Broadband Operators (ISPs, WISPs and VoIP SPs)

• Getting connected to the Internet through a dedicated link to one of the Tier1/Tier2 providers, one of the Internet exchanges, or private peering points

• Integrating voice/VoIP into your offering since this service is becoming an important add-on application in multiple-play bundlings

• If you want to retain your customers and increase ARPU beyond the provision of a BB access you need to upsell value-added content and online applications and clearing

• Offering single box solutions for multimedia and communications services that allow new usage and experience

• Delivering advanced broadband services, which often demands heavy investments in the access infrastructure, new business models, and expertise

• Having to be innovative and fast since you face fierce competition from web companies

• Being able to deliver QoS-sensitive advanced broadband services to the end customer

• Internetworking with other broadband operators, content providers or mobile operators for seamless QoS across content-based applications and networks

• Your end consumers want access to the Internet and a range of easy to use and always-on multimedia applications offering interactivity and shared usage across different network, access and device technologies

 
Your requirements

• You want a cut in investments by leasing a state-of-the-art IP platform

• You need connectivity to Tier1/Tier2 providers and peering centers

• You want a secure connection to the Internet without having to engineer the different connectivity layers

• You need reliable cooperation with a wholesale provider that offers the needed scale, flexibility in bandwidth management, and level of service concurrency important for the delivery of advanced TV and video services

• You want flexible billing options

• You have to be flexible in your offers and develop the ability to cherry-pick the bundle elements that your customers want

• As a VoIP provider, you need international voice termination from an experienced global voice trader.

• As a non-incumbent ISP, you want to enter the voice world and bundle VoIP soft-client solutions with lower-end TV services and broadband access

• You need to benefit from high margin-generating content business and increasingly cooperate with content providers or other fixed or wireless broadband operators

• Ongoing connectivity to the Internet

• Broadband specific content and applications, such as e-commerce, gaming or IPTV will increase your end-user’s loyalty and need for broadband connections

• Scalability as the key to handle unpredictable growth in demand

• Flexibility: on demand type of service/flexible bandwidth provisioning, VoIP solutions, solutions for content storage, clearing, distribution

• Delivery of superior user experience end-to-end: single box solution, single bill, converging and integrating of content services and communication services, while meeting quality expectations, even across different provider networks

• Identification of efficient strategies to integrate the right value-added services to your bundles in a timely manner

• Basic services: e.g. Internet access via IP Transit, City-to-City

• IP-platforms and managed services: e.g. IPX, MPLS VPN Layer 2

• Value-added services: e.g. VoIP Reselling International, VoIP Bridging Service

• Enabling services: e.g. WiFi Roaming Solution, Bill-it-Easy, IPTV Smart Solution, Wireless Smart Solution

Since ICSS is a highly experienced provider for Deutsche Telekom’s Broadband Communications segment (T-Home), it can provide the quality services and bundlings that give you an edge over competition.