Widespread adoption of managed services is changing the telecom landscape. As more carriers offload bigger portions of their network operations to partners, telecom business models will shift from simple service provisioning to outsourced control of network functions. Early adopters of multi-vendor asset intelligence strategies are already capitalizing on the financial, operational and environmental benefits of this new revenue opportunity.
Despite LTE rollouts, core networks must continue to handle high volumes of traffic for the foreseeable future. The ability to compete for lucrative, multi-year network services contracts requires OEMs to manage numerous multi-vendor environments, including legacy wireline networks. As a result, operators seek service partners who can deliver the breadth and depth of skills needed to provision, manage and extend core networks under a variety of scenarios.
“As the industry shift toward network and service-related outsourcing continues, access to competitive asset intelligence and product lifecycle information will be critical to global planning and the cost-efficient provisioning of multi-vendor material."
- Jason Marcheck, Current Analysis
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Typical service organizations have a limited view of internal assets, and little to no visibility into material outside of their own inventories. Creating transparent asset intelligence across the service and supply chain, OEMs ensure the expertise and agility required to deliver profitable network services.
