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Helsinki Telephone Corporation
http://www.helsinkiarena2000.fi
Agenda
• What is Helsinki Arena
2000?
• Consortium
• Arena is a Network
• Structure of the Arena
net
• Arena, TV and the
Internet
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Content
Virtual Helsinki
Pilot Projects
Arena Lasipalatsi
What is Helsinki Arena 2000?
• Local Internet -> Intranet of the citizens of
Helsinki (700 000 households)
• Use of the present telephone network
• Fast connection to every household (2Mbps/sec)
• City authorities services from the net
• Companies can serve customers through the net
• Culture from the net
• Finnet-Group
Consortium
– Helsinki Telephone Corporation
• Hardware suppliers
– IBM, ICL
• Software suppliers
– IBM, ICL, NOVO Group, TT Tieto
• Network technology
– Nokia, IBM, ICL
• Content providers
– City of Helsinki, Merita bank, Helsingin Sanomat, Universities
Arena is a Network
• Arena is a broad band data network, the intranet
of people living in the Helsinki Metropolitan
area
• Arena is a platform that enables for example
– VHS quality video transformation from and to
homes
– mass broadcasting
The Structure of the Arena net
• Use of the current copper cables
• Connections
– ISDN, xDSL
• Platform technique
– IP/ATM
PC
Router
HDSL
2 Mbit/s
Access node
Network Architecture
IP/ATM Network
Access
Network
IP/ATM node
IP/ATM node
ADSL
Services,
e.g. ISP
PC
6Mbit/s/640kbit/s
ISDN Central
Office
Access node
Telephone
PSTN/ISDN
PC
IP
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Gateways
- IP-PSTN Telephone
- IP-ISDN Dial-Up
- Internet Supplementary Services
ISDN
128 kbit/s
Arena, TV and the Internet
• Same technology (TCP/IP)
• Arena net has an access to the Internet,
– Contract with an ISP i.e. Kolumbus
– Internet cannot guarantee quality - Arena net can
• Cable-TV
– Cooperation with the content delivery
• Digital-TV
– Arena will be the return channel from homes
Applications
• The same as in the Internet
• In the Arena net also:
– Multicast
– Video phone with directory
– Telecommuting (fast connection)
Content
• Arena is a place for network content
– Independent content providers
– HPY also a technology provider: electronic
commerce, video casting, chat channel
– City authorities services; application forms, notices
etc.
Virtual Helsinki
Why a Virtual City Model?
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User interface of the future?
Place oriented people
Window to the real world
Professional applications
New way of finding services
Additional value, doesn’t replace existing
services
Usage of the 3d model
• Public use
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Meeting point
Casino
Electronic commerce
Shopping channel
Cultural and religious
content (for example
church services for the
disabled)
• Professional use
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Driving simulator
School over the net
The police
Fire Department
– Defensive forces
3D-city as a User Interface
Arena 3D-model
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Successful Pilot Projects
Videophone
• Simple, easy and cheap videophone for every
household
• Videophone directory
Virtual Museum
• Senate square yr.
1805
• http://www.hel.fi/
kaumuseo
Education
• Studia
Generalia
public lectures
together with
the University
of Helsinki
Network Concerts
• Student concerts to the network
• Live broadcast
• Cooperation with the Sibelius Academy
CD Launch
• Together with
Warner Music
• First in Finland
• KaijaKoo
3D Telephone Catalog
TV Broadcast in the Network
• HTC
company
news
Arena Lasipalatsi
“Virtual world in the network”
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3D model of the Lasipalatsi
building located in the middle of
Helsinki as an environment for the
world
Use the network and come in !
Doesn’t depend on your physical
location
Economical - equal - fun sometimes only choice ?
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“New way to communicate”
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Text communication between two
or group of users
Voice communication between two
or group of users
Communication by using gestures
and body movements
Telephone calls
Shown by studies : most of the Internet users want to and do use network for
communication purposes
Arena Lasipalatsi
“Entertaining forum to meet people”
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Meet people - communicate - enjoy
Keys: Interactivity, participating,
communities
Entertain yourself and each other
by using the services of the
environment: for example listen
music on live radio broadcast or
hear latest sport news, watch
previews of movies or TV
programs.
It is your choice !
Arena Lasipalatsi
“Leading edge technology”
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Technically ‘Community System’
Networked multi-user system that
is capable of delivering content to a
number of users across the various
data networks.
System has capability of receiving
actions from users, and mediating
those actions to other users.
Arena Lasipalatsi
“Leading edge technology”
– Integrated conference system
that allows Arena Lasipalatsi to
be adapted to existing
conference infrastructures, as
well as being basis for total
solution offerings for various
applications, such as training
and customer support, as well
as casual chat within created
virtual environment.
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“Leading edge technology”
– Possibility to make phone calls
from a virtual world or web
pages to real telephones via the
telephone network.
– Integrated streaming
technologies that allow real
time data types to be presented
in the virtual world.
– User interface that utilizes
latest 3D technologies and
standards
Arena Lasipalatsi
“End user requirements ?”
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Nothing special: Pentium 166
MHz, 32 MB, Full Duplex Sound
Card, Microphone and
loudspeakers, 128 Kbps ISDNconnection, Netscape or Internet
Explorer 4.x, 3D accelerator
recommended
Arena Lasipalatsi
“Facts behind”
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is there first as always
How to offer new products and
services utilizing existing network
and forthcoming broader ones ?
Integration of the latest knowledge
and technologies is a good choice
As long as people spend time using
net we can charge
Communication is no. 1
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Role of HPY: “Media in the network”
• Transmission techniques
– Internet
– Arena
– Digital TV
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Means of media in the net
• Network broadcast
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Images, audio, video
City cameras
3D virtual model
Panoramas
Network broadcast as a whole
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Two level approach
1. Info centre -> Internet
2. Galleria -> broadband (Arena)
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Interactivity
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Email
On-line text chatting
Web phone
Picture telephone
Community services
Interested? Ask more!
http://www.helsinkiarena2000.fi