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France Telecom and HP: "Together, We Can Do More"

Through its Orange brand, France Telecom serves 174 million customers on five continents with Internet, television, and mobile services. France Telecom needed to transform 17 data centers into two green, highly efficient ones to support growth. France Telecom consolidated and virtualized servers using VMware and the HP BladeSystem which projected...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., France Telecom, Data Centers, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing

Case studies 2009-01-01

A Randomized Rounding Heuristic to Reroute Tunnels in MPLS Networks

In Multi-Protocol Label Switching MPLS networks, traffic demands can be routed along tunnels called Label Switched Paths LSPs. One tunnel is characterized by a path in the network and a reserved bandwidth. These tunnels can be created and deleted dynamically, depending on traffic demand arrivals or departures. After several operations...

Tags: MPLS, Network, Tunnel, France Telecom, Networking, Network Technology

White papers 2007-07-06

Generic Architecture for MPLS-TE Routing

This paper deals with Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Traffic Engineering Routing (MPLS-TE Routing) Systems which offer key Traffic Engineering features, including optimization of resources utilization, Quality-of-Service QoS and Fast Recovery. Numerous MPLS-TE Routing systems have been defined in the past with their own advantages and drawbacks. This paper proposes a generic architecture...

Tags: QoS, France Telecom, Architecture

White papers 2007-06-20

Robust Pre-Provisioning of Local Protection Resources in MPLS Networks

Telecommunication networks are subject to failures which may be complex. Fast-reroute implementations have been proposed for MultiProtocol Label Switching MPLS networks to make it possible to reroute traffic locally in case of failure. Hence, to each link is associated a bypass tunnel usable if the link fails. These protection tunnels...

Tags: MPLS, Tunnel, France Telecom, Telecommunication Network, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-06-11

Rerouting Tunnels for MPLS Network Resource Optimization

In Multi-Protocol Label Switching MPLS networks, traffic demands can be routed along tunnels called Label Switched Paths LSPs. A tunnel is characterized by a path in the network and a reserved bandwidth. These tunnels can be created and deleted dynamically, depending on traffic demand arrivals or departures. After several operations...

Tags: MPLS, Optimization, Network, Tunnel, France Telecom, Networking, Network Technology

White papers 2007-04-10

EU: France Telecom broke antitrust rules

EU: France Telecom broke antitrust rulesWell, it seems that...the EU Competition Commission and EU courts are serious about enforcing the EU laws proscribing unfair competition practices against all violators, EU or non-EU based. And, are not just tools of protectionism that abuse US based companies, as some of the...

Tags: Corporate law, Linux, antitrust, antitrust rule, France Telecom

Discussion threads 2007-01-30

User-Level Performance in WLAN Hotspots

This paper presents a novel performance analysis of the downlink of WLANs carrying TCP traffic. The paper first provide a packet level analysis that accounts not only for the interaction between TCP and the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol, but also for the different radio conditions experienced by various users. It...

Tags: Radio, WLAN, France Telecom, TCP, Analysis, Tcp/Ip, Wireless LANs, LANs, Performance Management, Wi-Fi, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing

White papers 2007-01-01

A Simulation Study of TCP Performance Over UMTS Downlink

Data transfer on the UMTS downlink can be done either through Dedicated Channels DCH or shared channel FACH. The data transfers on the DCHs can receive very high throughputs. However, a setup time of the order of 250ms is required before data transfer can begin on the DCH. For very...

Tags: Channel, UMTS, France Telecom, TCP, Cellular Phones, Tcp/Ip, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-01-01

A Statistical Bandwidth Sharing Perspective on Buffer Sizing

The issue of buffer sizing is rightly receiving increasing attention with the realization that the bandwidth delay product rule-of-thumb is becoming unsustainable as link capacity continues to grow. The present paper examines this issue from the light of ones understanding of traffic characteristics and the performance of statistical bandwidth sharing....

Tags: Bandwidth, France Telecom

White papers 2006-11-29

A Routing Architecture for MPLS-TE Networks

This paper deals with Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Traffic Engineering Routing (MPLS-TE Routing) Systems which offer key Traffic Engineering features, such as optimization of resources utilization, Quality-of-Service QoS and Fast Recovery. Numerous MPLS-TE Routing systems have been defined in the past with their own advantages and drawbacks. This paper proposes a generic...

