How NGNs Enable Advanced Telco Services

The time is right for personal communications, IPTV, streaming media and NGN advocates within a service provider organization to cross organizational boundaries and have an open discussion about their respective plans and infrastructure expectations. NGNs provide one more tool for smaller service providers to answer the age-old question as to whether or not to remain in the lower layers of the network value chain and be a so-called dumb pipe. Some service providers will opt to provide pipes, while other service providers will partner with NGN infrastructure providers for advanced functionality rather than undertaking the buildout themselves.

ICT Needs of Enterprises in Emerging Markets

This report focuses on the enterprise opportunity as it pertains to emerging markets. The analysis will include examples and analysis from more developed markets to better understand how emerging markets are likely to develop and to highlight the best practices employed by leading operators in these markets. An important focus of the report is to look at the scope of products and services that an operator can offer in the enterprise market, the ways in which to expand the portfolio, and the potential benefits and risks of doing so.