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An audio/visual compression standard designed by MPEG for devices that can read or write about four Mbits/second worth of data.
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MPEG-2 - http://www.convergedigest.com/blueprint/ttp04/z2utstar1.asp?ID=135&ctgy=2by Bill Huang, CTOUTStarcomOver the last ten years, a big change has been taking place in theCentral Office (CO). Originally designed to initiate, terminate,route, and manage Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) voice calls, COstoday handle an ever-growing amount of data traffic. At the same time,many TDM voice users are migrating to wireless voice, either for costor convenience. While data traffic grows at double- and triple-digitrates on most carrier networks, the growth of TDM voice traffic isstagnating.This change in network traffic has resulted in a fundamental shiftwithin the telecom industry to migrate from Class 5 telephony switchesto next-generation IP-based softswitching. Service providers andcarriers around the world have already announced plans to adoptsoftswitching as the foundation for their CO infrastructure movingforward.Verizon recently made public a five-year plan to migrate its legacyswitching architecture to IP-based softswitch technology, with plansto spend more than $3 billion to expand its broadband service capacityto be able to support VoIP services for both businesses andconsumers. Analyst firm Infonetics Research reports that softswitchrevenues will grow approximately 50% in 2004.Full story at:http://www.convergedigest.com/blueprint/ttp04/z2utstar1.asp?ID=135&ctgy=2
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