SS7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND REQUIRMENTS GLOBAL MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS VOLUME 01: GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK + SS7 NETWORK ELEMENTS

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• OVERVIEW
• INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
• PRODUCT TRENDS
• GROWTH DRIVERS AND INHIBITORS
• Drivers
• Inhibitors
• MARKET ANALYSIS
• CARRIER ANALYSIS
• COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
• KEY SUCCESS REQUIREMENTS

II. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

• SCOPE
• BASE YEAR AND FORECAST PERIOD
• PRODUCT SEGMENTATION
• VENDOR ANALYSIS
• STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• VENDOR PROFILES
• RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• Primary Research
• Secondary Research
• Client Involvement

III. STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS

• INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
• INDUSTRY AND STANDARDS STAKEHOLDERS
• SUPPLY-SIDE STAKEHOLDERS
• DEMAND-SIDE STAKEHOLDERS
• REGULATORY OVERVIEW

IV. VENDOR ANALYSIS AND FORECASTS

• INTRODUCTION
• SS7 TRENDS
• Migration to IP
• Transition Trends
• Hybrid Networks
• Solutions Marketing
• Product Diversity
• SIGTRAN Adoption
• SIGTRAN Integration
• Pricing Trends
• ENABLING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
• Overview
• Greater Functionality
• Adherence to Standards
• Reduced Distribution Channel
• Enabling Technology Development Strategies
• DRIVERS AND INHIBITORS
• Drivers
• Inhibitors
• MARKET ANALYSIS
• Products
• Signaling Gateways
• Short Messaging Service Center (SMSC)
• Regions
• Networks
• REGIONAL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION
• VENDOR SHARES

V. CARRIER ANALYSIS

• PRODUCT SUPPORT
• OPERATOR PREFERENCES
• Supplier Strategy
• PROTOCOL SUPPORT
• APPLICATION SUPPORT
• SIGNALING IMPACT
• SIGNALING SUPPORT
• PURCHASE STRATEGIES
• Selection Criteria
• Purchasing Plans
• Network Integration, Network Management

VI. KEY SUCCESS REQUIREMENTS

• NETWORK TRANSITION AND DIVERSIFICATION
• Recognize the Evolution
• CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
• Move to Standards Compliance
• Product Flexibility
• Include Functional Integration
• Challenge of Entry into China and India Markets
• WHAT CARRIERS WANT
• Services
• Emerging Market Build Outs
• Local Number Portability
• ANTICPATE INCREASED ASIAN COMPETITION
• PARTNERSHIPS

APPENDIX A: VENDOR PROFILES

• ACISION
• AIRWIDE SOLUTIONS
• ALCATEL-LUCENT
• APERTIO
• CISCO
• COMVERSE
• DIALOGIC
• ERICSSON
• HP
• NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS
• PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES
• TEKELEC
• TIETOENATOR
• ULTICOM

APPENDIX B: VENDOR LIST

APPENDIX C: REGIONAL VENDOR SHARE ESTIMATES

• NORTH AMERICA
• CALA
• EUROPE
• MEA
• CHINA
• INDIA
• APAC, EXCLUDING CHINA AND INDIA

• I-1 SS7 Commercial Value Chain
• I-2 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures (Millions of Dollars)
• I-3 Equipment Use Today and Additional Expansion or Purchase Plans by 2012 (% of respondents)
• I-4 2007 Global SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• I-5 Regional SS7 Growth Potential (1=rapid decline of SS7 revenues, 5=rapid growth of SS7 revenues)

• III-1 SS7 Commercial Value Chain
• III-2 Industry and Standards Stakeholder Groups
• III-3 Supply-Side Stakeholder Groups
• III-4 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures Segmented by Distribution Channel (Millions of Dollars)
• III-5 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures Segmented by Distribution Channel, 2006-2008 (Percent of Dollars)
• III-6 Demand-Side Stakeholder Groups
• III-7 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures Segmented by Service Provider (Millions of Dollars)
• III-8 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures Segmented by Service Provider (Percent of Dollars)
• III-9 Regulatory Trends

