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AIMS 2000 WORKSHOP ON APPLIED IP AND MULTIMEDIA SERVICES OPENED BY DR. CARRELLI
Heidelberg. Which network technologies and multimedia services will succeed on the marketplace? This is one of the questions to be explored at the AIMS 2000 workshop on Applied IP and Multimedia Services that started at EURESCOM in Heidelberg today, 25 October. In his opening speech Dr. Claudio Carrelli, director of EURESCOM, questioned conservative approaches to innovation in networks and services. Taking the example of UMTS he pointed out the risks of being dogmatic about this new technology, because there is ample evidence for innovations like video on demand and Iridium mobile phones that failed to be a market success. He also made the audience aware of the strategic questions concerning the marketing of GPRS: 'Is GPRS more than GSM or less than UMTS?' Analysing the converging telecommunications and broadcasting markets Dr. Carrelli sees a trend that 'from a transport monopoly and a plurality of content we are moving to a monopoly of content with competitive transport'. His general prediction for the future is optimistic: Mobile phones and devices will surpass consumer PCs by 2003; by 2004 more Europeans will own a mobile phone than a fixed line, and by 2005 there will be 1 billion mobile Internet users. The Internet is one central theme on the two days of the workshop. On the first day the focus is on applied Internet and Web services and on IP network services, covering topics like next generation portals, multilingual Web sites, Always On services and Internet everywhere via Ipv6. The second day will concentrate on Quality of Service issues related to networks and applications. Most of the contributions from the attending high-profile experts are based on EURESCOM project results, others are based on IST and ETSI projects. EURESCOM supervisor Heinz Brüggemann, who organised the workshop, is confident that the more than 60 participants will get satisfactory answers to several technological questions that are crucial for the future development of IP networks and multimedia services.
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