Workshop 1: Object-Oriented Technology for Telecommunications Services Engineering (Introduction)
The demand for advanced telecommunication services has increased enormously the last few years. This has led to situations where the network operators have clashed new services into their networks at high speed to satisfy the customer needs. Today, when the telecommunication monopolies are breaking up, the fight for market shares has become hard. Moreover the demand for more and more specialised end-user services will continue to grow, and there will be an increasing demand for having the new services in shorter and shorter time frames. Thus, the structure and function of the switching systems will change to accommodate the need for rapid deployment of more and more customised services. The telecommunications industry, which has been interconnection-driven, will, in the future, be service-driven!