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Zusatztext "? reviews the failure of previous attempts to start fresh with such concepts as broadband ISDN! covering the net.! TV and IT systems. He also describes efforts by carriers to build newness in and transform themselves into enterprises without legacy systems! which leads to the business and technology issues of maintaining the idea of NGN! if not the reality. He then focuses on business strategies for both old and new players as they attempt to win over the consumer market. The result is both absorbing and alarming ?" - In Book News Inc.! June 2007 Informationen zum Autor After a period as a mathematics teacher and commercial programmer, Nigel Seel spent the 1980s in the UK lab of IT&T working on formal methods for software development, artifi cial intelligence, and distributed computing. He also completed his Ph.D. in artifi cial intelligence and mathematical logic. In the 1990s Nigel worked in Bell-Northern Research (Nortel’s R&D organization) and later Nortel itself as a carrier network architect, latterly being lead designer for Cable & Wireless’s £400 million UK network rebuild in 1998–99. He then freelanced as an independent designer until 2001 when he was hired by Cable & Wireless Global as chief architect, and relocated to Vienna, Virginia. Subsequently he was appointed vice president for portfolio development. Following the collapse of C&W Global Nigel relocated back to the UK. After more freelance consultancy, he worked with the UK management consultancy Mentor from April 2004 through January 2006. He is currently freelancing again through his company Interweave Consulting. Klappentext After reviewing the failed attempts of carriers to retool for the future! this book describes the technologies and capabilities supporting next generation services! focusing particularly on multimedia interactive services! TV! and video-on-demand. The author looks at the IMS layer and how it interworks both downwards into the QoS-enabled IP transport layer and upwards to enable new kinds of applications. Equal attention is paid to the business models of stakeholders in the value chain! including carriers! service providers! broadcasters! and production companies. The author discusses how carriers have attempted to remodel themselves as IP companies! before detailing more innovativebusiness models! Zusammenfassung After reviewing the failed attempts of carriers to retool for the future, this book describes the technologies and capabilities supporting next generation services, focusing particularly on multimedia interactive services, TV, and video-on-demand. The author looks at the IMS layer and how it interworks both downwards into the QoS-enabled IP transpo Inhaltsverzeichnis TECHNOLOGY The Strange Death of Broadband ISDN The Next-Generation Network and IMS The Next-Generation Network and TV The Next-Generation Network and IT Systems TRANSFORMATION Bureaucracy and Treacle Telecoms Market Structure Choosing the Right People Case Study: A Transformation Program BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES Worrying About Skype Spectrum Auctions The Trial of Rete Populi Machines Will Talk BUSINESS STRATEGIES NGN Strategies for Incumbents NGN Strategies for Alternative Network Operators NGN Strategies for Capturing the Consumer Market Conclusions Glossary Index ...
