REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:

1. MARKET SHARES, REVENUES, FORECASTS & INSTALLED BASE (Past 4 years)

• Worldwide installed base by country, operator and vendor
• Expenditure forecast by carrier type and region through 2008
• Current revenues and market shares for OSS/BSS software suppliers
system integrators and ASPs

2. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 146 INTERNATIONAL VENDORS & 200 SUITES

For all 146 software vendors featured, we include:

• Solutions offered
• Individual hardware/software approaches
• Detailed technical specifications of products and their differentiators
• Company profiles

3. 30 SYSTEM INTEGRATORS: ANALYSIS OF THEIR REVENUE AND MARKET SHARES

4. PRICING & PRICING STRUCTURE ALTERNATIVES

This report discusses worldwide trends in:

• Pricing by OSS/BSS Suite
• Budgetary guidelines for annual maintenance, and discounting practices

You will also find specific pricing for selected vendors' products.

5. TRENDS IN SUPPORT SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS: TECHNOLOGIES, STANDARDS & SOLUTIONS

This part of the report addresses priority concerns of operators such as:

• Budget justification
• Customer expectation
• Systems interoperability
• Solution packaging for special carrier needs
• Platforms (ex. DCE, CORBA, Java & XML)
• Middleware and "Self service" customer utilities on the Internet
• Compliance issues with OSI, CMIP, TMF & other standards groups
• Examination of TMFs work on NGOSS, including e-TOM, and it's practical uses by vendors and operators

OTHER FEATURES:

• Concentration on companies and products that are platform independent and offer at least 5 of over 100 module functionalities.
• Comprehensive description & assessment of 'best of breed' NGOSS major functions
• Conclusions & recommendations by carrier type
• Recommendations for support system software/hardware vendors