Title :
Internet Revolution in Telecom
Author :
Martikainen, Olli
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informations Process. Sci., Oulu Univ.
Abstract :
The convergence of telecommunications, computing and content industries has been one of the major trends during the recent years. The convergence changes the digital service market from the existing vertical "pipes" to a more general horizontal structure. As a result of this development the integrated service-network-terminal connections is resolved into generic services available to multipurpose terminals through Internet. In this paper we consider the horizontal development, its effects on telecom services and, in particular, what the development would imply to the communications industry. We explain also why mobile services have been slow in horizontal development, and which disruptive points may drive this development in the mobile services value chain
Keywords :
Internet; mobile communication; mobile computing; telecommunication computing; Internet revolution; communications industry horizontal development; digital mobile service; service-network-terminal connection; telecom service; telecommunication convergence; Communication industry; Convergence; Electronic mail; ISDN; Personal digital assistants; TCPIP; TV; Telecommunication services; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Modern Computing, 2006. JVA '06. IEEE John Vincent Atanasoff 2006 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sofia
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2643-8
DOI :
10.1109/JVA.2006.31
