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Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), the transmission of person-to-person voice conversations over IP-based networks, is a topic of great interest in the telecommunications industry. With VoIP service, customers see an opportunity to significantly reduce their local and long-distance calling expenses, while long-distance carriers have seen an opportunity to avoid sharing a large portion of their revenues with the local telephone companies for use of their access links to originate long-distance calls. Moreover, service providers and customers see an increasing appeal in the rich array of services that VoIP enables. Among these are a range of Web-like phone displays, information services, and data exchange. More info...

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Service providers have been examining the prospect of delivering pay-TV services as part of a triple play of video, voice, and Internet services. They understand the technology of IPTV-now they need to know that the technology has moved beyond the discussion stage and can actually be implemented. Delivering the Promise of IPTV examines recent advances in both TV delivery and computing/networking technologies for delivering a profitable, successful next-generation TV offering. The report also focuses on using advances in Internet technologies. The report also focuses on using advances in Internet technologies and networking to deliver competitive, multichannel pay-TV services to customer TV sets. More info...

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The phenomenal growth of broadband access led to demand for converged voice, video, and data services, now known as the triple play. For service providers today, simple offering broadband Internet is no longer enough. To garner new customers, hold on to current ones, and ensure revenue growth, today's providers must continue to move toward offering the triple play as a value-added service bundle. With the opportunity, however, come many economic, technological, and operational challenges. More info...

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