Abstract
“The overall policy management market will grow from USD876 million in
2008 to USD2.62 billion in 2013 at a CAGR of 27%.” Patrick Kelly,
Research Director; Glen Ragoonanan, Senior Analyst.
Investments in policy management software have taken on greater significance
with the explosion of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as P2P, video and
gaming applications, and advances in smart phones - most notably the iPhone.
At the same time, business models are evolving that require more controls in
the delivery and charging of services.
The value of policy-management systems and the use of deep packet inspection
(DPI) technology will be deployed as an effective management and network
enforcement technology to prioritise traffic, generate new sources of revenue,
thwart network disruptions and meet more-stringent regulations on roaming.
Communications service providers (CSPs) in all regions of the world and across
residential broadband, mobile and enterprise business services are
implementing policy management systems to enhance services using
next-generation network technologies.
Policy management software systems will evolve from single-function to
multi-function solutions that support subscriber management, policy and
charging control and class of service. Analysys Mason forecasts that the
overall policy management market will grow from USD876 million in 2008 to
USD2.62 billion in 2013 at a CAGR of 27%.
This 41-page report focuses on the use of policy management and DPI technology
as business models change from flat-rate tariff plans towards tiered services
and personalised subscriber data management. We evaluate different stages of
market development, from specialty appliance point solutions to a
more-comprehensive policy management strategy that addresses the needs of
network quality of service, traffic shaping, targeted advertising, compliance
with regulatory agencies and lawful intercept for IP networks. The report
examines effective-use case studies in the residential broadband and mobile
data segments of the market.
This use of DPI as a technology will also shape the evolution of software
systems focused on next-generation subscriber data management, and on
real-time charging. This report complements the research we have published in
the subscriber data management and real-time charging segments. It provides
forecast data, scenarios that evaluate CSPs' deployments in the current
business environment and an examination of the market drivers and leading
suppliers in this segment.
Table of Contents
Executive summary
Forecast
Market drivers
- Drivers
- Inhibitors
- Bandwidth management and traffic shaping
- Control network cost
- Targeted advertisement
- Prioritize applications and services
- Network convergence
- Mobile broadband data growth
- Lawful intercept for IP networks
- Comply to EU regulation on roaming charges
- Network threat detection and avoidance
- Regulatory uncertainty
- Privacy concerns
- Organizational barriers
- Business environment
- Case studies
- Plusnet
- NTT Plala.
- SK Broadband
- Chunghwa Telecom
- Orange Israel
- Asian Regulator
- Deployment scenarios
- Residential broadband
- Mobile broadband
- Multi-vendor policy management enabled by open APIs and embedded DPI
technology
- Converged Services
- Market definition
- Deep packet inspection
- DPI element manager
- Policy management software
- Policy and charging control (PCC)
- Evolved packet core
- Subscriber data management (SDM)
- Policy management vendor summaries
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Allot Communications
- Amdocs
- Arbor Networks
- Bivio Networks
- Bridgewater Systems
- Camiant
- Cisco
- CloudShield Technologies
- Ericsson
- Fortinet
- HP
- Huawei
- IBM
- Juniper
- Kabira
- Nokia Siemens Networks
- Openet
- Oracle
- Procera Networks
- Sandvine
- Starent Networks
- Telcordia
- Policy management suppliers
- Recommendations
- Recommendations for CSPs
- Recommendations for vendors
List of figures
- Figure 1: 2008-2013 Policy management software systems forecast
- Figure 2: 2008-2013 Policy management forecast
- Figure 3: 2008-2013 Policy management forecast by application segment
- Figure 4: 2008-2013 Global IP traffic forecast
- Figure 5: Mobile data usage by top applications by region, Q2 2009
- Figure 6: DPI scenario deployment today in residential broadband
- Figure 7: DPI scenario deployment today in mobile broadband
- Figure 8: Mass market DPI adoption scenario supported by multi-vendor
policy management systems
- Figure 9: Late stage DPI scenario deployment in converged network
- Figure 10: Policy management and supporting systems
List of tables
- Table 1: Comparison of Policy Management Solutions
