Next-generation networks (NGNs) will give businesses access to telecoms such as messaging services with increased quality at a lower cost, an industry member has suggested.
The UK is set to become the world's first country to replace its incumbent telephone network with an NGN, thanks to BT's 21st Century Network (21CN) which will be completed in 2012.
Ben Burns, lead consultant of managed services at Azzurri, said the ability of converged networks to carry extra capacity will result in an increase of uses for business telecoms, such as voice over internet protocol.
He added: "[An NGN] can deliver much, much more capacity for the same price, it could deliver a much higher quality of service at a reduced cost or it could simply be a cost-cutting operation as we apply new technology to a network."
When competed, BT's 21CN will give users increased remote access to network services from devices such as fixed-line phones, business mobiles and computers, according to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
The organisation also claimed the roll-out of the technology will allow companies to change the way they operate and give more opportunity for flexible working. |
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