NGN spending outlook mixed as VoIP slows, policy grows
November 21, 2008
Large service providers are already pulling back on VoIP equipment purchases, though other key components of next-generation IP-based networks — such as policy servers, for adding intelligence and control to the network — are expected to grow even in the face of an overall spending downturn. — It surprises me that any significant investment would be made in NGN technologies. After all, at the end of the day, one has a telephone. Carriers must start looking at something bigger: enabling multimedia communications across a number of different user devices.