Title :
Convergence in telecommunications: a forward look
Author_Institution :
Enterprise Global Marketing, Nortel Networks, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The paper discusses the issues carriers have been facing in the access and metropolitan networks (the areas where most capital spending is still happening), and how these networks are evolving using next generation technologies and what factors are most important to them. It also discusses the technologies that are being deployed by carriers in emerging markets and how some of them may be applicable to Pakistan.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; subscriber loops; Pakistan; access networks; metropolitan networks; next generation technologies; telecommunications carriers; telecommunications convergence; Asia; Biographies; Convergence; Finance; Forward contracts; Intelligent networks; Next generation networking;
Conference_Titel :
Networking and Communication Conference, 2004. INCC 2004. International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8325-7
DOI :
10.1109/INCC.2004.1366562
