DocumentCode
1544685
Title
Technical challenges to a decentralized phone system
Author
Bell, T.E.
Author_Institution
IEEE Spectrum, New York, NY, USA
Volume
27
Issue
9
fYear
1990
Firstpage
32
Lastpage
37
Abstract
Changes that followed in the wake of the divestiture of AT&T are examined. One of these is the growth of new services, particularly ISDN and Switching System No.7 (SS7) services. Another is that setting standards has become a public and global, rather than strictly AT&T-determined, process. Waiting for standards is slowing innovations in the networks, because major equipment vendors to not want to take risks in developing new features, functions, and capabilities before standards are decided on. Service gains and lags in the new environment are discussed.<>
Keywords
ISDN; standards; telephone networks; AT&T; ISDN; SS7; Switching System No.7; decentralized phone system; standards; Control systems; Customer service; History; ISDN; Monopoly; Quality control; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/6.58451
Filename
58451
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