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IP Services Infrastructure The Current Analysis IP Services Infrastructure module covers the companies, products and strategies impacting the evolution of packet-based networks into the preferred infrastructure for delivering voice- and multimedia-based communications, as well as the gradual transition of the PSTN from circuit-based to packet-based technology. Coverage includes multiple technologies and architectures involved in the transition of communications services to an IP-based service delivery infrastructure. ► Full coverage description
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The Service Delivery Platform (SDP) currently occupies a paradoxical position in the telecommunications industry; it is at the same time something old and something new. This condition arises, of course, from the fact that the SDP, a mature and familiar artifact of telecommunications networks, is undergoing a rapid and dramatic evolution into a multi-faceted platform for assisting operators in their transition into value-added service providers. That the SDP is essentially a moving target has made it difficult to define and nearly impossible to compare one supplier’s SDP to another’s.
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Follow the links below to read free newsletters, highlights, analyst news flashes, telebriefing replays, and samples of recent Current Analysis Competitive Intelligence from the IP Services Infrastructure module. Service Delivery Platforms: Defining and Comparing - 5/6/2009 VoiceCon Orlando 2009: Acme Packet Goes Down-market with the Net-Net 3800 SBC - 3/30/2009 Mobile World Congress 2009: Iskratel & GENBAND Enable Metro Networks - 2/19/2009 Mobile World Congress 2009: ZTE Unveils Unified Service Development and Management Solution - 2/13/2009 Mobile World Congress 2009: Tekelec Expands EAGLE Platform and Unifies Portfolio - 2/12/2009 Mobile World Congress 2009: Acme Packet Evolves SBC to Meet Needs of 3G/4G Mobile Broadband - 2/11/2009 Mobile World Congress 2009: Aepona Teams with TDC to Push Network as a Service Business Model - 2/9/2009 Nortel Bankruptcy Filing Casts Doubt on Future Path – The Carrier Networks Perspective - 1/14/2009 Alcatel-Lucent Continues on its Whirlwind Set of Strategic Shifts – Hedges for No Surprises During a Lean 2009 - 12/12/2008 GENBAND Acquisition of NextPoint Future Proofs Media Gateways and Advances Mobile Data Strategy - 9/17/2008 Nortel less Carrier Ethernet less Optical Infrastructure less LTE Equals What? - 9/17/2008 Alcatel-Lucent’s New CEO and Chairman to Tackle Big Challenges - 9/3/2008 Softswitch 2008: Disaggregating Toward Extinction? - 8/8/2008 Alcatel-Lucent NGN/IMS Rationalization: Greater Than Sum of Parts - 8/5/2008 Telecommunications Industry Entering Era of Transformation - 7/8/2008 NXTcomm08: IMS/NGN Plugfest 5 Defines the Gm Interface or IP UNI - 6/18/2008 NXTcomm08: Taqua Goes Mobile with Mavenir - 6/18/2008 NXTcomm08: NextPoint Assembles the Troops to Attack Mobility Market - 6/17/2008 NXTcomm08: MetaSwitch Brings Next-Gen Features and Functions to POTS Subscribers - 6/17/2008 The Cable Show ’08: Nortel Introduces Next-gen SIP Application Server and Consumer VoIP Packages - 5/19/2008 GENBAND Acquires NSN’s Media Gateways and a Channel Gateway to the World Market - 4/14/2008 CTIA Wireless 2008: Alcatel-Lucent and GENBAND Keep the Knot Tied for Mobile NGN Solutions - 4/1/2008 CTIA Wireless 2008: Acme Packet Makes Move to Expand Role in Build Out of IP Infrastructure - 3/31/2008 Introducing the Fixed Mobile Convergence Gateway - 3/11/2008 Mobile World Congress 2008: Sun Claims Industry First with NEBS-Approved 64-Thread Server - 2/12/2008 Mobile World Congress 2008: Tekelec Puts Mediation and Migration Strategy on Display - 2/11/2008 Mobile World Congress 2008: Sonus Jumps into FMC Game with Unveiling of mobilEdge Platform - 2/11/2008 Mobile World Congress: NextPoint Delivers Latest Version of IPX Proxy - 2/11/2008 Mobile World Congress 2008: NewStep Cozies Up to Oracle’s Service Delivery Platform - 1/6/2008 COVERAGE DESCRIPTION
The Current Analysis IP Services Infrastructure module covers the companies, products and strategies impacting the evolution of packet-based networks into the preferred infrastructure for delivering voice- and multimedia-based communications, as well as the gradual transition of the PSTN from circuit-based to packet-based technology. Coverage includes multiple technologies and architectures involved in the transition of communications services to an IP-based service delivery infrastructure. In addition to the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Service Delivery Platform (SDP) architectures, the module includes coverage of five product segments: Softswitches, Class 5 Alternatives, Hosted Multimedia Application Servers (HMAS), Media Gateways and Session Border Controllers (SBC). IMS – The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is an architectural framework for the next-phase in the evolution of service provider infrastructures. Based on the Session Initiation Protocol and standards developed by the 3GPP/3GPP3, ETSI TISPAN and others, IMS provides an Internet-like signaling system for person-to-person and person-to-content communications. SDP – The Service Delivery Platform (SDP) is an architectural framework that enables telecom operators to increase the agility of their service delivery infrastructures by overseeing the integration of information technology (IT) and Internet-based practices into their next-generation business models. SDPs are a mechanism for introducing change agents such as reusability, Web services and service orchestration and mediation into the telecommunications service delivery infrastructure. Softswitches – The essential element in the initial transition of voice and multimedia communications to a packet-based infrastructure, softswitches are signaling devices that provide both call/session control, as well as media gateway control. Softswitches continue to undergo a process of disaggregating, with equipment makers steadily distributing the softswitch into increasingly specialized components. Class 5 Alternatives – Class 5 alternatives are primarily self-contained telephony switches that offer service providers a cost-effective alternative to existing and aging Class 5 circuit switches. These devices, which are aimed primarily at IOCs, typically offer both TDM and packet interfaces. Hosted Multimedia Application Servers – One of several application servers built to deliver telephony features to enterprises and consumers over a service provider’s packet-based infrastructure, HMAS deliver traditional access services, such as call forwarding, as well as PBX features, such as four-digit dialing. Media Gateways – These devices provide a bridge between TDM infrastructures and packet based infrastructures. Media Gateways convert voice media from TDM to packet of from packet to TDM. Session Border Controllers – A relatively new piece of the packet telephony infrastructure universe, SBCs are designed to enable VoIP peering between carriers or between carriers and enterprises. SBCs, which provided security, regulatory compliance and bandwidth assurance capabilities, act as both signaling and media proxies in an IMS setting. |
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