What is the challenge for IMS application developers?
The optimist would answer this question by stating that application developers will see an IMS network as an enhanced, QoS-enabled network that can support many new applications. They will develop new stuff for IMS networks like entrepreneurs (eBay, Yahoo! and Google) did with the Internet. The pessimist would respond by saying that no one owns the Internet, and the terminal (the PC) is owned by the customer and has a well-established connection standard (IP). With IMS the developer doesnt know the service providers bandwidth policy, given that the IMS device might be doing other thing like non-IMS IPTV and more. IMS is nowhere near ready for third parties or application developers to prosper.
The optimist would answer this question by stating that application developers will see an IMS network as an enhanced, QoS-enabled network that can support many new applications. They will develop new stuff for IMS networks like entrepreneurs (eBay, Yahoo! and Google) did with the Internet. The pessimist would respond by saying that no one owns the Internet, and the terminal (the PC) is owned by the customer and has a well-established connection standard (IP). With IMS the developer doesn’t know the service provider’s bandwidth policy, given that the IMS device might be doing other thing like non-IMS IPTV and more. IMS is nowhere near ready for third parties or application developers to prosper.
