IMS technologies and strategies for next-generation networks

Everybody seems to be all for creating revenue-generating next-gen services and content, but it sure isn’t easy.Service delivery platforms (SDPs) hold the promise of making the most of softswitch-based network architecture and IMS cores, allowing carriers to abstract services from the converged underlying transport layer and create reusable components of services — a bit like Lego blocks. The goal is ...

Call it a case of core values. After years of hype, IMS is becoming reality, but the transition to a converged IP architecture mostly is happening in the core, creating lonely islands of IP in a sea of legacy interconnection. This lack of IP at the edge creates operational and competitive issues for operators exchanging traffic while trying to maintain ...

Rural telecom carriers in North America often face the dual challenges of an extended network topology and a limited economy of scale. These carriers also must consider their options for adding emerging services including VoIP, video distribution and remote health care to their existing telephony service. An opportunity certain major carriers are pursuing is IMS as a platform to provide ...

With more and more Tier 2 and Tier 3 telcos acquiring mobile spectrum, Taqua LLC has added mobility to its list of access networks it supports on its Class 4/5 switch. The platform, Taqua Mobile Works, also has the added benefit of enabling integrated fixed-mobile convergence services. “An increasing number of rural and smaller telcos have acquired wireless assets or ...

Convergence. The word has been batted around the telecommunications and cable TV industries for years. More than a decade later, it’s still unclear just what it means. However, top technologists from leading telephone companies now are working in earnest to define convergence and address the standards gaps around it. “Convergence has a new urgency,” said Susan M. Miller, president and ...