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Forecasting the Integrated Services Digital Network market in Norway is discussed. Forecasting with little information is highlighted.

After years of being mishandled, ridiculed and written off, the telco service is finally getting the attention of American network managers. It's been a long time coming, but Integrated Services […]

Experts put the second half of the '90s as the springboard fork ATM, SMDS, Frame Relay, ISDN and other high-speed networking technologies. The time-worn complaints about lack of standards ring […]

Forecasting the amount of broadband users is crucial in planning future communication networks as asynchronous transfer mode technology filters into the mainstream. Currently, estimates made by telecommunications industry are insufficient since they are constrained by several factors. Using workplace establishment size and industry type provides a better basis for predicting user potential of integrated digital services networks. However, traffic projections must also be made to obtain a clearer picture of network resource requirements.

With ISDN-1 on the horizon and telcos' implementation by 1994, ISDN may be getting a new push. Telecom managers may wish to re-examine their positions on the technology accordingly. ISDN […]

SONET can be seen as the logical follow-on to today's high-speed, synchronous wide area telecommunications services, such as T1 and T3. But SONET has an important role to play as […]

Office equipment in the 1990s will advance in the areas of microcomputers, software, telecommunications, and computer peripherals. Microcomputer manufacturers continue to develop smaller, more powerful machines capable of producing more work in a shorter time. Laptop computers permit users greater flexibility to work while traveling. New versions of data base software offer report generation and higher quality hard copy. The new versions also offer support for local area networks (LAN), improved file linkage, and better spreadsheet management. The implementation of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) will form the basis of a global telecommunications network that allows simultaneous transmission voice, data, and images. Optical storage devices will store larger amounts of data in a smaller space, and the PC fax board will permit data transmissions between PCs and fax machines.

WHAT'S RIGHT WITH ISDN Those of you who have worked with focus groups and pilot installations to define the 'golden ISDN application' are tired of the jibes from critics and […]

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is expected to continue its steady growth. ISDN, which comprise less than 1% of the US' 170 million switched access lines in 1997, will be able to proceed with its advance through a number of market factors. These include the presence of a wider application base as a result of the growth of the Internet and local area networks. Other factors are the increase in the choice of available equipment, the move towards voice telephone service and the improved technical expertise of ISDN providers., After 10 years of overly optimistic projections from the telcos, it appears that ISDN is finally moving into a major growth phase. The installed base of ISDN BRI lines grew [...]

Byline: Karl Heinz Rosenbrock The basic characteristics of Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDNs) were set out in a CCITT Recommendation as early as 1980. The most important precondition for ISDN is the digitalization of the telephone network. The paper examines the question: 'What is ISDN?' in detail, with reference to ISDN accesses, the telecommunications services and supplementary services possible in ISDN, and ISDN terminal equipment. This is completed by a brief description of the advantages of ISDN from the users' and customers' points of view. As an example of the approach of telecommunications administrations in Europe, the paper examines how the Deutsche Bundespost has been planning and is implementing the introduction of ISDN. The activities and measures taken by the European Community (EC) and the telecommunication administrations and operating agencies in the EC (PTTs) to introduce ISDN are then examined, including an account of the quadrilateral ISDN cooperation between France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany. The paper concludes with a look towards non-European countries.

Byline: Brian N. Kearsey, G. Fink, F. Pioli Di Marco Today's public and private communications networks are converging, and have come to share a common problem: as markets widen and extend beyond national boundaries, the need for international standards becomes more pressing. In particular, the prospects for achieving worldwide compatibility in integrated services digital networks (ISDNs) depend on having stable international standards.

Byline: Jordi Agusti, Oscar Gonzalez Soto Careful planning is essential in determining the most efficient strategy for moving from today's dedicated networks to future integrated services digital networks (ISDNs). A new tool, known as cost assignment to telecommunications services (CATS) has recently been developed to help planners to compare alternative scenarios. In particular, CATS enables the planner to determine whether the circuit or packet mode is the more cost-effective for a specific service.

Byline: Leon Schlumpf The Minister of the Department of Transport, Communications and Energy of the Swiss Confederation outlines first the legislative and cultural framework of the present telecommunications structure in Switzerland. He then describes recent developments and proposed new legislation. His government propose a greater role for private organizations; while the postal and telecommunications authorities will operate the public networks, private institutions will be allowed to operate value-added network (VAN) services. He describes also the progress being made in introducing integrated services digital networks (ISDN).

Pessimists claim that ISDN is the acronym for 'I simply don't know.' Optimists claim that the integrated services digital network is the solution to all modern communications problems and that […]

Expanding overseas means your company is relocating some workers to Europe. 'Great,' you say. Then it hits you: How are you supposed to get them high-speed Internet service? When you […]

Features table Broadband service providers * These listings reflect a variety of suppliers, but most ISPs will either be offering their own service once local loop unbundling proceeds or will […]

Usability, flexibility, reliability and speed are the main concerns when remote access service technologies are evaluated. Less than a decade ago, the concept of dial services was reserved for the […]

With new data services, hype often outpaces reality. Upon initial release, services are sparse, and the customer generally pays the price. As consumers, or advocates thereof, we desire choices, not […]

Assessing the ISDN Revolution: It's on Its Way and It Will Be Here Sooner than You May Think Today's fervor in telecommunications is over the laying of the foundation of [...]

The Outlook for ISDN Customer-Premises Equipment Every week, new stories demonstrate the growing momentum behind the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). It once could be argued that ISDN was merely […]

EXPLODING FIVE MYTHS ABOUT ISDN For many system integrators, VARs and OEMs, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is either a mysterious continent shrouded in myth or an attempt by AT&T […]

The Big Question Is, What Kind of an Impact Will ISDN Have on Your Corporate Network? Corporate executives or corporate network planners are probably very concerned about the impact that [...]

What users expect from packet service The public interest in universal, integrated home and office data communications is in telephone network packet switching. Packet switching holds such promise through its [...]

The Marriage of ISDN and LANs Apple has been following the development of ISDN technology very carefully since our participation with Pacific Bell in Project Victoria. Although ISDN technology has […]

What will tomorrow bring? Today's network has evolved to a centralized hubbing architecture that supports digital and analog switching systems and is presently suited for narrowband voice and limited data […]

Open the box and look inside If 1988 is remembered as 'The Year ISDN Became a Commercial Reality,' 1989 will go down in the family album as 'The Year ISDN […]

It has been nearly a decade since the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) was introduced, promising users a new era of high-speed data transmission and other services over the existing […]

Integrated Services Digital Network technology is costly for the telephone companies to install on a speculative basis, since they do not know how many customers will need such services. However, it is important for these companies to update their technologies to match the services that will be offered by other industries, such as cable television. The transition from an analog technology to a digital technology will help the telephone companies survive., It has been almost two years since the announcement of National ISDN-1, which was supposed to herald ISDN's rebirth. Bellcore is already publishing technical advisories and specifications for National ISDN-2 [...]

Regie de Telegraphes at Telephones (RTT-Belgacom), Belgium's national carrier, is predicting 100% coverage for its basic ISDN service by the end of 1993. By the end of this year it [...]