Evolution of Telecommunication Services

1. Front Matter

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2. History and Perspectives on the Telecom Standardized Assets

   1. Network and Control Platforms

      • Marius Corici, Julius Müller, Dragos Vingarzan, Thomas Magedanz

      Pages 1-24

   2. Telecom Applications, APIs and Service Platforms

      • Niklas Blum, Julius Müller, Florian Schreiner, Thomas Magedanz

      Pages 25-46

   3. Value Added Services in the Evolving Multimedia Communication Network

      • Rogier Noldus

      Pages 47-76

   4. NGN Standardization as a Strength

      • Alain Sultan, Ultan Mulligan

      Pages 77-89

3. A New Competitive Landscape between Operators, Device Makers and OTT Service Providers; Why Are the Operators Challenged and How they Can Compete

   1. A Short History of VoIP Services

      • Dorgham Sisalem, Jiri Kuthan, Jörg Ott

      Pages 90-110

   2. NGN Shortcomings

      • Luc Le Beller, Sébastien Cubaud

      Pages 111-117

   3. An IT Perspective on Standards, Service Architectures and Platforms

      • John O’Connell

      Pages 118-137

   4. A Review: What Matters for Ecosystem Business Strategy

      • Quoc-Tuan Nguyen, Nicolai Schultz

      Pages 138-154

   5. New Regulatory Approaches in an Evolving Market Structure

      • Nadia Trainar

      Pages 155-181

4. New Opportunities, Future Battlefields

   1. Virtualizing Devices

      • André Paul, Stephan Steglich

      Pages 182-202

   2. Virtualizing Platforms

      • Roberto Minerva, Corrado Moiso, Antonio Manzalini, Noel Crespi

      Pages 203-226

   3. Virtualizing Network

      • Roberto Minerva, Antonio Manzalini, Corrado Moiso, Noel Crespi

      Pages 227-256

   4. Internet of Things

      • Gyu Myoung Lee, Noel Crespi, Jun Kyun Choi, Matthieu Boussard

      Pages 257-282

   5. Internet of Services

      • Javier Soriano, Christoph Heitz, Hans-Peter Hutter, Rafael Fernández, Juan J. Hierro, Juergen Vogel et al.

      Pages 283-325

5. Back Matter

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In the telecom world, services have usually been conceived with a specific mindset. This mindset has defined the traditional characteristics of these services; services distinguished by their linkage with the access network, tight control over service use (e.g., authentication, billing), lack of deep personalization capabilities (mass services only) and reliance on standardization to achieve end-to-end interoperability between all the actors of the value chain (e.g., operators, platform manufacturers, device manufactures). This book offers insights into this complex but exciting world of telecommunications characterized by constant evolution, and approaches it from technology as well as business perspectives. The book is appropriately structured in three parts: (a) an overview of the state-of-the-art in fixed/mobile NGN and standardization activities; (b) an analysis of the competitive landscape between operators, device manufactures and OTT providers, emphasizing why network operators are challenged on their home turf; and (c) opportunities for business modeling and innovative telecom service offers.

• Web-based service industries
• cloud computing
• internet of things
• self-organization
• virtual environments
• algorithm analysis and problem complexity

• Orange Labs Caen, Caen Cedex 4, France

  Emmanuel Bertin

• Mines-Telecom, Evry, France

  Noel Crespi

• Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, Germany

  Thomas Magedanz

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