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Apple’s music player, the iPod Touch is quite respected in the music player market. As if to add charm owned, iPod Touch will be ‘dressed’ with a camera and microphone.

Circulated the news that Apple plant in China has produced a model of the iPod Touch with a camera and microphone are.

Quoted from Wired, Tuesday (21/7/2009), the rumor is exhaled by a source close to Apple. The source mentioned that the iPod Touch with a ‘dressed’ just starting pitch at the market within two to three months in advance.

Besides equipped with cameras and microphones, mentioned also that this music player will be equipped with the ability to voice over internet protocol (VoIP).

However, the truth of the news can not be determined. Related to this news, the Apple declined to confirm.

Dili – The four of us, Mr. Kemal Prihatman, Mr. Muchlis, Mr. Harry Sufehmi and I, set out from Indonesia to contribute to helping IT mission in East Timor, especially in the field of open source. We are in East Timor between 1-5 June 2009.

We were greeted by the friends of the Ministry of Infrastructure Timor-Leste an institution responsible for the problems of telecommunications, roads and energy. Friends who welcomed us was Mr. Paulo Dacosta, Mr. Hilman Akil and two other female staff. Mr. Paulo Dacosta who is a manager at the Ministry of Infrastructure. Medium, Mr. Hilman Akil is the advisor to the National Directorate of ICT in the Ministry of Infrastructure.

In our initial conversations with friends from East Timor, the thing that would appeal to us in Indonesia is the success of the Ministry of Infrastructure East Timor, led by Mr. da Silva Pedro Lay one Atmajaya graduates. East Timor’s National implementations Connevtivity Project (NCP) conducted by the National Directorate of the Ministry of ICT Infrastructure, which is led by Mr. Flavio C. Neves graduated from GMU.

Through the NCP, Ministry of Infrastructure Timor-Leste successfully connect the 5 districts of 13 districts in Timor Leste using WiMAX. Nearly half of Timor-Leste connected WiMAX. In addition, they also operate a VoIP, or more precisely its Next Generation Network (NGN) as we know it in the People’s VoIP over their WiMAX infrastructure.

This makes the overall telecommunications costs will be low. Dragons of his far left and Indonesia must learn to East Timor in the implementation of WiMAX & NGN.

National ICT Directorate under the Ministry of Infrastructure in East Timor is currently implementing the National Connectivity Project (NCP) which is a key infrastructure for e-government of Timor Leste that will come. Escorted by Mr. Hilman Akil an Indonesian, an MIT alumnus United States, who became advisor to the National Directorate of ICT tendering process to guard national connectivity project implementation carried out.

Basically, the National Connectivity Project (NCP) was born from the need for data communication to all levels of government in East Timor. This project will support data komnunikasi between departments with other departments, and between Dili district administration.

In the implementation, this NCP is three phase, ie Phase-1 to Dili and Baucau Oecusse, Phase-2 for Maliana, Ermera, Suai, and Batugade (the border), and Phase-3 Ainaro, Liquica, Aileu, Manatuto, Same, and Viqueque and an additional phase to the Border, namely Sakato, Salele and Bobomento.

All districts throughout the state of East Timor is likely to be fully connected at least late 2009 or early 2010. Inter-District used VSAT infrastructure using Telkom-2 satellite. From the capital district, inter-governmental offices are used WiMAX 802.16d version that works on the 3.5GHz frequency. Was in the government building used WiFi and LAN networks.

Even more amazing, the whole process of the National Connectivity Project (NCP) is done in a short time. NCP in August 2008 began the concept matured. Study process including appeals to the various countries that have been implemented in WiMAX as Nauru. There were 18 bidders who wish to participate in the NCP from various countries such as Australia, Portugal, Singapore, Singapore, Indonesia, with 9 pre-qualification, but only 7 participants who enter the document. Tender process in
won by Telkom Indonesia International is led by Mr. Mulya Tambunan.

The process of technology transfer at doing well. For the first stage, the implementation in three districts, Telkom Indonesia International is implemented while doing training for East Timorese.

For two (2) The next district, the implementation process carried out by friends of the East Timorese themselves with guidance from Jakarta. There are about 30 of the people of East Timor who were recruited as a help desk and call center for the implementation of the National Connectivity Project (NCP). One key to the success of the NCP is the budget allocation for capacity building, raising the capacity of human resources capabilities, including scholarships for staff to learn ICT NCP. Like one Linda was a graduate of NCP staff STT Telkom (now IT Telkom in Bandung).

Thus a brief report of developments in East Timor ICT sector that seems far more advanced than what we thought in Indonesia. We seem to need to learn also to East Timor.

A company found weaknesses in the system of internet protocol-based phone aka Voice over IP (VoIP). But the findings kept secret so as not to use the evil.

As quoted from Cellular-News, Sunday (29/6/2008), the weakness was discovered by VoIPshield Lanoratories, a network security specialist firm voice over internet protocol. That if exploited weaknesses could damage the company said VoIP device manufacturers that exist today.

VoIPshield refused to mention the weaknesses that they find the specifics. “We do not want to give ammunition to the hackers,” said Bogdan MATERNA, Chief Technology Officer VoIPshield.

But they said it would cooperate with the VoIP vendors to fix vulnerabilities. Avaya, Cisco and Nortel have learned is that weaknesses and has developed ways to overcome them

People’s Science for VoIP was developed in Indonesia turned out to be useful also for other countries. Internet experts who are also activists VoIP Rakyat, Onno W. Purbo, was invited to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Thailand to provide workshops that took place on 7 to 9 April 2008.

This time, Onno gave a workshop on the implementation of Next Generation Network (NGN) and the Electronic Number Mapping (ENUM). InterLab held at AIT, where the workshops were held, Onno started to install VoIP equipment.

