Ericsson to trial new Directory Access Gateway at the Swedish University
Network
Ericsson and the Swedish University Network (SUNET) have signed a Memorandum
of Understanding covering trials of Ericsson's Directory Access Gateway (DAG)
service. Ericsson will install DAG, the world's first global telecoms and
Internet directory, at SUNET by the end of August this year as a key trial
site for the new product.
The new DAG service will be used by SUNET within the TISDAG1) project to
provide a national email directory for Sweden. It works by acting as a gateway
to all Internet operator and service providers' directories. This will enable
Internet users to have instant access to all the contact details of Swedish
users of the Internet. This includes mobile and fixed telephone numbers, e-
mail addresses and WWW sites even though the information may be contained in
different formats and in different places by different organisations. DAG is
the first service of its kind to offer a single point of access to this
information. DAG opens a new range of business opportunities for network
operators, information and service providers.
"The agreement is great news for Ericsson since SUNET is one of the main
driving forces within the Internet area in Europe," said Per Jomer, vice
president and general manager, Ericsson Network Intelligence. "Since the
release of DAG in June, it has generated much interest from both the telecoms
and datacoms markets. With the explosion in the use of email and www
addresses, clearly there is strong demand for a product that can find a
complete set of contact details within seconds and at the touch of a button."
DAG is a distributed directory service containing a central index of data
sources rather than the data itself. DAG accepts queries in all commonly
available protocols and interrogates its index to find which directory servers
might contain relevant information. It then accesses all the identified
servers, using the protocol appropriate to each server, collates the results
for the transmission to the user. DAG also contains charging interfaces,
allowing flexible billing of transactions.
Ericsson Network Intelligence, the world leader in Intelligent Networks (IN),
has supplied IN products and services to more than 100 fixed and wireless
operators in over 40 countries. Recognised to be the most well known supplier
with the most purchased brand of IN services and products, Ericsson Network
Intelligence customers range from full service operators to new carriers and
global alliances.
Ericsson's 100,000 employees are active in more than 130 countries. Their
combined expertise in fixed and mobile networks, mobile phones and infocom
systems makes Ericsson a world-leading supplier in telecommunications.
The TISDAG Project
The Technical Infrastructure Swedish Directory Access Gateway (TISDAG) was
initiated two years ago. The project aims to implement a protocol translator
for Internet directory services. It has already received recognition from the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an example of how to implement a
protocol translator for directory services. The project is supported by the
Swedish Foundation for Knowledge and Competence Development (KK-stiftelsen).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
Ulf Lesley, Director of Global Marketing, Network Intelligence,
Business Unit Public Networks, Ericsson Infocom Systems
Tel. +46 8 719 6862 or +46 70 519 6862
Email: ulf.lesley@ericsson.com
Olle Thylander, Project Manager, SUNET
Tel: +46 8 4537255
Email: olle.thylander@hsv.se
Patrik F„ltstr”m, Tele2 - TISDAG project
Email: paf@swip.net
Pernilla Melander, Press Relations Manager,
Business Unit Public Networks, Ericsson Infocom Systems,
Tel. +46 8 719 11 20 or +46 70 327 6434
Email: pernilla.melander@etx.ericsson.se
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