“Managed services and hosting market to gain further impetus from IMS,” says visiongain report

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. 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, according to visiongain.

“As the wireless industry passes into its maturity phase, it is becoming critical for operators and vendors to revive the lifecycle stage for future sustainability,” says visiongain analyst and the report’s lead author Prachi Nema.

“Operators want to launch a wider range of data services such as Mobile IM, mobile TV and push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) to tap into new revenue streams. However, these applications currently do not have a mass-market appeal and often remain niche services appealing only to a few customer segments,” says Nema.

“As all data services require huge investments from operators, there is high level of financial risk involved in case the services are not valued and adopted by subscribers. Our research suggests that a number of mobile operators realise that outsourcing in such a scenario eliminates their up-front investments and fixed costs, while also speeding the time-to-market process,” concludes Nema.

This report provides a comprehensive step-by-step framework that mobile network operators need to consider when deciding on and adopting their Managed Services strategies, including a risk and benefit assessment. In addition, it provides a detailed analysis of the market, including regional and global forecasts for network operations outsourcing, applications hosting and services delivery.

Companies mentioned in the report include:

3 Italy, 3 Denmark, 3 Sweden, 3 UK, Absolute Music, Accenture, Adif, Alcatel, Alltel, Amena, Amena, Aspiro, Auna, BASE, Bcgi, Belgacom, Bharti Tele-Ventures, Bouygues Telecom, Brasil Telecoms, BT, Capgimini, Carolina West Wireless, caymanone, Centennial Wireless, Centertel, Chariton Valley Wireless Services, China Mobile, Cingular, Cisco, ClearMode, Codetoy, Cube80, Diveo, dtms, E-bay, EDS, Emitel, EMT, End2End, E-Plus, Ericsson, FashionTV, Fastlink, Fido, FT, Gemplus, Genasys, Ghana Telecoms, Golden State Cellular, GrameenPhone, Harris, HP, Huawie, HungaroTel, Hutchison Australia, Hutchison Essar, IBM, ICE, in&phone, Indigo Wireless, Invitel, IXI, Kamera, Lastminute.com, LogicaCMG, Lucent, Lycos, M1, Manx Telecoms, Maxis, Micrososft, Midwest Wireless, Mixipix, Mobilaris, MobileCom, Mobilkom, Mobily, Mobinil, Mobistar, Monortel, Motorola, Motricity, MSN, Napster, Nawras, Nokia, Nortel, NTS , O2, Oi, Olista, Omnitel, Oni, ONI, Optimus, Orange, Orange Switzerland, Orange UK, Orange France, Orange, Pantel, PCS Wireless, Polkomtel, Proximus, PT prime, Realnetworks, Reuters, RFI, Rogers Wireless, Rural Cellular Corp, Saudi Telecoms, casaNet, SBB, Seamobile, SFR, Siemens, Sonaecom, SONOFON, Sony, BMG, STS GmbH, Surfkitchen, Sun Cellular, SunCom Wireless, Sunrise, Surfkitchen, Swisscom, Swisscom, Tele2, Telecoms Argentina, Telecoms Colombia, Telecoms New Zealand Telefónica Móvil (Chile), Telemar, Telemar/Oi, Telford, Netherlands, Telia Mobile, TeliaSonera, Telstra, TIM, TMN, T-mobile, T-Mobile International, T-online, Trueposition, T- Systems, TV Cabo, Tyntec, Unisys, Unwired, Verisign, Verizon Wireless, Virgin Mobile, Vivo, Vodafone, Vodafone Fiji, Vodafone Netherlands, Vodafone Ireland, Vodafone UK, Warid Telecoms, Warner Music International, Wataniya Telecoms, Wateen Telecoms, Western Wireless, WestLink


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Notes for Editors
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