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Trends in Deployments of New Telecommunications Services by Local Exchange Carriers in Support of an Advanced National Information Infrastructure
Pages 422-433

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... is He underlying communications fabnc, which allows users to connect with other users via their communicating/comput~ng appliances (telephones, computers, personal digital assistants, fax machines, set-top boxes, etch. In the United States, this underlying communications fabric is composed of the diverse networks of local exchange carriers, cable TV providers, wireless (cellular)
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From page 423...
... by using the emerging advanced intelligent network (AIN) capabilities of public telecommunications networks, and supporting customers' needs for mobility by using combinations of wireless access technologies and AIN functionality In core public network platforms.
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From page 424...
... electronic systems, and in software-based systems that are used to facilitate all aspects of the business, including negotiating with customers to take orders for new or changed telephone services, determining the availability of equipment that can be assigned to new customers, assigning installation stafEto connect customers to equipment that has been reserved for their use, and determining the causes of service problems and arranging repairs. With state~f-the-art computerized systems, which involve tens of millions of lines of code, many of these functions can be substantially or completely automated.
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From page 425...
... Personalized and customized telecommunications capabilities enabled by the advanced intelligent network . New digital two-way access capabilities, enabled by integrated services digital networks MISDO)
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From page 426...
... Thus, the local exchange carriers have implemented He ArN as a client-server approach to creating new services. In this approach, the switches act as clients that interface wad software-based functionality In server nodes called service control points (SCPs)
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From page 427...
... One of the largest technical, economic, and regulatory challenges facing the telecommunications industry is how to create a path forward toward a ubiquitously available, affordable (by residential users) , high-speed digital capability to support multimedia applications.
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... FORECAST Advanced Intelligent Network Based on demographics, it is probable that all RBOCs and most other local exchange carriers In the United States Ivy} deploy the advanced intelligent networking capabilities described above nearly ubiquitously over the next 5 to 7 years. Some carriers have already made these services widely available.
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From page 429...
... providers to connect into the core telecommunications networks. ISDN wait be a principal access mechanism for K-12 schools, libraries, and community centers to connect to the national information infrastructure.
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From page 430...
... offerings, including routing functionality, mail boxes, and support services. It is likely that most local exchange carriers wall offer complete Internet service product lines In He next several years.
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From page 431...
... Broadband Access As described above, He provision of ubiquitous, affordable broadband access to residences is one of the most difficult challenges facing telecommunications canters. All RBOCs have expressed a commidnent to deploy broadband access services as quickly as the market demand, technology cost trends, and regulatory and legal environment permit.
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From page 432...
... For example, an end user in New York can make a call from an ISDN telephone to an analog cellular phone in London. As applications such as multimedia teleconferencing, multimedia messaging, and remote access to multimedia information become increasingly important in mass market applications, telecommunications networks will play a critical role in resolving incompatibilities between different types of user terminals and between user terminals and servers, in facilitating the location of resources, In helping users manage their communications services, and in providing capabilities such as multimedia bridging.
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From page 433...
... The public sector should also support and fund precompetitive research and development on advanced technology for next-generation networks and advanced applications.
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