Service Télématique
et Communication
Service Télématique
et Communication
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Two very successful events, which took place just before the summer, are covered in this issue: the celebration of 10 years of existence of our postgraduate programme in Telematics and Organisation, and a seminar we organised with the Belgian Teleworking Association (BTA) and the Belgian Association of Journalists in Information Technology (B-JIT) in St-Paul-de-Vence. Meanwhile, not covered in this issue are two other nice events that took place during the summer: we were successful with a project proposal in the European Commission TEN-TELECOM programme, in the domain of Internet Telephony, and we have already one proposal accepted in the IST programme, in the area of Virtual University. Other on-going and new activities are presented, and we welcome again one new collaborator, while yet another one is just about to join us, on the New Paths of Knowledge. Happy reading Paul VAN BINST
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IP Telephony domain, which is currently seeing a lot of research and development.
This is partly because it promises to provide cheaper communication services
to the user; it will allow service providers to create new services with
ease compared to the traditional telephone system and it allows the consolidation
of networks thus reducing the cost of maintaining two networks (one for
data and one for voice).
We are members of the TTT-Net project which is supported by the European Commission DG XIII - TEN TELECOM programme. The TTT-NET service is designed to be a generic, internationally interoperable IP-Telephony service. In the deployment phase TTT-Net systems and services are expected to be available in virtually 
every country (not restricted to the EU) where operators agree on a framework for international IP-Telephony services. TTT-net is designed to provide interconnection between the Internet (IP based networks) and the traditional Telephony services based on the circuit switched network technology including ISDN, PSTN and also GSM. Phase one of the TTT-net program ends in October. Phase two is currently being defined. ULB-STC will also be participating in the IMTC super interoperability test in Hawaii. We have defined one of the first publicly available signaling gateways between H.323 and SIP end systems. You can’t talk about IP Telephony in Belgium without knowing us!
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STC collaborated to the organisation of this exhibition, and there will also be a series of conferences during the same period of time, on a number of related topics. Information from + 32 2 6490259 or fondation.architecture@skynet.be
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| BTA/B-JIT Seminar in St-Paul-de-Vence |
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A first for BTA, B-JIT and ULB-STC, we organised a
During three days, close to 40 high-level
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Hard work was of
course compensated – and contacts enriched -
by the superb environment and very nice weather, and by a full range of social activities, from “petanque” contest to apéritif in the famous “Café de la Place”.
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| Ten
Years of Existence of the Postgraduate Programme in
Telematics and Organisation |
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Courses are given to adult students in the evenings and Saturday mornings; since 1989, an average of more than 50 students have registered each year, and more than 20 diplomas per year have been awarded. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary, the Old Students association (SAETO) has published an Alumni booklet. Information on the curriculum can be obtained from + 32 2 6502946 or telorga@ulb.ac.be or www.iihe.ac.be, click TELORGA. On May 11th, an academic event took place at ULB in the presence of the Rector of the University, Prof. Jean-Louis VANHERWEGHEM, as well as Prof. Hervé HASQUIN, then Minister of the Government of the Brussels Region (now Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium). More than 150 persons were in attendance. |
| Progress with the VERA Project |
| As mentioned in Newsletter 15, the
Belgian province Vlaams-Brabant is implementing an extranet that includes
all the local administrations of the province. The extranet, which
is being built in cooperation with VUB/ELEM, has been given the name “Vlaams-Brabants
Extranet voor Regio en Administratie”, in short VERA. VERA will provide
the local administrations with the basic Internet functionalities (e-mail
and Web access) and a whole range of banking and administrative services,
without charging any fee to the local administrations.
The long-term aim of the province with the establishment of the digital
platform VERA is to gradually develop a virtual community Vlaams-Brabant
by leveraging an open, scalable and standardized information and communication
technology infrastructure. This way, the province wishes to ensure
the added value of its intermediary role in the Belgian government landscape
of the 21st century, by transforming itself into a so-called cybermediary.
VUB/ELEM is currently focusing on the strategical business model of VERA,
including the juridical, technical and marketing aspects, in order to build
a solid framework for the future virtual community Vlaams-Brabant.
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Charles AGBOH, Denis AUQUIER, Ehsan CHIRAZI, Alain JOUREZ, Robert MBWE MPOULI, Jacques ONDOUA, Olivier PARIDAENS, Nadia PARONI, Robab SATTARI SADAT, Paul VAN BINST, Jean-Marc VERBERGT. Our VUB collaborators:
(for all of the above, e-mail is: surname@helios.iihe.ac.be) Our Student collaborators:
Secretariat:
Other regular collaborators:
Contact:
Rosette VANDENBROUCKE
World Wide Web Address:
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Installing our UNISOURCE BFWA |
SEMINARS and CONFERENCES |
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In the early days of September, installation work was
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Brussels Teleport The successful series of lunch time conferences is resuming at the following dates: October 19, November 23, December 15 (information from + 32 2 4752000 or teleport@skypro.be). BELTUG
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| Messaging Expertise with ComTech |
| In the context of our long lasting collaboration with
ComTech, ULB/STC has started working on a new project for a large ComTech
client.
The project consists in developing an e-mail firewall solution to be used by the client in order to protect their Internet e-mail access point. Two such e-mail firewalls are to be installed on two different client sites. The basic product chosen for this task is Sendmail Pro but with modifications to be brought in order to accommodate specific requirements by the client. A first version of the solution is to be released by end of September.
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| A new contract with COLT Telecommunications |
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In the scope of a new contract between COLT Telecommunications and ULB-STC, a comprehensive series of courses and seminars are organised for different categories of COLT personnel, covering state-of-the-art technical as well as managerial and strategic topics. |
