COMPLIMENTARY ADVISORY REPORT

NGN Tracker:
Incumbents Play Defense Whilst Challengers Agitate with IMS, SIP and Carrier Ethernet

| April 1, 2009 | Business Telecom Services - Europe | Advisory Report

| Analyst: Joel Stradling, Senior Analyst, Telecom Services Europe

Carrier NGN strategies continue to make progress at varying rates throughout Europe, with adaptations and rollouts driven by several factors, such as market regulation, competition and overall economical conditions. Incumbent operators still face large-scale legacy network retirement processes including the systems that back them, as older PSTN, frame relay, ATM and x.25, equipments make way for modern multi-service platforms and back-office operations administration and maintenance (OAM) and billing.

Another challenge that all operators face is deciding which technology to back. Investments must be future-proof, and interoperability, scalability and standards compliance are all essential aspects to consider for a next-generation network plan. This report looks at the concrete activities and announcements, with additional analysis and commentary on the reasons why service providers have adopted a certain approach in terms of relations with infrastructure vendors and in launching ‘NGN-like’ services.

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