Paper info: Control, Use and Development; Connecting the Actor and Resource Layers
Title
Control, Use and Development; Connecting the Actor and Resource Layers
Authors
Tim Torvatn
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
Place of Publication
The paper was published at the 20th IMP-conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2004.
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Abstract
In the autumn of 1988, ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) proclaimed anew standard for digital telecommunication; the ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)standard. This proclamation was based on recommendations from the ITU-T (InternationalTelecommunications Union ? Telecommunication Standardization Sector), and basically meantthat all digital telecommunications systems in Europe should be adapted to one specific standardwith regard to interfaces between systems, and between systems and users. In other words,hardware interfaces would now be standardised, while the services delivered by this hardwarewere allowed to vary between telecommunications providers. Looking at ISDN servicesmarketed in the Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden, we have identified several differencesbetween the two countries.