The on-rushing convergence between infrastructure players (telcos, cable TV, satellite broadcasters) and content production (Internet portals, broadcasters, software vendors), is manifesting itself strongly across a wide range of industry mergers...
Here, Anthony Plewes pulls together the various strands of voice, data and video convergence which are closer to reality than you may think. If you have a view on convergence drop us a line at editorial@silicon.com.
If we told you voice and data convergence has arrived you may well say you've heard that before. The wider downturn and dot-com bust of the last two years have overshadowed the steady improvement in the technologies and integration that are...
06.08.98: Forrester Research has bucked the trend with a report that predicts the end for the voice/data convergence boom. The cost of guaranteeing bandwidth plus the slow carrier development of integrated services means convergence will be...
At its simplest, the convergence argument states that running one network is cheaper than running two. Ben King looks at what's happened to the dream of convergence. Does this mean the business case for convergence doesn't stack up?
Devices, networks, services, voice, data, media, entertainment - convergence can refer to any one of these areas and is so often used its meaning can be lost. Just four per cent of respondents to the Bathwick Group/silicon.com survey believe...