An innovative ICT service creation approach based on IMS and Android collaboration

The emerging Android market gives rise to much interest of application developers because of its open API and SDK support. However, most Android applications are downloaded to the CPEs directly to deem the telecom network as a pipe. To enrich telecom services and fulfill all-IP network evolution, the IMS is believed to be the core of NGN. To greatly catch the trend of apps market, an innovative ICT service creation approach is proposed to integrate IMS service platform and Android apps development. In this paper, an ICT service creation platform is implemented and presented, under that Android applications can be developed to allow multiparty collaboration be initiated by simply making a call. To illustrate the use of the platform, an Android online game is also developed. Based on the proposed service creation approach, a new ICT service model is revealed and the telecom operators can much more benefit from the Android application development.