the mobile and the IMS. The address of the P-CSCF is discovered either as part of the SM (Session Management) procedures involved with establishing IP connectivity. That is, the address of the P-CSCF may be provided during the PDP Context Activation process.
The diagram shows flow of information when a user (UE) requests a location based service for example Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). As UE is talking to PSAP, the latter collects the location based information for the UE from GMLC by exchanging signaling messages through some intermediate entities. Thus the call is served by fetching the location based information from the network itself rather than relying on the UE to provide the same.
LTE SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION ARCHITECTURE:
System and Subsystem Descriptions
1) SUPL Location Platform:
In the above figure we can see that the SUPL Location Platform (SLP) consists of an SUPL Location Center (SLC) and SUPL Positioning Center (SPC). The SLC and SPC may be integrated into a single system. The Lup interface is used to deliver messages for SUPL Service Management and SUPL Positioning Determination. It may also be possible to separate the SLC and SPC functionality into separate systems within the SLP.
There are two different communication modes between SET and SLP:
- Proxy Mode: The SPC system will not have direct communication with the SET. In this environment the SLC system will act as a proxy between the SET and the SPC.
- Non-Proxy Mode: The SPC system will have direct communication with the SET
A) SUPL Location Center (SLC):
The SLC system coordinates the operations of SUPL in the network and performs the following functions as it interacts with the SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) over User Plane bearer:
1. SUPL Privacy Function (SPF): The SUPL Privacy Function is the function of ensuring the privacy of a SET User is honored. The following must be considered:
1. Adhere to the target SET User privacy setting regardless of Network Initiated or SET Initiated services
2. Adhere to notification and verification settings of the target SET User
3. Allow for future emergency and lawful override regulations that may apply to the target SET User
2. SUPL Initiation Function (SIF): The SUPL Initiation function provides a mechanism for a SUPL network to start a transaction with a SET. The initiation function is of special importance in enabling SUPL Network Initiated Services
1. The SIF starts its transaction by using one of the following methods:
2. WAP Push Access Protocol (PAP)
3. SMS directly in an MNO environment
3. SUPL Security Function (SSF): The SUPL Security function enables the SUPL network to authenticate and authorize the SET and enables the SET to authenticate and authorize the SUPL network. This is important in safely enabling both Network Initiated and SET Initiated SUPL Service. The SUPL Security function also provides confidentiality and data integrity
4. SUPL Roaming Support Function (SRSF): SUPL roaming occurs when a SET leaves the service area of its H-SLP. The service area of an H-SLP includes the area within which the H-SLP can provide a position estimate for a SET or relevant assistance data to a SET without contacting other SLPs. It should be noted that an H-SLP service area is not necessarily associated with the service area(s) of the underlying wireless network(s).
5. SUPL Charging Function (SCF): The SUPL Charging Function (SCF) is responsible for charging activities within the SLP. This includes charging of MLS Application, SUPL Agents and SET Users. The main task for SCF is to collect appropriate charging related data and data for accounting between SUPL providers. Additionally, SCF may authorize activities in SLP based on assessment of available charging data.
6. SUPL Service Management Function (SSMF): SUPL Service Management Function is the function of managing locations of SETs. This function stores, extracts, and modifies the location information of a target SET. During the execution of this function, the integration with charging, privacy, security, QoP functions SHALL be considered.
7. SUPL Positioning Calculation Function (SPCF): The position calculation function performs the function of calculating the position of a SET.
B) SUPL Positioning Center (SPC):
The SPC supports the following functions:
1. SUPL Security Function (SSF): The SUPL Security function enables the SUPL network to authenticate and authorize the SET and enables the SET to authenticate and authorize the SUPL network. This is important in safely enabling both Network Initiated and SET Initiated SUPL Service. The SUPL Security function also provides confidentiality and data integrity
2. SUPL Assistance Delivery Function (SADF): The assistance data delivery function generates and delivers available assistance data, which is used for the measurement or the calculation of a SET position.
3. SUPL Reference Retrieval Function (SRRF): The reference data retrieval function is the function of retrieving GPS reference data from a GPS reference network. Reference data is needed to generate assistance data.
4. SUPL Positioning Calculation Function (SPCF): The position calculation function performs the function of calculating the position of a SET.
2) SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET):
The SET supports the procedures defined in SUPL as it interacts with the network over the User Plane bearer. The SET may support one or more of the following functions depending on its capabilities and the SUPL Provider’s business rules:
1. SUPL Privacy Function (SPF): The SUPL Privacy Function is the function of ensuring the privacy of a SET User is honored. The following must be considered
1. Adhere to the target SET User privacy setting regardless of Network Initiated or SET Initiated services
2. Adhere to notification and verification settings of the target SET User
3. Allow for future emergency and lawful override regulations that may apply to the target SET User
2. SUPL Security Function (SSF): The SUPL Security function enables the SUPL network to authenticate and authorize the SET and enables the SET to authenticate and authorize the SUPL network. This is important in safely enabling both Network Initiated and SET Initiated SUPL Service. The SUPL Security function also provides confidentiality and data integrity
3. SUPL SET Provisioning Function (SSPF): SUPL SET Provisioning Function is the function that manages the provisioning for the SET. The SET SHALL be provisioned with the address of the Home SLP.
Key features of SUPL:
1) In this user plane there is no need to load the carrier with the information regarding the location as it is already present in the SUPL server that is the carrier will not need to upgrade its wireless infrastructure which is a cost and time consuming process. The network doesn’t matter whether LTE or Wi MAX as the network is completely transparent to location based services. Because of these reasons the SUPL environment provides cheaper and faster deployment of wireless location solution.
2) SUPL environment can run directly off the open internet. Private closed network are more secure which provide protection, security and privacy of data and allow only authorized user and application to access the location information. Closed network can also be designed to be faster and secure to support mission- critical application than the open internet due to which enterprise prefer to use these systems.
3) SUPL environment has accurate location specific information. Because if this many business application and technologies can introduce valuable location information to existing mission critical solutions. Eg: companies could track the delivery trucks in real time and could be able to find out shortest path. In this way there are endless possibilities.
4) SUPL enabled pattern matching location technologies include a location engine which is in the SUPL server which processes the location requests by comparing the radio parameter values which are present in its database because of which it gives the most accurate information. These pattern matching location technologies work well in dense urban and indoor environment as they actually take an advantage of complex clutters caused by tall building and other obstructions.
About the Author: Sheetal
I am Sheetal Thakur, earned MS in Telecommunication from New Jersey Institute Of Technology. Served as Technical Customer Support Assistant and Wireless Research Associate. My goal is to transit my enthusiasm, creativity & experience into a position, where I continue to provide the strategic and tactical leadership critical to retaining valued customers of an organization.
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