IP and the Intelligent Network: The Road to Convergence

Format: Softcover, 344 pages
ISBN: 0-931695-03-2
Price: $495

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WHO SHOULD READ THIS REPORT

• 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
• Competitive local-exchange carriers that must compete with incumbent operators by providing innovative enhanced services and superior customer care
• Application service providers whose products and services must be tuned to the IP network of tomorrow
• Equipment vendors that must keep abreast of the converging voice/data network and the role IP and the IN play in that convergence
• Enterprise network executives who must stay abreast of the capability of the public network for hosting mission-critical, IP–based services and applications
• Regulators that will shape the future of IP telephony through continued policy making
• Consultants whose clients will rely on IN– and IP–based services in the future
• University professors whose courses and research must reflect the latest developments in IN and IP convergence