• IV-1 SS7 Infrastructures and corresponding applications exhibit
• IV-2 SS7 to IP Transition Techniques, 2005 and Current (Rank: 1-Most Popular, 4- Least Popular)
• IV-3 Enabling Technology (SS7 Stack) Development, 2005 & 2007 Percent of Respondents
• IV-4 Equipment Provider Enabling Technology Selection Criteria (Rank: 1=Smallest, 5=Largest)
• IV-5 Enabling Technology Vendor Perception of Equipment Provider Selection Criteria (Rank: 1=Smallest, 5=Largest)
• IV-6 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures (Millions of Dollars)
• IV-7 2006-2012 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-8 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures, Segmented by Region (Millions of Dollars)
• IV-9 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures, Segmented by Region (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-10 Regional SS7 Growth Potential (1=rapid decline of SS7 revenues, 5=rapid growth of SS7 revenues)
• IV-11 2007 Regional Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures Segmented by Application (Millions of Dollars)
• IV-12 2007 Regional Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures Segmented by Application (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-13 2007 Regional Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures Segmented by Service Provider (Millions of Dollars)
• IV-14 2007 Regional Shipments of SS7 Infrastructures Segmented by Service Provider (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-15 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 Application and Media Platforms Segmented by Region (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-16 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 STP Segmented by Region (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-17 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 HLR Segmented by Region (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-18 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 SMSC Segmented by Region (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-19 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 MSC Segmented by Region (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-20 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 SSP Segmented by Region (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-21 2007 Global Shipments of SS7 Signaling Gateways Segmented by Region (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-22 2007 Global SS7 Application and Media Platform Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-23 2007 Global SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-24 2007 Global SS7 HLR Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-25 2007 Global SS7 SMSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-26 2007 Global SS7 MSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-27 2007 Global SS7 SSP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• IV-28 2007 Global SS7 SG Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)

• V-1 2008 Equipment Use Today and Additional Expansion or Purchase Plans by 2012 (% of respondents)
• V-2 Network Operator SS7 Infrastructure Procurement Strategy (% of respondents)
• V-3 Global Operator Support and Expected Support for Signaling Protocols, 2008 and 2012 (% of Respondents)
• V-4 Applications & Services Provided Today or Planned by 2012 (% of respondents)
• V-5 Global Operator Support and Expected Support for Applications Enablers, 2008 & 2012 (Percent of Respondents)
• V-6 Global Operator Support and Expected Support for Applications, 2008 & 2012 (Percent of Respondents)
• V-7 Expected Annual Subscriber Growth through 2012 (Percent of Respondents)
• V-8 Expected Network Traffic Change through 2012 (Percent of Respondents)
• V-9 Expected Impact on Signaling Traffic by Application Enablers (% indicating increase, decrease, or no change on signaling traffic)
• V-10 Expected Impact on Signaling Traffic by Applications (% indicating increase, decrease, or no change on signaling traffic)
• V-11 Signaling Used for Call Handling, 2008 and 2012 (% of calls handled by signaling protocol)
• V-12 Global Operator Selection Criteria for Network Infrastructure Suppliers (% Respondents Indicating Top Three Criteria)
• V-13 SS7 Related Equipment Capital Expenditure, 2008 and 2012 (% of equipment capex devoted to enhance, upgrade, or expand SS7 Network)
• V-14 Comparison of SS7 and Packet Based Infrastructure Expenditure, 2008 and 2012
• V-15 Year of Expected Strong Decline in SS7 Usage due to IP Telephony and IMS (Percent of Respondents)

• A-1 2007 North American SS7 Application and Media Platform Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-2 2007 North American SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-3 2007 North American SS7 HLR Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-4 2007 North American SS7 SMSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-5 2007 North American SS7 MSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-6 2007 North American SS7 SSP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-7 2007 North American SS7 SG Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-8 2007 CALA SS7 Application and Media Platform Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-9 2007 CALA SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-10 2007 CALA SS7 HLR Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-11 2007 CALA SS7 SMSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-12 2007 CALA SS7 MSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-13 2007 CALA SS7 SSP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-14 2007 CALA SS7 SG Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-15 2007 Europe SS7 Application and Media Platform Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-16 2007 Europe SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-17 2007 Europe SS7 HLR Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-18 2007 Europe SS7 SMSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-19 2007 Europe SS7 MSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-20 2007 Europe SS7 SSP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-21 2007 Europe SS7 SG Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-22 2007 MEA SS7 Application and Media Platform Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-23 2007 MEA SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-24 2007 MEA SS7 HLR Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-25 2007 MEA SS7 SMSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-26 2007 MEA SS7 MSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-27 2007 MEA SS7 SSP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-28 2007 MEA SS7 SG Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-29 2007 China SS7 Application and Media Platform Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-30 2007 China SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-31 2007 China SS7 HLR Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-32 2007 China SS7 SMSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-33 2007 China SS7 MSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-34 2007 China SS7 SSP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-35 2007 China SS7 SG Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-36 2007 India SS7 Application and Media Platform Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-37 2007 India SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-38 2007 India SS7 HLR Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-39 2007 India SS7 SMSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-40 2007 India SS7 MSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-41 2007 India SS7 SSP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-42 2007 India SS7 SG Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-43 2007 APAC, excluding China & India, SS7 Application and Media Platform Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars).
• A-44 2007 APAC, excluding China & India, SS7 STP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-45 2007 APAC, excluding China & India, SS7 HLR Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-46 2007 APAC, excluding China & India, SS7 SMSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-47 2007 APAC, excluding China & India, SS7 MSC Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-48 2007 APAC, excluding China & India, SS7 SSP Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)
• A-49 2007 APAC, excluding China & India, SS7 SG Shipments Segmented by Vendor Share (Percent of Dollars)