ABI's New Quad Play Report Available

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ABI's New Quad Play Report Available

Triple play services — bundled offerings of TV, phone and Internet—have proven effective for operators and service providers in reducing customer churn and delivering operational economies. According to a new study from ABI Research, some operators believe that adding a fourth element — wireless — will improve the equation still further.
 
According to the release announcing the new offering from ABI Research, “In the United States, Sprint Nextel has announced that it will partner with several of the big North American MSOs to offer this ‘quadruple play.’ In the UK, cable operator NTL is buying Virgin Mobile. Verizon is rolling out its FIOS (Fiber Optic Services) and expects that, with a wireless division already part of the company, consolidation of services and networks will be that much easier.”
 
Michael Arden, Principal Analyst, Broadband and Multimedia at ABI Research, says that in many cases “the marketing of triple or quadruple-play services to customers will precede integration of the networks and their equipment. True network integration takes time. Our study examines the networks themselves, not services.” So far only British Telecom among the major operators has committed to complete integration of all its networks into one IP-based system.
 
The new ABI Research study, “Triple-Play Network Equipment and Systems," provides an overview of the technologies that enable triple- and quadruple-play services. It is divided into equipment and software sections, and addresses issues such as subscriber growth rates, emerging technologies, Quality of Service and the role of mobile services.
 
The timing of this report ties in well with the upcoming Triple Play Symposium, an event being sponsored by Netcentrex, which this week announced it was being acquired by Comverse.
 
The Triple Play Symposium, a multi-city event with venues in Dallas, Boston, and Paris, was launched in 2005 as a forum for triple play executives and technologists to learn and share best practices for successful triple play deployments.

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