The first session, the introduction of VoIP, starting with creating an account at http:://fwd.pulver.com, http://www.voxalot.com, to exchange techniques in http://www.sipbroker.com SIP. Onno also give leak tricks how to get the number from the U.S. and how http://www.ipkall.com ’steal’ Telkom numbers using http://www.e164.org Thailand.

Log into the second session, Onno began demonstrating a technique called by using the IP Phone, Analog Telephone Adapter, until a call to PSTN or mobile by using fixed wireless gateway. Participants quite surprised to see a demo that made Onno, was from the local VoIP phones can call. Details of this technique was really quite clearly described in the Video VoIP DetikIINET and in the book “roots VoIP Bakal Telkom Rakyat”

At lunch, Prof.. Kanchana from the Department of Computer Science AIT and colleagues had discussed the possibility to Thailand to enable his ENUM Server. Even one of the emerging issues is the possibility to build ENUM Server at Asian level.

Prof. Kanchana is one of the IT & Internet activists in Asia Pacific and had a representative on the ICANN Asia which regulates the numbering and Internet domain name in the world.

Then in the third session, participants began to teach material that is harder to compile asterisk softswitch from source code. This makes the hangover a lot of participants. But after 2-3 hours on average of all works so well running its softswitch asterisk. Detailed techniques to compile asterisk softswitch can be read at the Technical Compile Asterisk on Ubuntu.

Onno evening dinner with Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut from AIT at Korean restaurants, the first time was for a Onno eat at Korean restaurants with a few friends there including Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance and Former Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights.

One of the interesting stories that emerge are Thailand ever live without YouTube and various Internet sites for 9 months, because the government blocked the site. This occurred in the military coup in Thailand.

But now, supposedly elected governments do not dare close the YouTube site on the Internet especially. If it was done, they might not be a government that will be chosen again so that such possibility is avoided by elected governments.

Prof. Kanchana also had offers to join the InterLab Onno AIT Thailand, which became Adjunct Researcher, because InterLab AIT seems to be seriously implement ENUM for NGN and Thailand.

Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007, one of the leading products included in Microsoft’s product groups Unified Communications (UC) which is the operating software for VoIP, video, instant messaging and conference has been named a VoIP product in 2007 version of CRN.

In the CRN report, released on December 6, 2007, said that with the release of Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007, Microsoft has created a balance in the VoIP revolution today. OCS has created a furor at the time of entering the market early this year 2007. Wait how things Microsoft’s creation can impact on the market at the time he had to really compete against similar products. OCS is now a choice of products as VoIP products this year at the CRN Test Center, as reported by CRN on its website.

According to Lukman Susetio, Unified Communications Group Manager of PT Microsoft Indonesia, the current UC solution has been applied extensively in several major companies such as Indonesia Excelcomindo Pratama, Bank Danamon, Petrosea and Bosowa.

“Since launching the first time in Indonesia on November 1, 2007, UC solutions revenue growth in Indonesia is very encouraging. In the period of July sales period until the end of December 2007, revenues from the OCS has developed more than 100% or two times compared with the the same period last year. This shows the great confidence of companies in Indonesia will be Microsoft’s UC solutions, “he said.

UC solutions are also said to be one solution to the most ‘hot’ in companies today, because it can help reduce the cost of communication, increase productivity and efficiency and competition. “We are optimistic that the OCS market will grow even more in coming years,” added Lukman.

OCS is part of Microsoft’s Unified Communications solution, which the other pillars are closely related is the Microsoft Exchange 2007 that serves not only as an e-mail solution alone, but the solution is integrated with voice mail and faxes, so a user can check their e-mail not only in Outlook, but also on the voice mail and fax.

OCS is also able to function as a stand-alone IP-PBX and can work with many PBX systems that have used the current (legacy system) that do not need to ‘rip and replace’.

Evidence from Petrosea and XL

PT Petrosea Tbk, a mining company that has strategic partners in Australia, Clough Limited has many projects in various countries such as Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Singapore and Australia and other regions in the world’s waters.

Seven years ago, Clough have outsourced work related to IT to PT Petrosea Tbk in Jakarta. 42 people with IT Professional labor they manage all IT needs for the entire group of companies, even arrange Clough data centers located in Australia from Jakarta. “We are a bit of an Indonesian company that provides IT outsourcing services to global companies,” says Gary Doucet, MIS Group Manager of IT Department Clough Limited Australia and Indonesia Tbk PT Petrosea.

According to him, now e-mails are no longer sufficient in communicating their needs. “For us, OCS is a very important piece for a larger image. OCS to create a reliable communication for team members who are in various different locations. I found a staff working in Pakistan who use this facility every day OCS because OCS can save costs, “said Gary. He also believed that the cost of business trips has decreased approximately 20% with the use of OCS 2007.

Another recognition of PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL). As one telecommunications company, XL has always been a leader in adopting technology to support business processes. XL is also one of the leading local companies in adopting Microsoft’s Unified Communications technologies to enhance the effectiveness of communication and pressing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

“With Unified Communications, today we no longer find it difficult to contact anyone as we’ve ever had as a PBX system. This is a solution that really helps us reduce the cost of long distance communications,” said Gunawan Efrie, GM IT Infrastructure PT Excelcomindo Pratama .

Use of Contact Management, he added, has helped XL in controlling the information that we want to see if accessed from home or while out of the office. “This helps improve teamwork which requires the collaboration of various parties in the region wherever they are,” he added.

Channel Web Network is a site that includes information technology content, review, analysis and various sources of information about other technologies. In March 2007, the site CRN and VARBusiness magazines collaborate with ChannelWeb to provide a single portal for the solution provider community. ChannelWeb has become one of ‘Ten Great Media Web Sites’ version of B2B Magazine’s Media Business at the July 2007 edition.