Abstract
“OSS Observer forecasts that the SOA software component market will grow from USD280 million in 2007 to USD910 million in 2012 at a CAGR of 27%.”
Product overview
The major drivers for SOA investments in the telecoms market are the need for service agility and the ability to respond to market changes as players from the media, Internet and entertainment sectors reshape the industry. Operators want to bring new services to the market faster and streamline operational and IT systems to respond to changing business models.
SOA-related projects have been underway for at least five years in the telecoms market, albeit on a small scale. During the next five years, operators will become more ambitious and pursue more of an enterprise-wide SOA strategy.
This report provides forecast data, scenarios that evaluate operators' SOA deployments in the current business environment, market drivers and profiles of the leading suppliers in this market segment.
Companies discussed in this report:
Accenture, Alltel, AmberPoint, Amdocs, ANF, BEA, Bezeq, Bharti Airtel, Borland, BT, CA, China Mobile, Cingular Wireless, Cisco Systems, Citizens Communications, Comcast, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, France Telecom, Global Crossing, Frontier, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, IONA, Kenan, Microsoft, Mobiltelefon, MTN, New World Mobility, Nordisk, NTT DoCoMo, O2, Oi Telemar, Optus, Oracle, Orange, Progress Software, Rational, SAP, Shanxi Mobile, Siebel, SK Telecom, SPA Software, Sprint Nextel, SUN, 3 Italy, Telecom Argentina, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telemar, Telenor, TeliaSonera, Telsim, Telstra, TELUS, Thai Mobile, The Carphone Warehouse, Tibco, Tiscali, Tivoli, T-Mobile, Turkcell, Verizon, Virgin Media, Vitria, Vodafone, Webify, webMethods and Wily Technologies.
Table of Contents
- Executive summary
- SOA implementation scenarios
- Market drivers
- Business environment
- Market definition
- SOA software component market definition
- SOA and Web services
- Strategic SOA suppliers in the telecoms market
- Supplier profiles
- Recommendations
List of tables and figures
- Figure 1:SOA software components and other middleware, 2007 - 2012
- Figure 2: Global Crossing SOA implementation
- Figure 3: Turkcell SOA implementation
- Figure 4: Oi SOA enterprise-wide next-generation customer contact architecture
- Figure 5: SOA supplier market segmentation
- Table 1: Comparison of SOA suppliers
