Sun Microsystems will be supporting T-Mobile International’s next-generation service delivery portal.
Sun is providing T-Mobile with software and hardware including: the Solaris (TM)Operating System (OS), Sun Java System Identity Manager, Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition, Sun StorEdge (TM) storage systems and Sun Fire (TM) servers. The portal will improve the provisioning feeds used to store customer records and service definitions, and process purchases via the T-Mobile customer portal across Europe.
t-zones, the customer portal, provides subscribers with access to downloads of games, music, news and sports coverage from third party content providers, as well as ring-tones and wallpapers exclusive to T-Mobile. Sun will provide a number of business applications to support the new portal, which will be hosted by LogicaCMG. “Since 2001 T-Mobile has developed and operated a single portal for the majority of its European operating companies; some while ago, we recognized the need to substantively reduce the ongoing costs of both the development and operation of this service. This deal allows us to migrate to a truly commoditised portal solution, underpinned by innovative hardware, software and hosting services and produce a truly high availability, best-of-class third-generation portal at substantively reduced cost,” said Kevin Cunnington, T-Mobile’s executive vice president for Portals and Portal Infrastructure.
The Sun applications, which include the Java System Identity Manager, will enable the feeds from T-Mobile to its subscribers, estimated to be up to 20 million. In addition the portal will use the Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition to store up to 10 million customer records, and purchases in excess of 1,000 supplier service definitions. The directory server will also be used to control the appearance of the portal to customers and process purchases of games, music and news via the portal.