Service Building in Dense Service Provision Environments

1. Context Interconnection problems between privately owned network operators can be traced back to the 19th century when the telegraph first appeared. After successful deployment of the technology at a national scale, there was the need to provide interconnection across country borders facilitating interoperation between independent providers of the telegraph service, each with its own proprietary implementation. This problem triggered the creation of the first worldwide standardizing body: International Telecommunications Union (ITU).