Opportunities and challenges in the emerging broadband services market: An industry perspective

VASA (Value Added Service Alliance) is a consortium of communication industry participants whose mission is to help service providers, network operators, applications service providers (ASPs), vendors and other industry participants to meet the challenges involved in the delivery of multimedia and voice services. The recent emergence of several broadband access options, including wireless LAN, DSL, and 3G, led to increased interest in broadband services and revenue opportunities among VASA members. In 2003, VASA issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the new service opportunities that were offered by these emerging broadband access networks; in 2004, VASA issued a second RFI on the impact of broadband on voice services. This article presents the main conclusions from VASA's analysis of the RFI responses.