Push to Talk: Summary and Conclusion

Push to Talk: Summary and Conclusion

Beneficiaries of PTT

The beneficiaries of PTT will be all major players involved in the deployment and operation of PTT service. Providers of Wireless Softswitch infrastructure and intermediation services will benefit as infrastructure is deployed and service evolution requires various support services such as billing, settlement, protocol conversion and transport required for PTT service. Wireless carriers will benefit from additional revenue generation, service offering differentiation, and cost reduction resulting from PTT operation.

Predictions for PTT

All tier-one carriers will offer their own differentiated PTT service offerings, which will evolve over time, but will also ultimately enable inter-carrier PTT.

Growth of PTT usage will further commoditize long distance service, especially as inter-carrier PTT service is commonplace and optimized.

Evolution of PTT will represent a leading VAS and will spawn the introduction and growth of various synergistic/complementary capabilities and services including Presence and LBS-based services, MCM, and other Unified Communications.Additional Resources:Books about: IP-based Communication