Vertical Software Industry Evolution - Analysis of Telecom Operator Software

Acknowledgements

Preface

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

Part I Evolving Software Markets

Vertical Software Industries

Theories Related to Vertical Software Industry Evolution

Model for Evolution of a Vertical Software Industry

Overview of Telecom Operator Software Market

Part II Current State of the Telecom Software Market

Process Improvement Through Software

Effect of Software on CSP Performance

Insights from Operator Interviews

Analyzing the Current Phase of the OSS/BSS Software Market

Part III Issues Affecting Telecom Software Market Evolution

Vertical Integration due to Software Systems’ Modularity

Vertical Integration due to Small Market Size and High Product Development and Integration Costs

Market Polarization due to Difference in Interface Implementation Efforts

Barriers to Horizontal Development

Part IV Future Scenarios for the Teleoperator Software Market and their Evaluation

Delphi Study

Manager’s Toolbox for OSS/BSS Market Analysis

Developing Toolboxes

Part V Evolution of Telecom Operator Software Industry – Conclusions and Future

Evolution of Telecom Operator Software Industry: Conclusions and Future

References

Index