NEWS
Direct commerce platform
enables eInvoicing with
Italian Government
Nokia and
M-net conduct
field trial
using Nokia
technology
N
okia and German service provider,
M-net, have jointly announced the
first field trial of probabilistically-shaped
wavelengths using Nokia Photonic Service
Engine 3 (PSE 3) super coherent technology.
In preparation for the rollout of its state-
of-the-art Bavarian WDM network, M-net
has become the first carrier to trial Nokia’s
Photonic Service Engine 3 coherent digital
signal processing technology. The PSE-3
is the first DSP to implement probabilistic
constellation shaping, or PCS, a sophisticated
signal processing technique pioneered by Bell
Labs which finely adjusts the optical signal to
maximise the data-carrying capacity of an
optical fibre over any distance.
D
irect Commerce (DCI) has announced
its successful Procure to Pay (P2P)
platform connection with the Italian
Government’s Sistema di Interscambio
(SDI) for electronic invoicing.
Direct Commerce clients can now
access a compliant platform from
which domestic Italian businesses can
accurately receive invoices from the SDI
in accordance with the government’s
requirements. In addition to this
functionality, the Direct Commerce
P2P platform supports multiple types
of compliant invoice formats including
PO-based, non-PO-based and specialised
invoices. The Direct Commerce
functionality also enables auto-posting
into SAP and compliant archiving.
These new features are included in
Direct Commerce’s global SaaS-based
P2P automation platform, with cloud-
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INTELLIGENTCIO
based compliance services through an
integration with Sovos TrustWeaver.
The Direct Commerce Platform includes
enhanced European VAT rules, expanded
language capability and improved
jurisdictional compliance, thus enabling
fast, automated processing of corporate
invoicing and payments on a global scale.
“Through its integration with Sovos
TrustWeaver, Direct Commerce is
safeguarding customers doing business
in Italy – and in more countries
to come as they introduce similar
mandates,” said Christiaan van der Valk,
Vice President of Strategy at Sovos.
“As VAT enforcement moves to the
transaction level in Italy and beyond,
Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
guarantees multi-country compliance
for automated e-invoicing processes,
supporting clearance, signing validation
and e-archiving.”
M-net successfully transmitted 500G per
wavelength over a deployed regional
network, utilising PCS to shape the signal
from its maximum capacity of 600G to
a rate optimised for the specific fibre
route used in the test. This high level of
performance and flexibility enables M-net
to maximise the capacity of every network
fibre, ensuring its innovative backbone will
meet the demands of soaring video traffic
and 5G mobile broadband.
Dr. Hermann Rodler, CTO at M-net, said:
“This field trial clearly underlines the
innovative strength of M-net. We are very
proud to collaborate with Nokia to push the
technology envelope on our state-of-the-art
fibre-optic network and to be the first carrier
to publicly test the PSE-3 and its probabilistic
constellation-shaping technology.”
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