This IDC study defines the policy management market and discusses the competitive dynamics among vendors seeking to serve service provider requirements for policy management. This document includes four use cases, specifying the types of technologies to be applied to the use cases. In the analysis, we present a table of selected vendors with PCRF and PCEF assets.

"Policy management is a compelling class of solutions that has the potential to introduce operational flexibility into the telecommunications industry," said Elisabeth Rainge, director, NGN Operations. "Policy management, or policy charging and control (PCC), pulls together network infrastructure enforcement tools with the monetization capabilities."