The jNetX Convergent Service Platform offers operators several strong key benefits. The recurring theme associated with these benefits is that the jNetX solution provides operators with the freedom to own and manage their network services. Historically, operators have relied on the source vendor to supply, maintain and change each network services. This creates vendor lock-in which is a significant threat to operator competitiveness. With jNetX, operators have the power and flexibility to own and control their services, selecting from a broad partner ecosystem to leverage the functional benefits of a truly convergent IP and Circuit switched network service platform. Ownership and Freedom Although conceived for the time-critical and carrier-grade Telecom environment, the jNetX Convergent Service Platform has evolved from IT technology, bringing a new type of flexibility to the convergent service domain.  The service logic is a set of Java libraries that can be developed by the enormous global community of Java developers including in-house developers, select members of the operator's ecosystem or partners within the jNetX ecosystem. Services are developed or modified quickly to meet the specific needs of the operator (possibly starting from a service template) using reusable service building blocks. The operator can therefore own the service logic and thus own and control the services provided to their customers. Increased Revenues By using the jNetX Next Generation Service platform, operators can better leverage their existing network to deliver more feature rich services. The jNetX Convergent Service Platform exposes the functions of any network service enabler for feature rich service development, reusing the capabilities of these enablers to make new, personalized services differentiating an operator's market positioning. jNetX provides a built-in set of 3GPP service enablers to control a call, a conference, a session, to interact with a user, get location, charge, etc. The system is extensible, allowing for the integration and functional exposure of any additional service enabler for simplified, reusable development. first the flexibility to create new services generating the opportunity to create new revenue streams by exporting the service logic to such a platform allows the operator to combine existing services into innovative meta services differentiating their service offerings.  Differentiation protects revenue base and grows subscriber base creating services once that can be offered to IN, IP and IMS subscribers increase the return on investment of services development and introduction Lower CAPEX and OPEX costs Unlike traditional vertical systems, convergent service platforms are installed once in the network enabling the deployment of many services. Deploying the first service in the jNetX platform is generally the same price as a vertical, stove pipe service. However, deployment of each new service means the deployment of standard Java code into the platform avoiding the painful process of integration and greatly simplifying the process of network acceptance. This means the costs goes down significantly with the 2nd, 3rd and Nth new service deployed. By reducing the number of nodes in the network and the interfaces that need to be maintained, lifecycle management time and costs drop significantly. jNetX Ecosystem of Partners A distinct advantage jNetX has apart from proprietary vendors is a wide ecosystem of partners covering all parts of the globe. These partners are trained on how to build value-added services and integrate our platform with existing networks while migrating to next generation networks. Operators can use these partners to develop new services or a full turn-key solution. This ecosystem of partners allows operators to create and execute new business models to generate new revenue while attracting and retaining customer base. Conclusion The jNetX Convergent Service Platform and its associated tools, components and methodologies address the full telecom service lifecycle, from development and testing to provisioning and management. This significantly and quantifiably changes the economics of introducing new services into legacy circuit-switched, next generation packet-based and convergent architectures such as IMS. Persons interested in further technical information should contact the jNetX worldwide sales force or fill out this online request form.

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