Abstract
How are wireless carriers, traditional carriers and the new VNOs shedding
expense, operating more efficiently, and improving their bottom line? Service
providers are increasingly outsourcing certain functions and relying on
service bureaus and clearinghouses to handle such functions as billing, fraud
prevention, customer service, and directory assistance.
For new operators, such as the MVNOs, outsourcing is all about speed-to-market
and expensing non-core functions that can be purchased in the marketplace.
Owning an entire network and all of its operations is no longer a necessity;
building services from the ground-up can exhaust years of effort, during which
time the market moves stranding capital assets.
Moreover, the complexity of operational architectures and the variety of
services being offered (wireless, Internet, VoIP, and cable) means intricate
brokering functions must be performed when interconnecting carriers. Hence,
OSS interconnection clearinghouses and other types of interconnection services
will emerge in the years ahead. In this study we document the potential to
build network operations from purchased piece parts including SS7
clearinghouse, directory assistance, billing, and OSS inter-connection
services.
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