IP telephony solutions may be among 'proven services' sought on SDPs

The priorities of service delivery platform (SDP) clients include 'proven' technologies like messaging, according to Infonetics Research, which could incorporate the communication capabilities of IP telephony solutions.

Many IP telephony solutions are able to transmit instant messages among users on the network, as well as highlighting those who are at their desks and sharing documents.

These relatively familiar functions could prove more appealing to operators obtaining VoIP phones from their SDP vendor than emerging technologies.

Shira Levine, directing analyst for next-generation open source software and policy at Infonetics Research, says: "The results of our latest SDP carrier survey demonstrate a growing sophistication around the applications and capabilities that operators are using SDPs to support."

In particular, the survey found operators who provide services onwards to their own clients are focused on issues like time-to-market with messaging, rather than on some of the buzz terms mooted by many analysts as major developments.