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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484322603321

Titolo

Evolution of Telecommunication Services : The Convergence of Telecom and Internet: Technologies and Ecosystems / / edited by Emmanuel Bertin, Noel Crespi, Thomas Magedanz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-41569-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 327 p. 105 illus.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI ; ; 7768

Disciplina

004.6

Soggetti

Computer communication systems

Application software

Software engineering

Algorithms

Artificial intelligence

Information storage and retrieval

Computer Communication Networks

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

Software Engineering

Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

Artificial Intelligence

Information Storage and Retrieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Part I: History and Perspectives on the Telecom -- Standardized Assets -- Network and Control Platforms -- Telecom Applications, APIs and Service Platforms -- Value Added Services in the Evolving Multimedia Communication Network -- NGN Standardization as a Strength -- Part II: A New Competitive Landscape between Operators, Device Makers and OTT Service -- Providers; Why Are the Operators Challenged and How they Can Compete -- A Short History of VoIP Services -- NGN Shortcomings -- An IT Perspective on Standards, Service Architectures and Platforms -- A Review: What Matters for Ecosystem Business



Strategy -- New Regulatory Approaches in an Evolving Market Structure -- Part III: New Opportunities, Future Battlefields -- Virtualizing Devices -- Virtualizing Platforms -- Virtualizing Network -- Internet of Things -- Internet of Services.

Sommario/riassunto

In the telecom world, services have usually been conceived with a specific mindset. This mindset has defined the  traditional characteristics of these services; services distinguished by their linkage with the access network, tight control over service use (e.g., authentication, billing),  lack of deep personalization capabilities (mass services only) and reliance on standardization to achieve end-to-end interoperability between all the actors of the value chain (e.g., operators, platform manufacturers, device manufactures). This book offers insights into this complex but exciting world of telecommunications characterized by constant evolution, and approaches it from technology as well as business perspectives. The book is appropriately structured in three parts: (a) an overview of the state-of-the-art in fixed/mobile NGN and standardization activities; (b) an analysis of the competitive landscape between operators, device manufactures and OTT providers, emphasizing why network operators are challenged on their home turf; and (c) opportunities for business modeling and innovative telecom service offers.