'With the economic recession hitting telecom, network operators are stepping up the outsourcing of network management to cut costs by 10% to 15%. The market for managed services, or outsourcing of network operations, was valued at about $15 billion to $20 billion in 2008, up from around $5 billion five years earlier.'
In addition to delivering bottom line competitive advantage through reductions in Capex and Opex in established areas such as billing and network infrastructure, managed services are also opening new areas for exploitation, such as aggregated media, IPTV and video content and social networking for telecoms operators. Managed services therefore represent a game changing tool that is forcing telecoms operators to rapidly evolve their business models in order to remain competitive.
'With the economic recession hitting telecom, network operators are stepping up the outsourcing of network management to cut costs by 10% to 15%. The market for managed services, or outsourcing of network operations, was valued at about $15 billion to $20 billion in 2008, up from around $5 billion five years earlier.'
In addition to delivering bottom line competitive advantage through reductions in Capex and Opex in established areas such as billing and network infrastructure, managed services are also opening new areas for exploitation, such as aggregated media, IPTV and video content and social networking for telecoms operators. Managed services therefore represent a game changing tool that is forcing telecoms operators to rapidly evolve their business models in order to remain competitive.