Digital Convergence
It is the collection of underlying digital technology components and features such as voice, texts, videos, pictures, broadcasts, presentations, streaming media, global connectivity and personalised services.
It refers to the convergence of four industries into one Conglomerate (Combination of two or more enterprises)— ITTCE (Information Technology, Telecommunication, Consumer Electronics and Entertainment).
Messaging Convergence
It means integrating SMS with voice, e.g. Voice SMS (voice instead of text) and SpinVox (voice to text). Due to change in communication, the main problem that arises for operators is to adjust all aspects of their business, including their mobile, television and Internet networks that are converging and progressing day-by-day. In addition, today’s wide variety of messaging options, including SMS, MMS, E-mail, Instant messaging and Video sharing are creating challenges for users and operators to manage it.
Media Convergence
It involves the interlocking of computing and IT companies, telecommunication networks and content providers from the publishing world of newspapers, magazines, music, radio, television, films and entertainment softwares. It brings together the “3Cs” and is the direct convergence of the digitisation of media content and the popularisation of the Internet.
Device Convergence
It means the trend in network device architecture to support different networking paradigms in single system.
e.g.communication and imaging technologies on a mobile device designed to make calls and take pictures. Both are unrelated technologies that converge on a single device.
