I hope you managed to have an enjoyable summer break. With the end of the summer holidays comes conference season… At the 4G Wireless Evolution conference next week in LA I’ll be moderating the session “The Ecosystem of Application Developers” (4G1-04), on Tuesday 1st Sept, 2:00-3:15pm. On the panel will be: Shai Berger, CEO Fonolo; […]
This article provides a brief summary on Day One of Informa’s SDP Asia conference in Singapore on the 26th November. A preview of the conference was given in this article. With 70 registered attendees and about 55 attendees in the room on Day One, APAC is bucking the trend in conference attendance by showing solid […]
In the telecom industry Managed Network Services (MNS, aka Outsourced Network Operations) is likely to be a $10B business in ’08, with a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of between 13-17%. Europe accounts for 45% of the market. The leading supplier in the market, Ericsson, rips-out other supplier’s equipment and installs its own in the […]
Following in the series of market landscapes such as On Device Portal, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Service Management, and a very high level one on Service Delivery Platform (SDP). I’m presenting a richer SDP landscape, however, it is challenging to compare SDPs because of the vast scope of functionality and the numerous definitions that exist. A […]
At the start of April I wrote about the consolidation in the service management space and the major trends of: Consolidation of functionality. Just like enterprise IT, as mature functions are subsumed. For example, once upon a time a service provider would buy a VoIP fulfillment platform, now multi-service fulfillment is the norm. Emergence of […]
What is a ‘service delivery architecture’? It really depends upon with whom you are talking. Are they are a vendor trying to sell IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), or a Java games download platform; or are they an operator responsible for value-added communication services, IPTV, or content services. Each will likely give quite different answers. Service […]
Overall My impression of MWC (Mobile World Congress, nee 3GSM) is it was quieter than last year, less hype and less people; however, the organizers claim attendance was up 3000, perhaps they were all the pick-pockets? I think the industry is at a crossroad, in my discussions with operators internet access is the product that’s […]
About 2 years ago I did a couple of projects around the SCIM (Service Capability Interaction Manager). It’s an illusive component within the IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) standards, because it’s only described in one paragraph of the 3GPP R7 (3rd Generation Project Partnership Release 7) standards issued earlier this year. The SCIM isn’t standardized, it’s […]