VoIP: A multimedia vision for conversational services

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
10/10/05
Today's focus: VoIP: A multimedia vision for conversational
services

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* Alcatel comments on VoIP's next challenges
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Today's focus: VoIP: A multimedia vision for conversational
services

By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

In this newsletter, we wrap up our coverage of a panel
discussion at the recent Next Generation Network conference,
which examined VoIP's next challenges. The panel featured
representatives from Lucent, Sonus Networks and Alcatel. Today,
we'll review highlights of VoIP issues offered by Larry O'Pella,
Alcatel's director of strategic development.

O'Pella opened with a definitive perspective about VoIP, noting
that, as a "terminology" VoIP means many different things to
users and suppliers. He noted that "VoIP isn't voice, but a
multimedia vision for conversational services within a context
of user-centric conversation." We find his perspective both
insightful and concise.

On his second point, he commented that standards work is and
should continue to evolve, and that standards for wireline and
wireless telephony along with Internet services infrastructure
are continuing to drive improved interoperability and converged
multiservice infrastructures.

Third, he showed how the future of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
is analogous to the "Intelligent Network" technologies offered
today, but that further work on "service delivery environment is
so much more important" as an emerging technology requirement
for network evolution.

Fourth, he discussed at length how business issues are as
important or more important than technology issues. For example,
the multiple domains offered by fixed and mobile network
services and applications providers have some significant
business process issues to address in a multimedia service
environment; their perspectives and history are different and if
they are to operate seamlessly together it will take more than
an IMS architecture.

Finally, he noted that while some regulatory climates are
favoring the rapid development and deployment of multimedia
"conversational services," much public policy work remains in
the areas of lawful intercept, privacy and emergency services.
However, he also believes that competition will probably be
working more quickly as a market factor that the wait for public
policy to catch up with the technology.

If you'd like to comment on these VoIP challenges or the other
panelists' perspectives we highlighted last week, please drop us
an e-mail.

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To contact: Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates
and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed
information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter,
connect to Webtorials <http://www.webtorials.com/>, the premier
site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and
market research. Taylor can be reached at
<mailto:taylor@webtorials.com>

Larry Hettick is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is Vice President for Telecom
Services and Infrastructure at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
<mailto:lhettick@currentanalysis.com>
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