Despite the industry move toward packet voice and next-generation services, there remains a large installed base of legacy Intelligent Network (IN) platforms. Carriers are often hesitant to replace their IN systems, either because they have not fully recouped their investment, or simply because the systems are functioning reliably and generating revenue. However, in many cases carriers are being driven to migrate to new service platforms because these legacy IN platforms have been discontinued by the manufacturer, or have limited ability to support new services. Carriers need a way to migrate gracefully to new service delivery environments which will allow them to create and deploy integrated services.

Service Delivery Platforms (SDPs), sometimes referred to as the “next-generation SCP”, provide a migration path for services to move to multi-protocol, multi-vendor networks. These next-generation SCPs contain a service logic execution environment (SLEE) where services can be created and executed independent of the underlying network type. This is accomplished by the provision of resource adaptors that integrate network elements and abstract the network. New service creation is facilitated through the use of reusable service building blocks for functions such as call control, messaging, media control, billing and more.

tekVizion has extensive experience creating services and supporting deployments on traditional IN systems based on MAP, AIN, and INAP. Combining this experience with its FastForward>> Service Delivery^SM practice allows tekVizion to help carriers evolve gracefully from IN to next-generation service environments.