Demand%20Analysis%20for%20Carrier%20Software%20Solutions%20%20Decreasing%20Carrier%20Budgets,%20Particularly%20for%20Capital%20Expenses,%20Pose%20Challenge%20to%20Solution%20Vendors

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Demand Analysis for Carrier Software Solutions
Decreasing Carrier Budgets, Particularly for
Capital Expenses, Pose Challenge to Solution
Vendors

• Amidst a global economic downturn, carriers in
  the communications industry, in search of
  increased revenues and profits, are seeking to
  minimize expenses, particularly capital outlays.

Carrier Networks Analyst Team Frost Sullivan
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Industry Trends

• Enabling carriers to increase revenues and
  profits on a decreasing budget for capital and
  operational expenditures is counter intuitive,
  yet necessary in the current economic environment
• Creating operational efficiencies and increasing
  automation
• Enabling carriers to provide new and enhanced
  services with existing infrastructure or minimal
  investments in human, network, capital, or
  technological resources
• Protecting investments in legacy systems by
  integrating with new applications

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Key Features

• Frost Sullivan provides
• Detailed insights into recent developments and
  trends
• Drivers, restraints, challenges, and strategic
  recommendations
• Analyst insights on hot topics and emerging
  applications
• in the Conferencing Market
• Market sizing and competitive analysis
• Market forecasts and opportunity analysis
• Quarterly assessments
• End user analysis within each report

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What We Offer

• Global Coverage U.S., Europe, Japan, Asia
• Proven methodology encompassing extensive primary
  and secondary data and research
• Focused information and strategies that cover
  business and technology issues
• Credible data and analysis highlighting industry
  dynamics
• Winning strategies to help you create precise
  business plans

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Who Will Benefit?

• Current Market Participants
• Find out how you compare to the competition
• Assess current and future drivers and restraints
• Determine and exploit new market share
  opportunities
• Getting the most out of vendor/carrier
  relationships, strategies for carriers and for
  vendors
• New Entrants
• Analyze challenges associated with the industry
• Calculate time scales for strategy implementation
• Position yourself to capitalize on the markets
  unmet needs
• Investment Community
• Analyze long-term strategies of conferencing
  companies
• Determine which participants will outperform the
  competition
• Assess attractiveness of investing in
  teleconferencing market

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Whats Included

• Forecasts of Demand for Carrier Solutions
  segmented by
• Category and World Region
• Case study analysis of Carrier Demand and Vendor
  Benefit
• thru historical, varying market conditions
• Comprehensive Vendor and Carrier strategies for
  all aspects of Carrier Software
• Research on Service Fulfillment, Service
  Assurance,Billing, CRM, Network Mediation, and
  Network Security
• Software

