[May 09, 2008] Frost & Sullivan Schedules Quarterly Analyst Briefing Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The Test & Measurement Group at Frost & Sullivan announced its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the Triple Play and Next Generation Services Test & Monitoring market to be held on Wednesday, May 14, at 8 am PDT. In a release, Frost & Sullivan noted that briefing highlights include: - Telecom companies have begun to deploy complex wireline and wireless networks to support an extraordinary combination of triple play of voice, video and data applications over a common infrastructure. With the fixed mobile convergence as a major technological trend in the telecommunications industry, the main focus is to develop next generation networks that would combine data, voice, and video applications in a single platform. VoIP and IP Video test equipment vendors have started to offer triple play test and monitoring solutions to meet the growing needs of the market. - This briefing will benefit communication test equipment vendors, equipment manufacturers, service providers and private enterprises. - An analysis of the integrated triple play test equipment, market trends, market size, drivers and restraints, together with the analysis of the next generation services test and monitoring markets such as: VoIP, IP Video and Data. - As new services are implemented, the need for devices such as protocol analyzers for data, video, and VoIP to ensure interoperability arises. Several new technologies that come to market sometimes cause interoperability issues. When a service provider or carrier moves to triple play deployment, signing up subscribers becomes a priority. Obtaining test and monitoring systems in most cases is not a prime concern. The first priority for service providers (SPs) is to identify customers to add to their networks. Unfortunately, it has been difficult to convince SPs that they need to set up a monitoring system after they deploy next generation services, said Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Olga Yashkova. The use of test equipment should be mandated right from the initial stage of the deployment process. Frost & Sullivan, the Global Growth Consulting Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]