Abstract
“Your essential guide to the technology trends and strategic issues
surrounding outsourcing in today' s global telecoms industry. ”
With increasing pressures on businesses to grow revenues whilst driving down
costs, outsourcing has become viable practice for many of the worlds leading
organisations. This in-depth study addresses the trend towards outsourcing by
global telecoms operators and explores what is driving it, who is doing it and
why?
This essential strategic report enables you to assess appropriate strategies
for entering this competitive market and provides detailed forecasts for
vendor revenues, allowing you to evaluate the scale of the opportunity and
identify which markets offer the greatest promise quickly and effectively.
This report also provides a comprehensive framework for risk assessment,
helping you determine which activities could be outsourced and what benefits
may be gained by doing so, allowing you to identify the key success factors
for outsourcing from both a vendor and operator perspective.
Key Coverage
Detailed case studies on companies include:
Outsourcing Network Case Studies
- 3, UK
- ONE, Australia
- Vodafone, Netherlands
- Bharti Airtel, India
- Wateen Telecom, Pakistan
- Brazil Telecom
- Tekom South Africa
- Lattelekom, Latvia
- Telecom New Zealand
- Services Hosting Case Studies
- SunCom Wireless, USA
- Elisa, Finland
- Proximus, Belgium
- Mobitel, Slovenia
- Unicel, USA
Key Issues Addressed
- What are the underlying drivers of growth in the managed services market
for telecoms operators?
- How quickly will this market grow, and why?
- Where is the growth coming from, and why?
- Who are the key players in this market? What strategies are they adopting
to exploit it?
- What are the opportunities for operators and vendors in this market?
- What are the risks of adopting this strategy- for operators and for
vendors?
- How can those risks be avoided or minimised?
- What are the implications for telecoms operator business models and the
relationship with vendors?
- What specific savings can operators make?
- What is the best strategy for negotiating or managing a managed services
contract?
Who should read this report?
- Operators :Understand how to the marketing is shifting and assess
the challenges, cost and benefits associated with outsourcing network
operations and services hosting.
- Integrators: Gain global overview of outsourcing networks and
identify new business opportunities and assess possible industry partnerships.
- Service Providers: Assess the opportunities and challenges of
various technology options for outsourcing network operations and service
hosting. Understand the current industry; learn strategic approaches to the
industry, and its market drivers.
- Network Vendors: Evaluate all available outsourcings to determine
market potential and learn how to drive down the cost of components for mass
market integration.