Evolving Service Delivery Platforms: Operator and Vendor Strategies In The Run Up To

Evolving Service Delivery Platforms: Operator and Vendor Strategies In The Run Up To IMS - Worldwide market Analysis, Strategic Outlook & Forecasts to 2011

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Informa Media and Telecom
Published: November 2006
Product Code: R443-214

Description

Check to see if the Site Address exists already by typing in the Site Address you want into a Browser Address bar. This essential strategic report looks at the decisions operators need to make in order to get their service delivery environment right and includes global forecasts for total market size, as well as regional breakdown of revenues and market shares.

Evolving Service Delivery Platforms looks at the decisions operators need to make in order to get their service delivery environment right and delivers global forecasts for total market size, as well as detailed regional breakdowns of revenues and market share to 2011.

Key coverage

Evolving Service Delivery Platforms delivers everything you need to ensure you fully understand this complex, business-critical issue:

Detailed market forecasts to 2011

Market forecasts include: global and regional SDP deployment figures, global market shares, market share by industry and revenue share by company

In-depth trend analysis

This in-depth analysis of current market trends by region and technology will help you determine where to invest to gain maximum returns over the next 5 years

Detailed operator case studies

Understand the complexities of the SDP market with in-depth, factual operator case studies and assess the potential opportunities and threats to your business

Expert future outlook

This detailed examination of the SDP market investigates how industry players will seek to maintain and increase market share with the use of integrated service delivery solutions

Independent vendor profiles

Track the activity of your competitors and industry partners with independent vendor profiles. Each profile contains a detailed assessment of vendor strategy, competitive advantage, product portfolio as well as recent deals and activities.

Market data

Key findings:

SDP and IMS are not mutually exclusive. Most companies that have invested in an SDP see it as a natural evolution to IMS in a few years time
Growth rates for SDP's are expected to increase up to 2009 before declining
Informa analysts expect total investment in SDP's to exceed $2.5 billion going forward
IT vendors have made significant headway in the SDP market, holding 30% of total revenues in 2005 compared with Telecoms vendors who hold 45%
The large number of ISV' s in the market is expected to dwindle as a wave of consolidation and merger and acquisition activity starts in 2007

Forecasts

Global Forecasts for SDP Deployment:

North America
Latin America
Asia Pacific
Europe
Africa/Middle East
Global Market Shares
Market Share by Industry
Revenue Share by Company

Key Issues Addressed:

How big is the potential market?
What impact will IMS have on the market going forward?
What market share do IT companies and ISV's currently have in the market?
Which key technologies will prevail going forward?
What are the current and future opportunities for my business?

Countries / Sectors / Companies

Countries:

North America
Latin America
Asia Pacific
Europe
Africa/Middle East

Vendor case studies:

jNetX
AePONA
Microsoft
Ericsson
Hewlett Packard
Outsmart
BEA Systems
Alcatel
Contec Innovations
Motorola
Siemens
Nokia

Operator case studies:

BT
Virgin Mobile USA
Cingular
Mobilkom Austria
Telenor
Vodafone
Turkcell
Telefónica Móviles España
NTT DoCoMo

Who should read this report?

Evolving Service Delivery Platforms - what's in it for you?

Operators: understand how the SDP market is developing and assess the challenges, costs and benefits associated with different technologies and strategies, as well as discovering where your company can profit from new opportunities
Telecom, IT and Independent Software Vendors: assess current and future operator demand and identify new growth markets, whilst building a detailed understanding of your competitors positioning and identifying possible partnership opportunities
Integrators: gain a global overview of the vendor landscape (including ISVs) and identify new business opportunities and assess possible industry partnerships
Consultants, Analysts and Financial Organisations: develop a thorough understanding of the workings of this important area and base future investments and recommendations on unbiased, unique analysis and primary data

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Executive Summary: Introduction; Definition Of A Service Delivery Platform (SDP); The Growth Of The SDP; Benefits Of A Service Delivery Platform; IMS & SDP - Competitive Or Complementary; Competitive Landscape; Forecasts
Chapter 2: The SDP Market: Market Overview; The Traditional Telecoms Value Chain; The Evolving Value Chain; Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC); Mobile Devices; Market Fragmentation In The Handset Industry; Open Service Marketplace (OSM) Or Walled Garden Business Model; Opening Up the Operator Environment to External Development; Telecom Web Services Bring New Opportunities; Applications & Services; Value Added Services; Browsing; Voice over IP (VoIP); Push to talk over cellular (POC); Click to dial; Enterprise Applications; Mobile Entertainment; Mobile Gaming; Video Streaming; Video Sharing; Messaging; Community Services; Service Creation Environment (SCE); The Need For An SDP; SDP Segmentation
Chapter 3: SDP Technology Issues: Historical Overview; 3G Systems Architecture; SDP Architecture; Content Delivery; Content Delivery Outsourcing; Digital Rights Management (DRM); Service Execution Platform (SEP); Service Exposure Layer (SEL); Network Abstraction Layer (NAL); Service Delivery Logic; Subscriber Data Management; Enabling Protocols; Model Driven Architecture; 3GPP and 3GPP2; ETSI; Open Mobile Alliance (OMA); Parlay Group; GSMA; Java Community Process (JCP); Application Programming Interfaces (API’s); XML; Open Service Access (OSA) & Parlay; Telecoms Web Services; IMS & SIP; Session Initiation Protocol (SIP); IMS; IMS At Work; Advantages Of Deploying IMS; Migrating To IMS; Inhibitors To Growth Of IMS; IMS Competing With SDP; Impact Of An All-IP Network; J2EE & .NET; EDAS; Java Use In Service Delivery Architecture; J2EE; OSS through Java; Java Developer Tools; J2ME; JAIN; JAIN SLEE; Carrier Grade JAIN SLEE; Mobile Handsets; Handset Trends; Mobile Device Management; Over The Air (OTA) Configuration; Dynamic User Interface (UI)
Chapter 4: Operator Strategies & Case Studies: In-House SDP Development; Cost Reduction; What Are Operators Looking For In An SDP; Challenges For Deploying An SDP; Partner Management; HP 3rd Party Developer Community; Return On Investment (ROI); Centralised SDP Configuration; Shared SDP Resource - Bridge Mobile Alliance; Enabling Enterprise Services; Service Orchestration; Operations Support Systems (OSS) & Business Support Systems (BSS); Business Process Automation; SDP Performance Management; Operator Case Examples:
Chapter 5: Vendor Developed Platforms: Introduction; Advantages Of Purpose Built SDP Deployment; Vendor Segmentation; Network Equipment Providers (NEPs); IT Vendors; Integrators; Independent Software Vendors (ISVs); Financial Model; Managed Services; Intelligent Networks (IN); Variations In SDP’s; Developing SDP’s Using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA); Parlay/OSA Developed Platforms; Trend Towards Single Identity / Multiple Devices; Vendor Case Examples:
Chapter 6: Global Breakdown of SDP Markets: Forecasting Methodology; Global Forecasts For SDP Deployment:; Market Shares; Market Share By Industry; Revenue Share By Company

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