CME Introduction

Kannan

Last update 21-Jul-2011

CME Introduction
CME stands for Communication, Media & Entertainment. Media & Entertainment are new associations to the Communication Industry. Communications industry predominantly only involved voice

This slide deck covers introductory information on: CME Services & Evolution The Standards and Regulatory Organizations The various business entities in the value chain & some statistics

Telecom Basics Services, Evolution & Convergence

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Services
What are the CME Services? What are the evolution drivers and challenges? What is Convergence?

Services & Evolution

Voice / Data / Multimedia (Entertainment & Infotainment) Services Overview Telecommunication Evolution & Convergence

Telecom Basics Services, Evolution & Convergence

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Voice Services
         Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) The normal voice calls Voice Mail Interactive Voice Response System Local / Long Distance / International Calls Toll Free Call Calling Cards Call Waiting, Call Forwarding Caller ID Multi party call / conferencing

Telecom Basics Services, Evolution & Convergence

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Data Services
     Short Message Service (SMS) E-Mail FAX FTP Internet (HTTP)

Telecom Basics Services, Evolution & Convergence

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Multimedia Services
         Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) Video Calls Music downloads IPTV, Video On Demand, etc. Gaming services Video / Audio Conferencing services Interactive training applications for educational purposes Video Mail Voice / video / text chats

Telecom Basics Services, Evolution & Convergence

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Mobility Services
 Mobile or Cell phone voice service The normal voice service in mobile phones  Location Based Services (LBS) The location of the subscriber is automatically understood by the Radio network and applications provide information depending on location. For e.g., when you look for a Mexican Restaurant while you are at Broadway New York, the one closest to you will be given to you without you explicitly need to mention your location.  Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Global positioning system is widely used for path navigation while driving.  Mobile TV  Mobile audio / video conferencing  Ring Tones  Gaming in Mobile devices  Blackberry kind of services (push e-mail)

Telecom Basics Services, Evolution & Convergence

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Other Services
 Hosting Services for web, e-mail, DNS  Application hosting Services (Gaming applications, wiki farms, e-commerce portals, etc.)  Virtual private servers / Virtualization  Infrastructure Services like Co-location where the servers are placed and maintained at Communication Service Provider data centre.  VPN, Leased line and WAN connections for Corporate voice & data networking)  Content Delivery Services such as hosting music, movies, educational content in the Communication Service Provider managed infrastructure.  Managed Services This service refers to managing everything for a corporate customer including cabling, maintenance, etc. and provide services based on Service Level Agreements.  Network Services IP, ATM, Frame Relay, etc. that are provided for Wide Area Network.  Network Infrastructure such as Managed Fiber, Wavelength, Bandwidth, etc.  Virtual ISP Services / Shared ISP This service refers to the wireless and wireline internet access.  Mobile Virtual Operator Network (MVNO) Virtual Service Providers do not own infrastructure. They take infrastructure on wholesale from other service providers and sell services to mass consumers & business customers.
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Evolution
Evolution Drivers Cellular Services Evolution (1G, 2G, 2.5G, 3G)

Evolution
 Communication evolution started with Alexander Graham Bells invention in 1876. He was 29 years. Graham Bells knowledge on music and nature of sound enabled him in his research of transmitting voice over wire.  Elisha Gray invented his version of the telephone. But he was late by few hours in filing the patent. His name is not well known as Alexander Graham Bell though he is also an inventor of telephone.  Production of radio waves by Hertz in 1887.  First wireless Morse code by Marconi in 1894.  First use of mobile radio in 1921.  First mobile cellular system operational in 1981 in Sweden.
ELISHA GRAY ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

 First mobile cellular system in US was in 1984.  GSM in Europe was launched around 1992.  GPRS started around 2001 for data services over mobile.  Now, we are stepping into 4G era. The current buzz words are: IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for network technology, WiMAX technology for Mobile broadband, IPTV and Convergence.  The current estimate is that there are more than 2 Billion mobile subscribers in the world. 80% of the world population enjoy mobile phone coverage.
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