2.
Convergence and NGN
Convergence in network technologies, services and in terminal equipment is at the basis of change in
innovative offers and new business models in the communications sector (see Box 1). The utilisation of
the term “convergence” represents the shift from the traditional “vertical silos” architecture, i.e. a situation
in which different services were provided through separate networks (mobile, fixed, CATV, IP), to a
situation in which communication services will be accessed and used seamlessly across different networks
and provided over multiple platforms, in an interactive way. Already in the 1990s, the possible impact of
digitalisation and convergence between telecommunications and broadcasting was under examination and
proposals made for changes in existing regulation. The growing role of the Internet in the economy and
society has enhanced the process of convergence and its rate of change.
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