Tags: QoS, France Telecom, Architecture

White papers 2006-09-04

Analytical Model for Performance Evaluation of GPRS/EDGE Multi-Service Networks

GPRS/EDGE networks are designed to transmit packet data. Several types of traffic with varying characteristics have to be supported by these networks. This paper proposes an analytical performance model for GPRS/EDGE networks in order to derive a simple relationship between cell capacity, traffic characteristics and performance. The model presented is...

Tags: Performance, GPRS, Performance Evaluation, France Telecom, EDGE, Performance Management, Cellular Phones, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2005-06-23

A Multi-Agent System for Dynamic Service Composition in Ambient Intelligence Environments

Pervasive computing environments involve a variety of smart devices, which tend to overcharge humans with complex or irrelevant interaction. Ambient Intelligence pushes forward a vision where technology is integrated into everyday objects with the intent of making users' interaction with their surrounding environment simpler and more intuitive. This paper exposes...

Tags: Environment, Interaction, France Telecom, Semantic Web, Internet

White papers 2005-03-29

Performance Modelling of GSM/GPRS Cells With Different Radio Resource Allocation Strategies

This paper presents an analytical model for the performance evaluation of GSM/GPRS cells with different resource allocation schemes. The presented model is based on the Modified Engset Model with a finite number of users generating ON/OFF sessions in the cell. The closed formula following from the model is applicable for...

Tags: Performance, GPRS, Resource Allocation, Radio, France Telecom, Allocation, GSM, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2005-01-27

OWL-S: Semantic Markup for Web Services

The Semantic Web should enable greater access not only to content but also to services on the Web. Users and software agents should be able to discover, invoke, compose, and monitor Web resources offering particular services and having particular properties, and should be able to do so with a high...

Tags: Web, Web Service, France Telecom, Service, Real Estate, Channel Management, Semantic Web, Strategy, Business Operations, Marketing, Internet, Management

White papers 2004-11-22

FranceTelecom R&D White Paper on SAT+WiFi Experiment

This white paper describes a bi-directional broadband access composed of a satellite link coupled to Wifi access developed by FranceTelecom in order to provide high bit rate access to areas not covered by terrestrial ADSL technologies. About 10 experimentations have been launched in France in rural environment, providing IP access...

Tags: IP, Experimentation, France Telecom, Satellite, Wireless LANs, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2004-11-04

France Telecom Streamlines Service and Increases Competitiveness With PeopleSoft CRM

With increasing competition nipping at its heels, France Telecom began searching for a solution that would help it retain loyal customers. To get a complete picture of each customer, France Telecom had to get its call and service centers on the same page. Each organization had its own information system...

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., France Telecom, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software

Case studies

w-HA (France Telecom) Grows Mobile / Electronic Payments Ecosystem With Valista Technology

Combining technological expertise and aggressive service innovations, France Telecom has grown into one of the world's top 5 communications carriers with revenues exceeding ?34 billion and operations in over 60 countries. France Telecom needed to create a world-class eCommerce service enabling purchases of goods and services via mobile, fixed-line and...

Tags: Payment Processing, Payment, Electronic Payment, Mobile, France Telecom, Valista, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance

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Dynamic Service Composition in Ambient Intelligence Environments: A Multi-Agent Approach

Ambient Intelligence pushes forward a vision where technology is integrated into everyday objects with the intent of turning the users' surrounding environment into a global and simple interface with information systems. This vision poses major challenges in designing systems that smartly adapt their behavior towards smarter interaction with users. This...

Tags: Environment, Vision, France Telecom, Strategy, Management

White papers

Telecom Provider Gains Mobile Productivity and Efficiency With Messaging Solution

The France Telecom Group, a global telecommunications giant with 153 million customers, wanted to integrate voice, fax, and e-mail data for traveling executives - both internal employees and customers of its Orange Business Services brand. In an increasingly mobile world, France Telecom believed that a messaging solution needed rich support...

Tags: Mobile, Voice, France Telecom, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Groupware, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

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Additional Resources

How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?

Okay, butThey also go out and buy their own servers with some hidden budget line, then try to foist maintenance off on the CIO. And then we try to integrate the data - and the data isn't theirs, it's critical to the health, even survival, of the enterprise.Yes, we...

Tags: Strategy, Virtualization, cloud computing, Regulatory compliance, Marketing Guy, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-10-19