The architecture and technologies for the Next Generation Networks are well known. The service provision approach is not so clear though. While the Telecommunications killerudapplication still remains to be found, new competitors in the new all-IP world threaten the traditional business models of telcos by providing their services directly to theudoperators' customers. An innovative paradigm has recently come about in the Internet which allows users to create and share their own services from the composition of otherudservices. User-centric service creation environments improve the service offering with profitable, value-added services faster and cheaper than ever before. This paperudpresents the initial results of a research project that applies the user-centric approach to the creative combination ofudWeb and network services over Next Generation Networks.
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