Vertical Software Industry Evolution : Analysis of Telecom Operator Software

The telecom operator software market (OSS/BSS market) is analyzed in this book from the viewpoints of the business processes reflecting the telecom business, from the technology viewpoint visible in OSS/BSS interfaces, and from the market viewpoint as presented in market statistics. Chapter 1 presents the scientific background and Chapters 2 and 3 present a detailed analysis. The results have been condensed in Section 4.2 from the business perspective. It presents a default scenario containing both the main past events impacting the OSS/BSS markets and the expected future evolution of this vertical software market, which is created by matching the available market data against the model of vertical software industry evolution and other theories presented. Section 4.3 describes the method used, which can also be applied for other vertical software markets. This preface outlines the main results for the OSS/BSS market from the business perspective.