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How is the Service broker relevant in the current battle between the operators and Apple/Google for customer attention/loyalty?

Apple/ Google etc are competing with Operators by offering over-the-top services.  Operators are also able to offer these, but more importantly, they have the ability to offer services that are delivered from within the network, or hybrid services that span … Continue reading

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How does a Service Broker interact within an SDP solution scenario?

People mean many things by SDP.  A large portion of SDP effort has been to deliver over-the-top data and content services – to open the telecoms network so that third-parties outside of the Operator can deliver services.  These services are … Continue reading

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How does a service provider achieve market and/or service differentiation if multiple providers utilize the same 3rd party service?

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How does the additional cost of the Service Broker impact the business case for services?

A key advantage of a service broker is its cost saving aspect.  Savings can be realized across not only the initial service deployment but each additional application. The ability to leverage a consistent network to application connectivity platform via the … Continue reading

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NG IN platforms have SIP and IN capabilities, how are service brokers being used in the market?

If the service provider is writing applications from scratch (starting over?) then an NG IN platform will indeed provide interfaces to both SIP and IN worlds; existing applications will likely not be able to interact with the new ones. In … Continue reading

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