Robin Kent, Director of Operations at
Adax Europe, sees operators and equipment manufacturers
plate
spinning with telecommunications standards.
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Gateway
to the Future:
SS7 over IP Signaling in Converging Networks
On March 10, 1876, it’s doubtful that Alexander
Graham Bell imagined what would become of the technology
he had perfected; wires across the ocean, wires around
the world, and signals bouncing off satellites. Communication
by voice, video, and text is available nearly everywhere,
all the time. Nearly.
To progress from nearly to always, one must understand
the meaning of “convergence” in today’s
communications networks. ……………..
IP
Signaling Infrastructures: What can David learn
from Goliath?
The telco signaling world will eventually be IP-networked,
but there are major questions over how, or even if,
this can be achieved effectively.
Robin Kent, director of European Operations at signaling
gateway & solutions provider Adax, believes smaller
wireless operators and Multi-Vendor Network Operators
(MVNOs) must start to learn from their more progressive
wireline counterparts - many of whom have already
taken sizeable steps toward an entirely IP based
infrastructure - or face the consequences. Unless
they act now, infrastructure costs will rise, revenue
opportunities will diminish or be missed and their
days will be numbered…………
MVNOs warned:
Slow Moving IP Migration will Miss ‘Killer’ Revenue
Opportunities
Some network operators will have to play catch-up
because they are yet to realise the true potential
of IP infrastructures………
“The one constant in life is change”
Migrating from SS7 to IP means keeping your options open
When the IP revolution kicked off over five years
ago it took the telecommunications world by storm.
Some Operators acted quickly to ensure legacy SS7
networks could interface with the new arrival, but
this was the extent of their preparations for the
future, and many did nothing.
Five years on and the lack of preparation continues
to haunt them and now it could cost them. Contrary
to predictions, IP…………..
TO IP OR NOT TO IP……..?
There is no doubt that the whole telco world will
eventually be IP-networked, but getting to that point
requires complete migration from current SS7 infrastructure
- a gradual transition which cannot be achieved overnight.
Despite this, some smaller operators are trying
to embark on this migration in one giant leap, whilst
others only have plans in place to IP-network part
of their global infrastructure……..
