drive to switch telecom.

[karineljka]

The migration to IP is not without risk. In terms of the IP application services market, two key questions need to be answered: Will the quality of the real-time services over IP be good enough in the next few years to drive carriers and customers to switch?

Скажите, пожалуйста, как перевести drive to switch?

[tumanov]

to switch

1. to shift, change, turn aside, or change the direction of (something)
2. to exchange (places); replace (something by something else) the battalions switched fronts
3. (Transport / Railways) Chiefly US and Canadian to transfer (rolling stock) from one railway track to another
4. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) (tr) to cause (an electric current) to start or stop flowing or to change its path by operating a switch
5. to swing or cause to swing, esp back and forth
6. (tr) to lash or whip with or as if with a switch See also switch off, switch on

[tumanov]

to drive
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11) а) побуждать, стимулировать; заставлять His pride drove him to complete the job. — Гордость заставила его закончить работу. Hunger drove them to steal. — Голод заставил их пойти на воровство. Syn: motivate , force , compel , coerce
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[tumanov]

ill the quality of the real-time services over IP be good enough in the next few years to drive carriers and customers to switch?

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ill the quality of the real-time services over IP be good enough in the next few years to drive carriers and customers to switch to these real-time services over IP?