Infonetics: SDP Spending will Reach $5.2B in 2015; Oracle Leads

  

A new survey from Infonetics Research results "demonstrate a growing sophistication around the applications and capabilities that operators are using SDPs to support, particularly those that relate to operators' content strategies, such as enabling developer communities and integrating with third-party content providers," according to Shira Levine (picture), directing analyst for next gen OSS and policy.

An example for a leading carrier content strategy was provided just few days ago by France Telecom's CEO - here.

See "Infonetics carrier survey: SDP deployment drivers basic but edging toward more sophisticated applications" - here.

Other findings are:

• Infonetics expects operators will spend $5.2 billion globally in 2015 on fixed-line and mobile SDP software and services ; top three SDP suppliers, are Oracle [see chart below], followed closely by Ericsson and Huawei.
   [see previous forecasts - "SDP Market Size: Infonetics Research vs. Analysys Mason" - here]
   
• For the third year in a row, faster time to market was the top business driver behind operators' SDP deployments, while the ability to better enable a developer community and integration with third-party content providers moved up the list of drivers compared to Infonetics’ 2010 survey (see chart)

 

Resource: Diameter Routing Explained

  

In the recent months we saw the introduction of a new element in the PCRF/PCEF management architecture - the Diameter Router/Policy Exchange Controller.

Products were announced by Traffix Systems (here), Openet (here), Tekelec (here), IntelliNet Technologies' (here) and ACME Packet (here).

A white paper by the Yankee Group (commissioned by ACME Packet) provides an overview on this new element.

See "Policy Exchange Controllers: Enriching Diameter Signaling for LTE and IMS" - here (registration required).

"New Product Category: The Policy Exchange Controller

Yankee Group coined the term PEC to describe a new network element that has emerged on the market over the past year. Pioneered by IP border infrastructure specialist Acme Packet, the PEC facilitates policy exchange in all-IP networks. As a routing hub for all Diameter messages, PECs alleviate the signaling, security and reach challenges inherent in IP networks while reducing the mesh of Diameter connections that hamper network scalability and management. The PEC also provides critical security, interoperability, routing and reporting functions for Diameter signaling. These functions lower costs, streamline networks and assure resilience for LTE and IMS networks"