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Key Market Participants
2Wire, Inc. Accenture AceComm Corp. ADC
Telecommunications, Inc. ADTRAN, Inc. Advanced
Info Service (AIS) Plc Agilent Technologies,
Inc. Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. Alcatel
S.A. Allied Telesyn International Corp. ALLTEL
Information Services, Inc. Amdocs Ltd. AMS
Services, Inc. Answerthink, Inc. Apogee Networks,
Inc. AppGate Network Security AB Ashley Laurent,
Inc. AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. Asita Technologies,
Inc. Aspect Communications Corp. ATT Wireless
Services, Inc.
AvantGo, Inc. Avaya, Inc. Ayala Corp. (Globe
Telecoms GMCR, Inc.) Baan Co. Baltimore
Technologies Plc BCG BearingPoint, Inc. Bell
Canada/ BCE, Inc. BeNOW, Inc. Bharti
(Delhi) BioData Systems GmbH Blue Martini
Software, Inc. Blue Ridge Networks Broadcom
Corp. BroadVision, Inc. Cap Gemini Ernst and
Young Consulting CenturyTel, Inc. Certen,
Inc. Certicom Corp. Check Point Software
Technologies Ltd. China Telecom Corp.
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Key Market Participants (Contd)
EDS Corp. eForce, Inc. eGain Communications
Corp. eLoyalty Corp. eMerging Information
Systems, Inc. Enerva Corp. Enterasys Networks,
Inc. Entrust Technologies, Inc. Epicor Software
Corp. Equinox Information Systems Ericsson
EHPT eSoft, Inc. eSupportNow, Inc. Experian
Information Solutions, Inc. - Database Marketing
Solutions Firepond, Inc. (owns Brightware,
Inc.) Fortress Technologies, Inc. F-Secure
Corp. GlarNet Communications Services, Inc. Globe
Telecom, Inc. Go America Communications Corp.
Chordiant Software, Inc. Cingular Wireless Cisco
Systems, Inc. Compaq Comptel Corp. Computer
Associates International, Inc. Comverse,
Inc. Convergys Corp. CSG Systems, Inc. Cylink
Corp. Daleen Technologies, Inc. Deloitte Touche
LLP Digiquant DigiSAFE Pte., Ltd. divine, Inc.
E.piphany, Inc. eAssist Global Solutions,
Inc. eBillit, Inc. eConvergent, Inc. EDB
Telesciences AS
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Key Market Participants (Contd)
Group 1 Software, Inc. Hinet Holdings
Ltd. HP Hyperion Solutions Corp. IBM
Corp. InfoSpace, Inc. - Giant Bear Infowave
Software, Inc. Inovaware Corp. InsightShare Intec
Telecom Systems Plc Intel Corp. IntellAgent
Control Corp. InterVoice-Brite Intoto, Inc. Kenan
Systems/ Lucent Technologies, Inc. Luminant/Lante
Corp. Macromedia, Inc. Marconi Corp., Plc MaxBill
Ltd.
MetraTech Corp Microsoft Corp. Mind C.T.I.
Ltd. MTN Networks Pvt., Ltd. Narus, Inc. Naviant,
Inc. NCIC NCR Corp. Neteos, Inc. NetMotion
Wireless, Inc. NetOctave, Inc. Netopia,
Inc. NetScreen Technologies, Inc. Network
Associates, Inc. NFR Security, Inc. Nokia
Corp. Nortel Networks Ltd. Onyx Software Corp.
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Key Market Participants (Contd)
RapidStream, Inc. RazorFish, Inc. RedCreek
Communications, Inc. Roundarch RSA Security,
Inc. SBI, Inc. Safeharbor.com/ SafeHarbor
Technology Corp. SafeNet, Inc. Salesforce.com,
Inc. (Siemens PTD, Inc.) SalesLogix/ Interact
Commerce Corp. SAP AG Saratoga Systems,
Inc. SBC SchlumbergerSema/ Schlumberger
Ltd. Scient/SBI and Company, Inc. SecGo Solutions
Oy Secure Computing Corp. Sentori Corp. ServGate
Technologies, Inc. Siebel Systems, Inc.
OpenNet Technologies Optus Software, Inc. Oracle
Corp. OSG Billing Services Pacific
Internet Pegasystems, Inc. PeopleSupport,
Inc. PeopleSoft, Inc. Peregrine Systems,
Inc. Pivotal Corp. PLDT Portal Software,
Inc. Precision Response Corp. Primus
Telecommunications Group, Inc. Protek Proxicom/Dim
ension Data PT Satelindo PT Telkom Rainbow
Technologies, Inc.
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Key Market Participants (Contd)
Silknet Software, Inc. SingTel Ltd. Smart
Communications, Inc./ Piltel (PLDT) Smarten
Software SpA SonicWALL, Inc. Sprint PCS SSH
Communications Security, Inc. StarHub Pte.,
Ltd. Sun Microsystems, Inc. Symantec
Corp. Synacor, Inc. Synchrologic, Inc. Synchrony
Communications, Inc. Taiwan Cellular
Corp. Talisma Corp. TeleKnowledge, Inc. Telesens
KSCL AG Telus Corp.
Telution, Inc. TeraSpawn Technologies,
Inc. TOT Trilogy Software, Inc. VASCO Data
Security VeriSign, Inc. - H.O. Systems,
Inc. Verso Technologies, Inc. VoiceStream
Wireless Corp. V-ONE Corp. VPN Consortium WatchGua
rd Technologies, Inc. WebTrends/ NetIQ
Corp. Williams Communications Group,
Inc. WorldCom, Inc. XACCT Technologies Xchange,
Inc. Zefer Corp.
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