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Presently various telecom services are provided through separate

networks. Technological advancements in telecommunications are forcing a
trend towards unification of networks & services setting up the stage for the
emergence of Next Generation Networks (NGN). In the next generation
networks, multiple access networks can connect customers to a core
network, which is predominantly based on IP technology. NGN promises to
provide number of significant benefits and opportunities both for the service
providers and the end-users by providing new innovative services and
applications through a common platform.
With the efficient and cheaper IP technology forcing
telecommunications networks to migrate to ¶Next Generation Networks·,
triple play (voice, data and video) would become a basic service. Traffic of
different services of data, television and subsequently voice would be simply
enclosed in Internet protocol packets, transmitted over these networks.
These networks can later support any number of additional value -added
services and transmit them also as IP packets.
As an early application and driver of NGN, VOIP is proliferating fast
and is expected to result in significant penetration in the matured telecom
markets. In India, till some time back IP telephony was permitted only in a
restrictive manner i.e. PC-to-PC, IP device-to-IP device and PC-to-Phone
(abroad).VOIP is likely to have a big impact on the traditional circuit
switched telephony, initially on fixed lines followed by mobile, driving
consumer prices and margins down, forcing far -reaching changes in
industry.

Submitted by ,
Sharon P
Mathew
Roll no 7231
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