Abstract
“Network transformations will have a major impact on spending in the
service assurance market.”
Product overview
The market for next-generation service assurance software will be driven by
network upgrades and the service applications that use this technology.
Upgrades in the core, aggregation and access networks will lay the foundation
for voice, video and data services, generating demand for solutions to measure
quality and isolate problems in complex multi-domain networks. Demand for
probe, fault and performance software will follow technology upgrades in the
short term, followed by demand for solutions that support IP services in the
second half of the forecast period. Analysys Mason forecasts that revenue in
the next-generation IP service assurance market will grow at a CAGR of 20%,
from USD821 million in 2007 to USD2.07 billion in 2012.
Network transformations will have a major impact on spending in the service
assurance market. Service providers are pursuing three major network
transformation architecture options:
- next-generation access network transformation
- next-generation transport network transformation
- next-generation access and transport network transformation.
In the service assurance market, investments are targeted toward 11
technology, service and application segments. During the next five years, the
market will be driven by mobile broadband, IP Ethernet aggregation and
triple-play services.
This 46-page report includes forecast data, scenarios that evaluate service
providers' deployments in the current business environment, and an analysis of
market drivers and leading suppliers in this segment.