Abstract:In the last few years telco providers are striving to migrate their services from the traditional Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) to so called Next Generation Networks (NGNs) based on standard IP connectivity. This switch is expected to produce a cost degression of 50% for CAPital EXpenditure (CAPEX), while OPerating EXpences (OPEX) remains fairly stable due to network management and energy costs. At the same time, the instantiation of new telco services (Voice over IP (VoIP), video conferencing, etc.) … Show more
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