Tag Archives: SCP

Operators must take their IN Open Source

The analogy I’m drawing here is between an operator’s IN platform and an enterprise’s / web service provider’s application server. The Intelligent Network (IN) enables both fixed and mobile operators to differentiate their proposition by providing value-added services in addition to the standard voice and messaging telecom services such as PSTN, ISDN and GSM services […]

SCIM (Service Capability Interaction Manager): Its time for operators to sort out the services layer mess

About 2 years ago I did a couple of projects around the SCIM (Service Capability Interaction Manager).  It’s an illusive component within the IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) standards, because it’s only described in one paragraph of the 3GPP R7 (3rd Generation Project Partnership Release 7) standards issued earlier this year.  The SCIM isn’t standardized, it’s […]