Converged services and the Telco of the future

Author

Schwartz, Mike

Author_Institution

Telcordia Technol., Piscataway, NJ, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

22-23 April 2005

Firstpage

20

Abstract

Summary form only given. Traditional fixed-line Telcos as well as newer mobile operators are facing competitive and profit-affecting challenges as broadband network access and IP services roll out to customers. Entry barriers for competitors are continually dropping, making it increasingly important to differentiate services by something other than price. This talk will review recent announcements from operators around the world and will explore the competitive challenges being faced by fixed-line operators. The promise of converging voice, data, video and mobility services under a single platform to offer market differentiation and competitive advantages will be discussed, revealing both the technical challenges and the business opportunities.

Keywords

data communication; mobile communication; telecommunication services; video communication; Telco; data services; fixed-line operators; mobile operators; mobility services; video services; Biographies; Broadband communication; Communication industry; Councils; Engineering profession; IEEE news; Investments; Standards development; Standards organizations; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Optical Communications, 2005. 14th Annual WOCC 2005. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9000-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WOCC.2005.1553706

Filename

1553706