Operators worldwide are becoming attracted by the cost saving and other advantages promised by adopting a Managed Services strategy. What exactly are these benefits and how can Managed Services help you achieve your business goals? What are the hidden costs and risks associated with this approach? This report will tell you.
Visiongain has found that over the coming years operators will further re-evaluate their value chain to identify their core competencies and use Managed Services for profitable growth. Hosting and Managed Services will converge as vendors shape their service strategies in the coming years. Are you prepared to take advantage of this growth?
The report answers all your key questions, including:
-What is driving the Managed Services market?
-What CapEx and OpEx savings can be realised through Managed Services?
-What are the typical timeframes of Managed Services projects?
-How does the speed of service deployment and problem resolution with Managed
-Services compare to more traditional methods?
-What effect does outsourcing mobile content have on data ARPU?
-How will the growth of applications hosting differ by PoC, MIM, MMS, LBS, TV and other services?
-Which companies are working towards IMS hosting?
-What role will Managed Content Enablers (MCEs) play?
-Which vendors are best positioned to benefit from the expected growth of Managed Services?
-How do vendor solutions compare to one another?
-How will the market evolve by 2011 on a regional level?
-What is the total addressable market for Managed Services globally?
This 179-page report provides a comprehensive step-by-step framework that mobile network operators need to consider when deciding on and adopting their Managed Services strategies. In addition, it provides a detailed analysis of the market, including regional and global forecasts for network operations outsourcing, applications hosting and services delivery.
Why you should buy this report:
-Operators: Learn how you can benefit from Managed Services and what issues you will have to face. Read about case studies and experiences into operators that have undergone the Managed Services route.
-Vendors: Gain insight into competitor solutions and strategies. Identify the types of operator likely to embark on a Managed Services strategy.
-Consultants: Understand the current state of the market and how it will change and evolve in the future.
As operators look for innovative ways to gain competitive advantage and increase operating profits through lower OpEx and CapEx, the outsourcing of network operation, application hosting and service delivery is gaining increasing traction.