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Introduction
The reason media convergence occurs is due to both corporation and consumer developments.

AT&T and Verizon are among the many service providers that are required to separate their IP and Transport networks into two different ones. They are made up and managed by different parts of each company, which causes an increase in its overall management and overuse of resources.

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Convergence is about services and about new ways of doing business and of interacting with society. The basic type of network convergence is the combination and connection across platforms and networks, which allows several types of networks to connect with each other within certain common standard and protocol. The second type is the convergence of telecommunication service, which allows firms to use a single network to provide several communication services that traditionally required separate networks, which often is called the triple play or quadruple play in the USA. The third type is market convergence.

Convergence is about services and about new ways of doing business and interacting with society. The basic type of network convergence is the combination and connection across platforms and networks, which allows several types of networks to connect within certain common standards and protocols. The second type is the convergence of telecommunication service, which allows firms to use a single network to provide several communication services that traditionally required separate networks, which often is called the triple play or quadruple play in the USA. The third type is market convergence.

Traditional communication companies that now carry telephone services are moving closer to universal service. As a result, the new market improves the utilization of the existing infrastructure, making it more cost-efficient. Further, many non-traditional infrastructures, including cable television and electricity distribution networks, can now carry telephone service, moving countries closer to universal service and improving the utilization of existing infrastructure, allowing them to provide ICT services to communities that earlier had none.

As mentioned above, traditional telephone companies are taking different measures to expand businesses in the convergent market. On the aspect of infrastructure, companies like at&t started upgrading from traditional copper wires to fiber to enhance the quality and speed in voice and data transmission. With a relatively simple upgrade, they can offer digital subscriber lines (DSL), which allow high-speed access to the Internet.

The new regulatory framework that was shaped by the 1996 act eliminated the entry barrier for companies to expand their business into new markets. Local exchange carriers are allowed to start a business in the long-distance market and even video and broadband market. On the other hand, because cable TV and video services are regulated as “information services,” cable companies are allowed entering the telecommunication market without applying for a license and exempted from heavy regulation.

Convergence implies the integration of telecommunication, broadcasting, and Internet network services. It allows a variety of providers to use different paths to transmit voice, video signals, and data to homes and businesses. In the past, it was restricted to either communicating people by wireline or watching broadcast programming at the same time.

The development of technology and government regulation turned the segmented telecom market into one converged market. Separate and static markets are becoming convergent and dynamic. Competition in the market has forced players to discover new markets and new business models. Deregulation, which has removed entry barriers, has allowed telecom carriers to enter the market and to create a new market for bundling services. These internal and external forces drive telecom operators to search for a breakthrough.

QoS
QoS (Quality of Service) isn't seen much in networks nowadays, even though they carry a heavy workload. They can not only be frequently exposed to human error, but can also only be used in different applications. Because of this Physical Network Isolation and Network Overprovisioning are used the most when attempting to deploy QoS.