The Future of Networks

Trends, changes and opportunities for Operator networks

Presentation to Sales Conference, January 2006

Peter Croÿ, fmc.service
The Future of Networks
•Introduction
•A look at operator networks
•Telecom industry trends
•Shaping the future
•Future outlook.

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Introduction
•About fmc.service
•You believe in crystal ball gazing? I don’t!
•How technical it will get...
•Historic view: Telegraph to Internet
•From deterministic to non-deterministic
behaviour - or how to scale data networks
•Today: Focus on IP data networks
•Why the next few years will be interesting...
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Operator networks
•Overview of data networks evolution from:
- Vodafone
- Three
- Orange
- BT 21C
•Common issues & challenges:
- Commercial
- Technical
- Operational.

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Telecom industry trends
•Decline of public telephony systems
•IP transport used for carrying everything
•Convergence of applications & networks
•Introduction of new multi-media control system
based on 3GPP IMS
•New services demand better experience
•Lowering running costs of infrastructure
•New network investment cycle is due now.
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Shaping the future
•Role of standards organisations
•Business focus for public data networks
•Operator/vendor organisation changes
•Regulatory changes to increase investments
•Disruptive market developments.

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Future outlook
•GSM/UMTS backhaul network upgrades due
to high bandwidth, cost and quality demands
•Expect more requirements to be squeezed
into single, unified IP networks of operators
•Everything is going to be digital and mobile -
TV, video, music, radio, books and more...