The entire communications industry is witnessing convergence of services, voice, data, and video from the same interface in the customer premises in the wireline space or
the Triple Play services. The operators are moving towards automation and high speed IP based infrastructure over which they will be able to match their offerings through IPTV and Voice over IP technologies (VoIP). As services and networks expand and new ones are introduced, test equipment is required for planning, installation, and testing and maintenance of system performance.
In the competition driven industry, T&M instruments are required not only to offer test solutions but also to improve customers' service reliability of the operator and thus offer a competitive edge to the operator. The current trend in the industry requires T&M instruments to be integrated into multi-technology and distributed network environment. Its vendors cannot remain isolated and unconnected as a T&M instrument provider. Their role has widened to include the ability to look across the end-to-end network and also deep down into the network to resolve quality and performance problems.
The year 2007 has been christened as the year of Broadband by the Indian Government. It stands as the next big development in the telecom space and thus T&M too. The competitive setting, increasing demand for Broadband, and influx of newer technologies like DSL, WLAN, WiMAX and 3G are expected to define the new Indian T&M instrument scene.
As the telecom market matures, customers' expectations from the operators also increase. Their soaring demand and carriers' focus on quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) are crucial differentiators that will fuel more technological evolution in T&M instruments. |
