Abstract
“Changes are taking place as this market shifts from ‘old-world'
handcrafted engineering to modern, integrated automation.” Mark H.
Mortensen, Principal Analyst.
Communications service providers (CSPs) use network planning software tools
and systems to help their engineers quickly and efficiently plan their
networks. Driven by the growth of video-based services, network planning
software is a USD182 million market worldwide, growing at a 7% CAGR.
Network planning systems help the CSP' s engineers estimate the required
network capacity and implement the best network configuration. Capacity
planning' s goal is to add the right capacity at the right place at the right
time, to provide the right customer experience, without expensive overbuilds.
The aim of network optimisation is to plan and implement the optimal network
capacity and connectivity to provide the desired services at the planned
quality levels.
Historically, network planning is a function of individual engineers working
with a toolkit of many home-grown and purchased tools. During the past several
years, the market has started to shift to more-integrated software systems,
leading to new capabilities and architecture for existing vendors' products,
as well as opportunities for new vendors.
This report gives a view of the current state of the network planning market,
a forecast of spending growth and an extensive explanation of the changes that
are taking place as this market shifts from ‘old-world' handcrafted
engineering to modern, integrated automation. It also includes information
from a CSP survey that Analysys Mason conducted in late 2009 on the subject of
network build and roll-out processes and needs.
Network planning outlook 2010 answers your key questions:
- What are the major challenges that CSP planners have in doing their jobs?
- What is the state-of-the-art in network planning for wireless and fixed
networks in each of the five planning domains?
- What are the three approaches to network planning?
- What are the six different strategies that ISVs are adopting for their
network planning software?
- Who are the major suppliers of network planning systems and what
strategies do they use?
Table of Contents
0. Executive summary
1. Recommendations
2. Forecast
- 2.1 Forecast by service segment
- 2.2 Forecast by region
3. Market shares
4. Market drivers and inhibitors
- 4.1 Market drivers
- 4.2 Market inhibitors
5. Business environment
6. Market definition
- 6.1 Network planning market description
- 6.2 Vendor approaches to network planning
- 6.3 Vendor strategies
7. Supplier summaries
- 7.1 Network planning system suppliers comparison
Key to acronyms
Author
Research from Analysys Mason
Consulting from Analysys Mason
List of Figures and Tables
- Figure 0.1: Network planning software revenue, worldwide, 2009 -
2014
- Figure 2.1: Network planning software revenue, worldwide, 2009 -
2014
- Figure 2.2: Network planning software revenue by communications
service, worldwide, 2009 - 2014
- Figure 2.3: Network planning software revenue by region, 2009 - 2014
- Figure 3.1: Network planning software suppliers' market share by
revenue, worldwide, 2009
- Figure 4.1: Importance of planning and capturing multiple network
roll-out options1
- Figure 4.2: Typical network build and roll-out cycle of a
next-generation service1
- Figure 4.3: Challenges CSPs are facing in network planning, build
and roll-out1
- Figure 4.4: Data sources that CSPs use when planning to build or
augment networks for new services1
- Figure 4.5: Data sources that CSPs would ideally like to use when
planning to build or augment networks for new services1
- Figure 5.1: Network planning software revenue by service segment,
2009
- Figure 6.1: Telecoms software market segments
- Figure 6.2: Network planning process
- Figure 6.3: Network planning - tools approach
- Figure 6.4: Network planning - OSS approach
- Figure 6.5: Network planning - inventory-centric approach
- Figure 6.6: Network planning - engineering-centric approach
- Figure 6.7: Network planning - ERP-centric approach
- Table 7.1: Comparison of network planning system implementations
from leading vendors
