Within the ITU (International Telecommunications Union), third generation mobile systems are called International Mobile Telephony 2000 (IMT 2000). All intelligent networking (IN) for telecommunications involves the concept of a distributed intelligence wherein a database is queried for information necessary for call processing. The reasons for deploying mobile IN technologies are to provide value-added capabilities for purposes such as cost reduction, improved service delivery, increased variety and quality of services, and rapid service creation and deployment.
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