A wide range of articles of topical interest and relevance to the ICT industry.

A timely reminder of ITP's membership benefits.

The Contents of this issue.

David Molony and Evan Kirchheimer (Ovum, UK) examine the process of cloud service enablement from the telecoms user perspective.

Arnold Jansen and Wim Henderickx examine the best options for introducing IPv6 in existing wireline environments.

This paper analyses the FTTH deployment in Stockholm, Sweden, and compares it to other successful initiatives, focusing on the initiators, their key drivers and strategies.

A personalised, integrated, multi-disciplinary and above all proactive healthcare model seems to be the next eHealth must-have. The right to privacy, however, is at risk of compromise as this evolution may conflict with the current legal framework on data protection.

Social networking sites have made programmatic interfaces to the data streams generated by their users available to developers. In this article interfaces are described, types of data illustrated, techniques used to process the extracted data examined and applications for business use explored.

During his working life, Sir Charles Kuen Kao has been given numerous Awards. Yet amazingly, the thing he is most famous for was done in the same year as he gained his PhD. John Midwinter met Sir Charles in the early '70s and has remained friends ever since. Here, he tells the remarkable story of a remarkable man.

Bringing in new blood to the telecoms industry – and then getting the best out of them – is a priority for the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP). ITP's new Chief Executive, Ann Potterton, explains the value of mentoring and calls on members to get involved.

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