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# SH29821442 | 167 Pages | 76 Tables and Figures | 2006 |
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Cisco Revenue Generating Media
Services
Cisco Market Shares
Voice-Over-Packet (VoP) Market
Wireless Networks
Multimedia Markets
Communications Market Trends
Increasing Average Revenue Per User
(ARPU)
Internet Protocol (IP) Network
Infrastructure
Cisco IP NGN
Cisco WiFi
Open Standards
IP Within CDMA
Bluetooth
GPRS
EGPRS (EDGE)
Cisco Systems
Next
generation networks (NGNs) are implementations of softswitch and media gateway
technology. The softswitch in the network offers an IP-based open network,
which integrates PSTN with the IP network, a fixed network with a mobile
network, voice services with data and multimedia services.
NGN enables the packet-switched network to inherit existing PSTN services and
functions. It arms the packet switched network with great flexibility and
potential in view of the fast deployment and combined marketing of value-added
services, which is presently beyond the PSTN's capability.
Lower maintenance cost is achieved by converting an existing office into an NGN
end office. Metrics include integrity, occupied space, and power consumption of
the NGN equipment. These have proved to be superior to those of the original
TDM switch. After rebuilding, the occupied space can be reduced by 40%, and
power consumption by 63%.
Service providers are engaged in figuring out how to offer revenue generating
media services. Price erosion in legacy voice services is accelerating as VoIP
services become free or very inexpensive. The equipment vendors and system
integrators are looking at new services that would drive their business with
the service providers.
Users are looking at services and solutions that would make them function
efficiently in a globalized and competitive business environment.
Transformation to NGNs is an evolution.
Service providers are cautious over technical obstacles associated with NGNs. A
rapid evolution of the industry is anticipated to follow a range of trials in
various aspects of the business.
Internet Protocol IP trunking focuses on reduction of the total cost of
ownership through network simplification. It improves network efficiency.
Traffic overflow is routed over a flat IP infrastructure. No trunk ports are
needed for the transit extension.
The significantly reduced number of E1/T1 equivalent connections to be managed
leads to economic benefits in traffic engineering, provisioning, monitoring,
maintenance, inventory and design. Inherent IP backbone self-routing
capabilities relieve service providers of the expense of constantly planning and
load balancing a trunking network.
Processes can be optimized with end-to-end fully integrated management,
reducing operational, administration and maintenance costs. Direct capital
expenditures for network infrastructure go towards an IP-based next generation
network architecture. Revenue streams with IP applications need to be developed
quickly to address the almost immediate precipitous decline in voice revenue.
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