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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Asterisk has a role to play in the Next Generation
Intelligent Network<BR>(NGIN) by providing a rich set of operations, which can
be best performed by<BR>a SIP agent operating as a Back-to-Back user
agent.<BR><BR>The Intelligent Network (IN) market, operating on the PSTN
network,<BR>generated revenues in the UK of 1.9bn GBP in 2009.<BR><BR>In the UK,
OFCOM provides a wealth of telecom market statististics. Does<BR>anyone on this
mailing list know of similar sources of data in other<BR>telecoms
markets?<BR><BR>As more voice traffic moves to the IP network, away from the
PSTN network,<BR>then there is more opportunity to provide custom routing and
advanced<BR>telephony services using VoIP servers.<BR><BR>Manmade Web Limited
has written an application, AsterRoute, to extend<BR>Asterisk's functionality to
fit it to a predominantly NGIN role.<BR><BR>In 1997 David Isenberg wrote a
report about the 'Rise of the Stupid<BR>Network', a network that does nothing
but move the bits.<BR><BR>A review of the current state of the 'Stupid Network'
is available to<BR>download at <A
href="http://www.manmadeweb.co.uk">www.manmadeweb.co.uk</A> .<BR>
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