“Managed services and hosting market to gain further impetus from IMS,” says visiongain report

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IMS will become one of the key technologies to be hosted by mobile operators worldwide

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Keywords: outsourcing network operations, IMS, Managed Services, OpEx, CapEx, Mobile IM, mobile TV, push-to-ta

Update Date: 8/10/2006 6:43:43 AM

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San Francisco, CA and London, UK; 10 August 2006: As the trend towards outsourcing network operations and content applications gains momentum, IMS will become one of the key technologies to be hosted by mobile operators worldwide. Visiongain has found that over 40% of all operators will adopt some form of Managed Services strategy by 2011, and that the complexity of IMS will stimulate much of this growth from 2007 onwards. These are some of the findings from visiongain’s latest report, “Managed services and hosting 2006-2011: Rationalising“Managed services and hosting market to gain further impetus from IMS,” says visiongain report network and content outsourcing”.

As operators look for innovative ways to gain competitive advantage and increase operating profits through lower OpEx and CapEx, the outsourcing of network operation, application hosting and service delivery is gaining increasing traction. Visiongain has found that over the coming years operators will further re-evaluate their value chain to identify their core competencies and use Managed Services for profitable growth.

Hosting and Managed Services will converge as vendors shape their service strategies in the coming years, according to visiongain.

“As the wireless industry passes into its maturity phase, it is becoming critical for operators and vendors to revive the lifecycle stage for future sustainability,” says visiongain analyst and the report’s lead author Prachi Nema.

“Operators want to launch a wider range of data services such as Mobile IM, mobile TV and push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) to tap into new revenue streams. However, these applications currently do not have a mass-market appeal and often remain niche services appealing only to a few customer segments,” says Nema.

“As all data services require huge investments from operators, there is high level of financial risk involved in case the services are not valued and adopted by subscribers. Our research suggests that a number of mobile operators realise that outsourcing in such a scenario eliminates their up-front investments and fixed costs, while also speeding the time-to-market process,” concludes Nema.

This report provides a comprehensive step-by-step framework that mobile network operators need to consider when deciding on and adopting their Managed Services strategies, including a risk and benefit assessment. In addition, it provides a detailed analysis of the market, including regional and global forecasts for network operations outsourcing, applications hosting and services delivery.

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