IMS/IPTV Are the Future for Service Providers

What originally started as a framework for just wireless networking has rapidly expanded to the wireline world to represent the future for service providers and the rest of the telecommunications ecosystem, as illustrated by the buzz coming from the Supercomm show in Chicago.

But while service providers race to accelerate the deployment of IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) solutions in turn to offer not just VoIP but more importantly video services (IPTV), incumbent operators (which have led the so-called “Triple Play” charge) have stepped up the pressure to remove regulatory hurdles – a point that didn’t escape Verizon’s Ivan Seidenberg who used his opening keynote as an opportunity to advance the cause.

“We need to update the telecom laws for the 21st century, particularly those related to broadband services. And we need to simplify and reform the franchising process that is acting as a barrier to video competition,” Seidenberg said.