Abstract
“Spending on service delivery platforms will remain strong despite the
current economic climate.” Peter Mottishaw, Principal Analyst.
We forecast rapid growth in spending on service delivery platforms (SDPs),
from USD3.09 billion in 2008 to USD6.05 billion in 2013, at a 14% CAGR. This
is significantly down from our forecast a year ago. The principal change is
reduced SDP spending in 2009 and the first half of 2010. We forecast a return
to rapid growth in SDP spending from 2011 onwards, as the global economy
recovers and communication service providers (CSPs) return to more-normal
spending patterns.
The deployment of an SDP is usually a major project for a CSP. It requires
integration with network enablers, mobile portals, billing systems, customer
care systems and OSS. It often requires a major marketing effort to define and
launch the package of services that the SDP supports. It sometimes involves
new business models and strategic partners that require careful strategic
analysis. Most CSPs have been through this process a number of times to
support different services and in different business units. As a consequence,
there is already a legacy of custom-built and product-based SDP infrastructure.
In this report, we focus on quantifying spending on the product components of
an SDP; this includes the licence revenue from new deployments, the
maintenance revenue from installed base and the professional services directly
related to product deployment. The product components we include in SDP are
telecoms application servers (TASs), mobile content management and delivery
(MCMD), mobile device management (MDM) and real-time charging (RTC).
The report addresses the following important questions:
- What technologies and services will have an impact on investments in the
SDP market?
- What is the impact of CSP application stores on the SDP opportunity?
- How is the supplier landscape changing and which supplier is
best-positioned in each segment?
- What impact will the global recession have on SDP spending?
The report includes tables comparing 51 suppliers. The leading suppliers'
market shares are provided for the SDP market overall as well as each of the
application areas. Overall, this 85-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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