Title :
Value-added services in the converged network
Author :
De Serres, Yves ; Hegarty, Lawrence
fDate :
9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Now that the local market is open to competition, incumbent local exchange carriers as well as competitive LECs must not only follow the technology curve, but find a way to ride the wave of network convergence and offer innovative value-added services if they want to maintain their market share. Over the past decade, the intelligent network has been used to support value-added services. New APIs are being designed for the creation of value-added services spanning multiple domains (wireline/wireless, voice/data, public/enterprise). These APIs will not only ease the development of value-added services, but will also open service creation to third parties
Keywords :
application program interfaces; business communication; economics; intelligent networks; telecommunication services; IN; Java; competitive LEC; converged network; economic factors; intelligent network; intelligent networks; local exchange carriers; local market; market competition; network convergence; network technology; public/enterprise; public/enterprise services; service creation; technology curve; value added services; value-added services; voice/data services; wireline/wireless; Bandwidth; Environmental economics; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Optical fibers; Packet switching; Protocols; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication services; Weapons;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
