Keynote: On the Increasing Complexity of Multimedia Service Provision in Next Generation Networks and the Future Internet

Summary form only given. In regard to the emerging Web 2.0 service explosion the telecommunications landscape is evolving rapidly from a voice and messaging centric environment towards an open multimedia service and content market. Whereas historically specific telecommunication services (such as voice telephony) have been provided in dedicated network environments (such as the PSTN/ISDN) with specific service delivery platforms (SDPs) in charge for the control of value added services (such as the intelligent network), we today see the notion of seamless interactive multimedia communication and information services, often referred to as X-Play services, on top of converging networks. This convergence of fixed and mobile telecommunication networks with the Internet is driving the definition and implementation of the so-called next generation network (NGN).