IP Multiplay
Providing the right operations plan to unlock the profitability of mass-market IP-based multiplay services
Are you ready for IP-based multiplay services? Many service providers (incumbent facilities-based operators, cable operators, and mass-market resellers) have no cohesive operations plan to deal with emerging IP-based multiplay services - putting their competitive survival at risk.
Multiplay services create highly dynamic operational conditions because such services invite cross-over usage of communications devices along with new patterns of customer behavior. This unpredictability, combined with global competitive pressures, has made flawless service fulfillment and assurance overriding imperatives.
Telcordia takes a holistic approach to improve the efficiency of implementing blended multiplay services and provide sophisticated lifecycle management of both physical and logical resources, including the capabilities to:
- Model IP routes, Quality of Service (QoS) policies, and service relationships
- Manage IP addresses with support for advanced NAT and IPv6 features
- Provide multi-layer network views and data
- Coordinate allocation and tracking of numbers between competitors and partners
- Inventory, manage, and activate specialized IT equipment: application servers, media servers, and gateway devices
- Automate discovery and reconciliation of information related to customer sites, connectivity, and end-user devices.
These attributes are embedded in the following solution components:
- Telcordia® Granite Inventory for resource management and provisioning
- Telcordia® Expediter for service order orchestration and interfacing to other OSS/BSS including billing
- Telcordia® Service Director for IP service quality management
- Telcordia® COMMON LANGUAGE® for facilitating system-to-system communication and providing a nomenclature compatible with other existing systems
And to make implementation more expeditious, we have developed the OSS "Express Pack" approach -- pre-populated service- and network-specific templates and models. This approach represents a blend of capabilities and systems that integrate with a service provider's environment and processes. Our solution incorporates the right mix of systems with the capabilities to support holistic views of multiplay service flows and proactive response to shifting network conditions.
