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Telecoms Application Server Outlook
Analysys Mason Group, Dec 2008, Pages: 57
Telecoms application servers are products that use modern IT software technologies to support the creation, execution and exposure of telecoms services. Communications service providers (CSPs) are deploying telecoms application servers for partner enablement, service innovation and as a replacement for legacy IN platforms. We forecast good growth in spending on telecoms application servers, rising from USD1.19 billion in 2007 to USD1.82 billion in 2012 at a CAGR of 9%. This partly reflects a transfer of budget from legacy IN spending, but also reflects the importance of partner enablement and service innovation to CSPs' strategies. Competition between CSPs and with companies in adjacent industries, such as Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Apple, is driving investment in telecoms application servers to enhance existing services and combine them with new offerings, such as presence, location, IPTV and other new capabilities.
The report focuses on five principal business scenarios that are driving the deployment of telecoms application servers:
- Partner enablement: build an ecosystem of partners using CSP service enablers to offer innovative new services.
- Service creation: develop a platform to reduce the time to create and deliver CSP owned services.
- IMS/VoIP services: the CSP wants a set of configurable services that deliver immediate revenue on its VoIP or IMS deployment.
- IN evolution or replacement: the CSP wants to replace or evolve existing IN infrastructure to support new IP signaling protocols or because the products are reaching end of life.
- Prepaid scenarios: the CSP requires a session control platform that integrates with real-time charging systems.
The report also discusses in detail the competing technology platforms. It quantifies the spending in each of the following areas, covering spending on next-generation telecoms application servers in fine detail.
The main technology platforms addressed in the report are:
- Next-generation telecom application servers (NG TAS): Products developed on standard IT platforms using predominantly Java environments for service creation and execution. These products have mainly been developed by new entrants to the market intent on taking advantage of the transition to IP-based signalling and COTS IT platforms.
- Evolved IN platforms (EIN): The next generation of IN platforms deployed in the 2000s, providing some support for IP signalling protocols (e.g. SIP and Diameter), improved service creation environments and some support for open interfaces (CORBA and Web Services). A major consideration with these new platforms has been the need to support existing IN customers.
- Legacy IN platforms: intelligent network (IN) products deployed mainly in the 1990s and supporting only SS7 and other legacy protocols. They include a service creation environment and the service control point.
This report provides market forecasts for the telecoms application server market broken out regionally and by service type. It offers market share for three segments: IN, Evolved IN and next-generation telecoms application servers. It provides a breakdown of spending on technologies for the overall market and for the next-generation telecoms application server market, including SIP Servlet, JAIN SLEE, Next-Generation Feature Server, Service and Network Gateways.
The report addresses the following important issues:
- What are the business drivers and scenarios for investment in next generation telecom application servers?
- At what stage is the transition from legacy IN infrastructure to next-generation telecom application servers?
- What is the status of partner enablement and service exposure implementations?
- How should CSPs make decisions on telecom application server investment?
- What the key opportunities for vendors offering telecom application server products?
The report includes a table comparing 25 telecoms application server suppliers. Market share for the leading suppliers is provided. Short profiles of major suppliers are also included.
Overall, this 57-page report is an excellent source of market intelligence for CSPs, network equipment and software suppliers, systems integrators, venture capitalists and financial analysts.
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