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Could new rich communications services and core network support for new 4G wireless architectures like LTE be IMS’ silver bullet?
As vendors and service providers prepare for next month’s SUPERCOMM show in Chicago, discussions on the topic of IP multimedia subsystem and next-generation networks are focused on steady growth, despite the downturn, as well as on leveraging the IP software architecture for more than just voice services.
Early IMS deployments have been largely focused on supporting voice-over-IP (VoIP) services and duplicating existing voice network functionality. It’s for that reason, perhaps more than any other, that IMS uptake has been relatively slow. There just hasn’t been a sense of urgency, or the available capex, to move the network back to where it already started.
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Could new rich communications services and core network support for new 4G wireless architectures like LTE be IMS’ silver bullet?
As vendors and service providers prepare for next month’s SUPERCOMM show in Chicago, discussions on the topic of IP multimedia subsystem and next-generation networks are focused on steady growth, despite the downturn, as well as on leveraging the IP software architecture for more than just voice services.
Early IMS deployments have been largely focused on supporting voice-over-IP (VoIP) services and duplicating existing voice network functionality. It’s for that reason, perhaps more than any other, that IMS uptake has been relatively slow. There just hasn’t been a sense of urgency, or the available capex, to move the network back to where it already started.
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