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November 15, 2005 IMS Will Transform TelecomCarriers Must Alter Market Approach To Profitby Ellen Daley, Lisa Pierce, Michelle de Lussanet, Lars Godell with Charles S. Golvin, Brownlee Thomas, Ph.D., Benjamin Gray |
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Executive Summary
Vendors and carriers herald the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network architecture as the trigger for the next telecom boom. They promote its ability to deliver new applications that combine voice and data, enable fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), and reduce carrier opex and capex. It's no surprise that vendors hype the technology while standards and products are emergent, but carriers are excited as well. The reality? IMS is over-hyped today — with immature standards and no way to prove product interoperability — but will deliver on its promise by 2009. While the IMS architecture lets the network operator control applications and content initially, the open technologies used by IMS will ultimately enable application providers to bypass carrier controls and exploit the underlying network.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- IMS Blurs The Lines Between Fixed And Mobile, Voice And Data
- IMS Suffers From Over-Hype
- Mature Standards Drive IMS Adoption
- IMS Will Force A Radical Change In Carriers' Market Approach
WHAT IT MEANS
- IMS Is A Double-Edged Sword
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