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EDITORIAL We are at the dawn of a new age in mobile communications. With the standardization of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), anytime, anywhere access to the Internet will soon be fully achieved. To ensure the success of UMTS, ILOG is working with other leaders in the communications industry to create a highly flexible and reliable transitional system that enables multimode devices to tap both new UMTS services and well-established Global System for Mobiles (GSM) services. Organized by the TeleManagement Forum, the Mobile Common Configuration Management (MCCM) project has as its goal the continued seamless switching between service areas, or "cells," that mobile phone users depend on. ILOG’s participation is the result of the confidence the other project members hold for the company. Our business rule engines will make MCCM possible, with consistency checking that individual service providers can easily localize. In partnering with ILOG, the other MCCM project members partnered for success.
Backing New Mobile Standard ILOG is among the key members of the Mobile Common Configuration Management (MCCM) Catalyst Showcase, the TeleManagement Forum project to develop a system for seamlessly switching mobile telephony between the emerging third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and the second-generation Global System for Mobiles (GSM). 
UMTS is a broadband system for the packet-based transmission of text and digitized audio, video and multimedia at data rates as high, or higher, than 2 megabits per second. Already endorsed by major standards bodies, communications equipment suppliers and mobile network operators, UMTS is set to be the standard for mobile users worldwide by the year 2002. Once UMTS is in place, portable computers, personal data assistants and mobile phones will be able to stay constantly linked to the Internet and have the same functionality anywhere. Until UMTS is fully implemented, however, UMTS devices will have to rely on the omnipresent GSM networks to stay connected. Generation gap Working with such top companies in communications as Ericsson Radio, Motorola, Nokia Networks and Siemens, ILOG is participating in the project by contributing its know-how in rule-based data correlation. Other TeleManagement Forum members involved in the project include Bull, Compaq Computers, Cramer Systems, Evidian, Lucent Technologies and PSI. ILOG Rules has been selected for the MCCM project. The industry-leading rule engine will serve in consistency checking and enable service providers to configure the system to their specific needs. After UMTS is fully in place, ILOG Rules will allow the providers to easily update their service applications with new offers, rates and promotions, scaling them to meet customer demand and regulatory changes. Moreover, with the fastest rule engine technology, ILOG Rules will ensure reliability and high performance for real-time processing. UMTS will make it possible to provide a variety of new mobile services, including several alternative methods for paying for connections: pay per bit, pay per session, flat rate, asymmetric bandwidth and others. The higher bandwidth will also support services that may become widely relied upon, including video conferencing and online supply management. ILOG Rules and ILOG JRules are widely used in communications applications for network and service management, customer care and billing, and customer relationship management. They come with an integrated development environment for creating and debugging applications, and a customizable and extensible language that places rule definition in the hands of business users such as marketing and customer service personnel.
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