IMS Application Developer's Handbook

Chapter 9. MMTel and Other IMS Enablers

9.1. Introduction

It may be a bit surprising that the header for this chapter says “enablers” and not “services”. The point we are trying to make is that standard services like telephony, presence, and messaging deserve the designation “service” in the sense that they are directly visible and usable to the end-user, as opposed to under-the-hood functionality such as routing and media conversion. However, when a standard service becomes ubiquitous, application creators find ways of incorporating those capabilities into their designs. As soon as the value of this is recognized, the idea occurs that it might be a good thing if the interface between the application and the supporting service is standardized, ...