Convergence Through Solution Interoperability: Case Study of Integrated Telecommunication Design and Incremental Deployment

Researchers have cogently presented the technical case for converged telecommunications systems. However, it is not clear how market-based telecommunications providers are embracing this technical argument as they design new telecommunication systems. This paper uses a case study approach to examine market and policy influences on achieving converged networks in a mixed commercial and residential environment. Specifically, the article presents the overall telecommunications design and then analyzes several implementations (and alternatives) proposed for a major urban redevelopment project in the greater Denver metropolitan area. Based on this review, the paper analyzes the role of interoperability as a mediating condition between a converged design and incremental solutions to this design. Finally, the paper addresses public policy implications for encouraging adoption of fiber-IP based networks in metropolitan areas. These implications are compared to recent findings from a national ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: HICSS
• Authors: Thomas A. Horan, Benjamin L. Schooley
• Keywords: Biometrics, Converged Telecommunications Systems, HICSS 2003, Market-based Telecommunications Providers, System Sciences, Telecommunications