"Operator Guidebook to IMS and New Generation Networks and Services"
Now Available for Free Download
LONDON, and BOSTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Moriana Group, a leading
UK-based telecoms analyst and consultancy firm, today announced at Fall 2005
VON, the availability of the "Operator Guidebook to IMS and New Generation
Networks and Services." The first in a series of research reports on IMS, this
all-inclusive guide, published for the world's telecoms operators, is
available for free download at http://www.morianagroup.com.
The report series provides a comprehensive reference guide to IMS and new
generation network (NGN) capabilities and offerings. It is intended to
provide Mobile Telecom Operators, including GSM and CDMA2000; IP-centric
telecom carriers; PSTN carriers migrating to next generation IP networks; and
cable operators expanding from video into convergent voice and data services;
with detailed information on all aspects of IMS and NGN.
The "Operator Guidebook to IMS and New Generation Networks and Services"
contains a broad range of information and analysis regarding the future and
importance of this ever increasingly technology, consolidating inputs from
industry leaders, including Aepona, Appium, BEA, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel,
jNetX, Kabira Technologies, Inc, Leapstone, Microsoft, Mobile Cohesion,
Motorola, Oracle, Portal, Redknee, Telcordia, The Parlay Group, Ubiquity,
Ulticom, and Wipro.
The report highlights current trends and provides in-depth analysis on the
challenges facing the telecommunications community, coupled with a 'reality
check' evaluation of the likely impact of IMS on the future of the industry.
"IMS stakes are high, and unless IMS can be used to provide substantial
revenue generating services, the return on investment for IMS infrastructures
will be slower than expected, with CAPEX and OPEX savings being lower than IMS
business plans predict," said Mac Taylor, CEO of The Moriana Group.
"Additionally, operators face growing competition to their core voice services
from new Internet based VoIP services, like eBay (Skype), Yahoo Messenger,
Google Talk, MSN and general SIP based voice clients. Some commentators
believe that 50-80% of basic voice revenue may be lost over the next ten years
to these types of services. Does IMS provide an answer?"
According to The Moriana Group, "the real value of IMS will depend on how
the unique 'telecom' capabilities of the core network are brought together to
deliver innovative subscriber-centric services, such as: personalization,
content, mobility, presence, location, QoS, charging, payment, authentication,
authorisation, reliable delivery, convenience routing, privacy, security,
trusted billing and other functions."
About the "Operator Guidebook to IMS and New Generation Networks and
Services"
-- The report consists of six sections:
-- Section A: Summary and Analysis from The Moriana Group
-- Section B: Vendor Surveys
-- Section C: IMS Applications Resource List
-- Section D: Thought Leadership -- White Papers
-- Section E: Company Profiles
-- Section F: Product and Service Descriptions
According to the report, if IMS drifts towards the traditional tendency of
proliferating proprietary variants -- one reason why the promise of
Intelligent Networks failed to deliver -- new wealth creation strategies will
be damaged, with IMS becoming just another telecom silo -- and one rapidly by-
passed by new disruptive technologies.
Mac Taylor identifies two conditions essential for the success of IMS:
-- The openness of the IMS architecture should be diligently cultivated to
enable the rapid creation and deployment of new services. A
standardized, open IMS environment will be the key to merging
IT/Internet and traditional telecom services.
-- Adhering to open standards means that operators will be able to take
advantage of 'marketplace' services that will be created by third party
vendors. Third parties from developers to Internet companies such as
eBay (Skype), Google and Amazon will be able to enhance their services
by using unique telecom capabilities in an IMS driven converged
services framework.
Participate in The Moriana Group's Research
The reports are designed to build a comprehensive reference guide to IMS
and new generation network capabilities and offerings. The second IMS report
will be released in February 2006 at 3GSM in Barcelona, Spain. To participate
in future reports, please contact Mac Taylor at mac.taylor@morianagroup.com.
About The Moriana Group
Founded in 2000, and headquartered in London, The Moriana Group provides
analysis, research and consultancy services for the telecommunications and IT
industries, with a special focus on converging technologies and markets. In
2002, The Moriana Group released the world's first analyst report on
OSA/Parlay, entitled: The OSA/Parlay Report: Enabling the Convergence of
Telecom and IT. In 2003, The Moriana Group published: A Competitive Analysis
of Next Generation Telecom Service Enablers. In 2004, the company published
Service Delivery Platforms and Telecom Web Services -- an Industry Wide
Perspective. Moriana's overview of SDP architecture has influential in
driving a consensus on the way forward for SDP. For more information, visit
http://www.morianagroup.com
Contacts:
Mac Taylor
The Moriana Group
+44 207 870 7542
mac.taylor@morianagroup.com
Susan Donahue
For Immediate Release, Inc.
617-262-1960
susan@firpr.com
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CONTACT:
Mac Taylor of The Moriana Group, +44 207 870
7542, mac.taylor@morianagroup.com; or Susan Donahue of For
Immediate Release, Inc., +1-617-262-1960, susan@firpr.com
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