Evolution of telecommunication in eastern Europe

Author

Kuentzel, Dieter ; Sloutski, Lev ; Sokolov, Nikolay

Author_Institution

Siemens AG, Germany

Volume

38

Issue

12

fYear

2000

fDate

12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

149

Abstract

New global trends in telecommunications technology and liberalization will force dramatic changes in the national telecommunications of the East European countries. Some of them are described in this article. Mainly the technical issues of shaping telecommunication systems evolution in the region are considered. The major trends in regional telecommunication networks evolution-deregulation, new end user demands, and technological innovations are described first . Next, we deal with today´s network structure. Finally, we describe the possible transformation of the network infrastructure in the near future.

Keywords

legislation; telecommunication networks; East European countries; deregulation; end user demands; liberalization; network infrastructure; packet telephony; regional telecommunication networks; technological innovations; telecommunication systems evolution; telecommunications liberalization; telecommunications technology; Computer networks; Europe; Investments; LAN interconnection; Spine; Switches; Technological innovation; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.888268

Filename

888268