Dittberner’s OSS/BSS KnowledgeBase is a market research service designed to help
telecoms, software vendors, and systems integrators track OSS/BSS solutions and innovations.
Executive summaries and full tables of contents for modules in the OSS/BSS KnowledgeBase are posted
on the Technology Research Institute (TRI) website.
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Reports in the OSS/BSS KnowledgeBase
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The Telecom Billing Market: Retail Billing,
Interconnect Billing & Real-Time Charging Systems
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Telecom Integration Middleware Market:
Network & Element Management, Semantics, SOA & Interconnect Solutions
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Telecom Assurance Market:
Network Assurance, Service Assurance and Remote Test / Monitoring Solutions
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Telecom Mediation Market:
The Market for Real-Time, Convergent, and Value-Based Mediation for 3G,
VoIP, and Advanced IP Services
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Telecom Risk Management:
The Market for Revenue Assurance, Fraud, Credit, and
Cost Management Solutions
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Telecom Provisioning Market:
Provisioning, Network Inventory, Discovery & Service Management
Solutions
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Telecom Customer Assurance & Analytics:
The Market for CRM, Customer Management, & Business Intelligence Software
& Services
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The KnowledgeBase is designed to monitor the growing number of OSS/BSS vendors emerging
in the market. An estimated 162 OSS/BSS vendors already exist. That number is likely
to grow because of two factors: 1) next generation networks will demand more functionality;
and 2) integration technology such as J2EE and OSS/J is making it easier for new solution
vendor to emerge as components of a larger OSS/BSS architecture.
The Dittberner KnowledgeBase helps carriers and vendors get control of this fast-growing body
of knowledge and competitive advantage.
A common problem with other telecom research programs is that information is scattered across
many research reports and newsletters with no means for quickly retrieving it for competitive
analysis and vendor evaluation.
Dittberner’s OSS/BSS KnowledgeBase solves that problem by delivering a fully organized
body of knowledge via a web interface. This approach allows users to drill down through
keyword and indexed searches to the precise information they need.
The KnowledgeBase permits indexed and keyword search of Dittberner’s current and historical
analysis, drawing on some 5,400 pages of analyst reports across a wide spectrum of
OSS/BSS topics. As new innovation trends are discovered and analyzed, that information is integrated
into the OSS/BSS framework.
We not only track the products and companies in the BSS/OSS market, we also provide full market
financials on an annual basis.
The Dittberner KnowledgeBase contains a comprehensive 342-line item comparison of OSS/BSS product and
service “tech specs” for 259 solutions now available on the open market. The major technical categories include:
- Product/Service Description
- Product-Specific Contacts
- BSS/OSS Functional Categories
- Product Features by Category
- How Solution is Bundled/Deployed
- Network Services Supported
- Network Equipment Supported
- Telecom Types Served
- Geographic Regions & Distribution Channels
- Product Delivery & Integration
- Interoperability
- Differentiators
- Reference Telecom Accounts
On an annual basis, Dittberner conducts interviews with all the major OSS/BSS vendors.
Those interviews are used to deliver an annual financial analysis of each major industry sector. Here is where Dittberner sizes and forecasts the market in terms of vendor market share, and what carriers types and regions of the world that are buying the solution.
Dittberner’s research methodology begins by identifying new solution trends. As new OSS/BSS solutions are discovered, Dittberner analyzes the market to understand the solution’s key functions, features, and benefits. Carrier and vendors interviews are then conducted to determine which vendors are selling the solution and which carriers are using it.
Finally, Dittberner provides further value added analysis tailored to carriers and vendors. For instance, telecoms are provided lessons learned and advice how to select the best solutions to reduce their risks. Vendors learn what carrier priorities are, what competitors are doing, and where profitable niche opportunities lie.
For more information,
contact Dittberner Associates.
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