SDP deployment drivers basic but edging toward more sophisticated applications

CAMPBELL, CA — As part of its Continuous Technology Service series of analyst reports and surveys about the then gen OSS and policy market, Infonetics Technology has published its 2011 SDP Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey. The survey explores operators' service delivery platform deployment strategies, their priorities in selecting an SDP vendor, and their perceptions of the major vendors playing in the SDP market.

For its SDP strategies survey, Infonetics Innovation interviewed purchase decision-makers at 20 mobile, incumbent, and competitive operators in Europe, the Middle East, North America, Asia Pacific, and Central and Latin America that have SDPs in place or will by 2012. At the same time, respondent operators represent 26% of global telecom carrier capex and 25% of global revenue.

The importance of business drivers

Operators rated the importance of business drivers and application drivers, discussed SDP architecture and integration strategies, rated criteria for selecting SDP suppliers, named vendors currently used and in accordance with evaluation, rated their familiarity with a variety of SDP vendors, and chose the "top three leaders" in SDP research, product roadmap, security, business modeling capabilities, portfolio breadth, pricing, financial stability and service and support.

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