The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals

The upcoming issue of The Journal will feature in-depth papers from industry experts on:

IMS and IPTV Service Blending - lessons and opportunities
Blended services are composite services created by combining simpler, more basic component services under the control of coordinating software. The Journal examines the major challenges faced by our authors as they built these services, and highlights opportunities for building further combined telephony-TV services with even greater efficiency and economy.

Next Generation TV - the next step of user experience
We are fast approaching the beginning of a new television era - the era of interactive TV where the user is no longer only a spectator, but participates in content generation. Based on Internet protocols, it's already accessible through TV, PCs, PDAs and mobile phones and will soon be an option for other personal devices, such as personal DVD or MP4 players.

The Virtual Home Gateway
While service providers are deploying service enabling platforms for next generation services, home network configuration complexity and security are often a major concern, limiting end-user adoption.