1999 Carrier IP Telephony Comprehensive Report

Format: Softcover, 311 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-60-9
Price: $396

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WHO SHOULD READ THIS REPORT

• Application service providers whose products and services must be closely tuned to the IP network of tomorrow
• Competitive local-exchange carriers that must compete with incumbent operators by providing innovative enhanced services and superior customer care
• Equipment and software vendors whose solutions must address the current and future IP needs of their major carrier clients
• Incumbent local-exchange carriers that must integrate circuit- and packet-switched networks, address delay and latency issues, and offer toll-quality reliability over legacy infrastructure
• Interexchange carriers that seek to provide end-to-end, integrated communications solutions to key customers
• International telecommunications companies that seek to take advantage of the arbitrage opportunity by routing international calls over IP and offering other services such as IP fax
• Internet service providers for which services such as IP VPNs are vital for continued growth and market-share
• Regulators that will shape the future of IP telephony through continued policy making
• University professors whose research and courses must reflect the most recent developments in IP-telephony technology as a dominant delivery mechanism