Finnish Broadband Products - Requirements and Solutions
8th of May, 1998
Jussi Laakkonen, Vesa Kärpijoki
Computer Science
Helsinki University of Technology
Jussi.Laakkonen@iki.fi,
Vesa.Karpijoki@hut.fi
Abstract
The world is transformed by the historical coming together of the 4 Cs "consumer, communication,
computers, content". Broadband products are the ones on the cuttind edge of this revolution and
Finnish companies are pioneering products in this demanding field. This seminar study sheds
light on general requirements and solutions for broadband products. The four case studies of
the most visible and interesting products and product concepts give the reader a view of
importance of corporate strategy and technological innovation.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Acknowledgements
- 2. Players in the broadband market
- 2.1 General
- 2.2. Finnish market
- 3. Technical Requirements
- 3.1. Infrastructure
- 3.2. Service provider
- 3.3. Client side
- 3.4. Quality of Service
- 3.5. Accounting
- 4. Interactive TV
- 4.1. Definition
- 4.2. General
- 4.3. Finnish strategy for interactive TV
- 4.4. Finnish ITV players
- 4.5. Strategic questions to be answered
- 4.6. Consumers
- 4.7. Infrastructure
- 4.8. Service provider
- 4.9. Client side
- 4.10. Quality of Service
- 4.11. Accounting
- 5. Sonera Corporation TF-MediaNet
- 5.1. Product concept
- 5.2. Product positioning
- 5.3. Customers, end users, markets
- 5.4. Sonera Corporation's strategic approach
- 5.5. Infrastructure
- 5.6. Service provider
- 5.7. Client side
- 5.8. Quality of Service
- 5.9. Accounting
- 5.10. Future challenges
- 6. Helsinki Arena 2000
- 6.1. Concept
- 6.2. Consortium
- 6.3. Customers, end users, markets
- 6.4. Helsingin Puhelin's strategic approach
- 6.5. Infrastructure
- 6.6. Service provider
- 6.7. Client side
- 6.8. Quality of Service
- 6.9. Accounting
- 6.10. Future challenges
- 7. Helsinki Televisio cable network
- 7.1. Concept
- 7.2. Positioning and customers
- 7.3. Services
- 7.4. Markets
- 7.5. Helsinki Televisio's strategic approach
- 7.6. Infrastructure
- 7.7. Service provider
- 7.8. Client side
- 7.9. Quality of Service
- 7.10. Accounting
- 7.11. Future challenges
- 8. Conclusions
- 9. Glossary
- 10. References
Last modified 8.5.1998, Jussi.Laakkonen@iki.fi,
Vesa.Karpijoki@hut.fi.