»uganda telecom - next generation network«

“...a concept for defining and deploying networks, which, due to their formal separation into different layers and planes and use of open interfaces, offers service providers and operators a platform which can evolve in a step-by-step manner to create, deploy and manage innovative services. NGN is therefore a converged IP network.”

Product Development Manager

Traditional circuit switched networks reserve resources from end to end in a fixed inflexible manner with initial development geared towards voice traffic. As a result providers have separate voice and data networks.
Further more, the operations and management of these networks are based on restrictive proprietary systems with limited vendor interoperability.

Service bundling is intuitive to a converged IP network. If everything is delivered over one service, then it goes without saying that we can truly offer you bundled products spanning across voice, video and data.

Imagine being able to answer a telephone call from your TV, pause your favourite TV show on your phone, and switch off the lights you left on at home from your office PC. Today, this is a reality.NGN will bring new services such as:Video Conferencing, Supplementary Voice Services,Presence Services,High Speed Data.Uganda telecom has to date invested over 5 million dollars on the NGN initiative alone.

The objective is to build a separate IP network running over optic fiber. This core serves as a converged medium for all services (voice, video, and data).A star/meshed architecture will be used in the core utilizing well know IP protocols for network resilience, IGRP, OSPF, BGP etc. for routing updates and Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) for traffic engineering.The IP core MUST have the following characteristics:Service Transparency,Service Availability,Service Quality.