'Quadruple Play' Services on the Horizon, Says ABI Research.OYSTER BAY Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , N.Y. -- Triple play services--bundled offerings of TV, phone and Internet--have proven effective for operators and service providers in reducing customer churn and delivering operational economies. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new study from ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research, some operators believe that adding a fourth element, wireless, will improve the equation still further. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind has announced that it will partner with several of the big North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. MSOs to offer this "quadruple play." In the UK, cable operator NTL NTL Nevertheless NTL National Transportation Library NTL Norsk Tjenestemannslag NTL National Training Laboratories NTL Never Too Late NTL Nothing to Lose NTL National Training Laboratory NTL None the Less NTL Number Theory Library is buying Virgin Mobile. Verizon is rolling out its FIOS (Fiber Optic Services) and expects that, with a wireless division already part of the company, consolidation of services and networks will be that much easier. Michael Arden, Principal Analyst, Broadband and Multimedia at ABI Research, says that in many cases "the marketing of triple or quadruple-play services to customers will precede integration of the networks and their equipment. True network integration takes time. Our study examines the networks themselves, not services." So far only British Telecom among the major operators has committed to complete integration of all its networks into one IP-based system. Network consolidation for the sake of triple and quadruple-play services can reduce operational costs, but brings new challenges as well. Its three layers of management--traffic control, equipment control, and administration/billing--all have to work together and be interoperable, which means that some standards will need to be developed. Other challenges include QoS issues and network "policy control". Some operators expect to be compensated for the extra bandwidth required to support hosted VoIP services run by their partners. Billing is complicated in these multimode arrangements too, and there are questions of privacy: in order to prioritize network traffic the IP packets must be examined in some detail, identifying what individuals are doing online. The new ABI Research study, "Triple-Play Network Equipment and Systems", provides an overview of the technologies that enable triple- and quadruple-play services. It is divided into equipment and software sections, and addresses issues such as subscriber growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. , emerging technologies, Quality of Service and the role of mobile services. The study forms part of four subscription ABI Research Services: IP Networking Research Service, IP Video Research Service, Wireless Infrastructure Research Service and Mobile Broadband Research Service, which include research reports, industry and forecast databases, regular market updates, ABI Insights, and analyst inquiry time. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ABI Research maintains global operations supporting annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in automotive, wireless, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. For information visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500. |
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