Octopus Network

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Octopus Network
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Oulu - Proven Technology Track Record

• The worlds first commercial Edge high-speed
  network 2004
• Europes first free urban area WLAN network 2003
• The 1st contactless fare collection system for
  public transportation 1992
• The worlds first GSM base station early 1991
• Europes largest science park 1982
• The worlds first NMT network early 1981
• A great number of non-mobile innovations
• Octopus was created to
• build on this legacy and take it to the next
  level!

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Business and expertise

• Octopus consists of technology environment and
  services
• Tackles the need for testing and developing
  mobile applications in an authentic environment
• Network of companies has developed and tested
  tens of applications
• New jobs and revenue have been generated with
  applications
• Octopus is an interesting partner both nationally
  and internationally
• Octopus is funded by Employment and Economic
  Centre and
• Finnish Funding Angency for Technology and
  Innovation

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Octopus technology and services
Nationwide, liveGPRS/3G/WLAN
Internet
Octopus
Octopus operatorenvironment - IMS etc.
Firewall
Firewall

• Terminals
• Octopus
• subscriptions

• customers servers

• Development and testing support
• information, expert advice, test planning,
  documentation
• Business services
• communications, marketing, business support,
  training
• An open network including the top players in the
  field
• a network of expertise
• potential partners and customers

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Octopus - Partners
Core partners
Testing partners
Technology, radio access
Training
Research
Facilities, environment
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The next phase Octopus Network
Panlab
DIMES
Xpolis
OCTOPUS
VTT Converging Lab
panOULU
OAMK Mobile Lab
V-LAB
CWC
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Octopus Network
IMS Ecosystem
Technology providers
Technology utilizers
PRO
(IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem)
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Case Farmers Diary

• Farmers Diary, winner of the Octopus Mobile
  Application Contest 2004
• Created by four students from Oulu University of
  Applied Sciences
• Enables cropping planning and taking notes
• Helps maintain the EU farming accounting data in
  order, and allows you to print a real-time report
  on the farming activities to the inspector

Today Geographic Information System Services MHG
Ltd provides geographical information based
applications and application development services
for environment and natural resources
purposes. www.paikkatietopalvelut.fi
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Test case - SESCA Technologies Oy

• Software designing for industry and
  telecommunications, with own software products
• Facilities in Oulu, Kokkola and Pietarsaari
• More than 100 employees

SESCA Maintenance, (SE-MA)

• SE-MA is a maintenance system with great
  usability and various functions
• SE-MA was designed and tested in cooperation
  with maintenance experts
• Latest feature Mobility
• gt Using SE-MA with Symbian phones (creating a new
  task, worklog, device hierarchy)

gt SE-MA was tested in Octopus environment
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Test case Gamelion
Gamelion is testing DIDOTA platform, Content
Management and Distribution Over The Air, in the
Octopus testing environment. DIDOTA is being used
for distributing Games like Minikarting for an
example. DIDOTA offers flexibility for
controlling the whole content distribution chain,
including database content management, front-end
customization and billing platforms.
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Test case - Capricode
SyncShield is a progressive software management
tool that makes it possible to deliver and
maintain software centrally. The core of
SyncShield is Server that delivers information
to SyncShield Clients - both wired workstations
and wireless mobile terminals included - using
SyncML standard. The standard and Java
technology makes the system able to be installed
and used in multi-platform environment. Capricode
is using Octopus environment for testing and
piloting SyncShield wireless solution.
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Fujitsu Taking the Pains out of IT

• Fujitsu is an ICT service provider
• Through the Patja and Sohva operating models
  Fujitsu assumes the responsibility for the
  customers IT infrastructure and operational
  applications.
• Allows the customer to focus on its core
  applications that generate business benefit.
• Their expertise in mobile services, information
  security and SAP solutions is of acknowledged
  top-notch quality.
• Net sales for 0506 amounted to 311 M, headcount
  2 300
• Fujitsu Group is third largest IT services
  provider in the world.Fujitsu participates in
  Mobile IP pilots in the Octopus testbed

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Whats in it for Octopus partners?

• An insight to real mobile technology
• Cost-efficiency in development and testing
• - shorter TTM (time to market), better quality
• Diversified network of expert services and
  development services
• Potential partners and customers
• Training
• Get the edge with Octopus and its world class
  partners, technology and services!

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Customer testimonial Fraunhofer ISST

• DEPAS EU-project proposal (2Q/2006)
• DEPAS Dementia Patients Assistance Services
• New application for FP7 in 2007 call for
  partners
• Octopus is the best Wireless Testbed in Europe
• Dr. Bernhard Holtkamp
• Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

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Contacts
Jussi Mäkinen Director jussi.makinen_at_octo.fi
358 400 995 466
www.octo.fi octopus_at_octo.fi