Analysys Reveals Increasing Concentration of Market Power in BSS/OSS.LONDON -- The number of system sales System sales is a business term used in the franchising industry. Franchisors provide supplies, marketing and administration services to franchisees in return for a part of the franchisees' revenues. Some franchisors also operate some outlets directly. announcements for telecoms IT (BSS/OSS) solutions dropped markedly in 2006, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new report, Billing and OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. Trends: the transition to telecoms IT, published by Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms, IT and media (http://research.analysys.com). In 2006 there were 456 system sales announced globally, compared with 569 in 2005 and 500 in 2004, according to Analysys. "We're still in a tough market but the decline in system sales announcements isn't indicative of another recession," says the report's author, Teresa Cottam. "The decline is being caused by a combination of market factors, such as mergers and acquisitions on the supply side of the market, consolidation on the demand side and the investment cycle moving from system selection and purchasing to system implementation." Key findings from the new report include: * CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and order management system sales remained strong in 2006, while billing, revenue assurance and mediation mediation, in law, type of intervention in which the disputing parties accept the offer of a third party to recommend a solution for their controversy. Mediation has long been a part of international law, frequently involving the use of an international commission, system sales fell significantly - except in Africa and the Middle East, there appears to be a switch in investment away from systems related to cash and towards those concerned with customers. * In North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. there was a significant fall in the number of announced sales of service provisioning and inventory management systems - which form part of the 'resources' domain in Analysys Research's new schema - and there was significant supply-side consolidation in this market during 2006. * A small number of vendors dominate the global market: the top ten vendors accounted for around 36% of all system sales announced in 2006, with the top vendor now accounting for nearly 10% of the global total. Billing and OSS Trends: the transition to telecoms IT examines how changing dynamics in the telecoms IT market are affecting investment patterns globally and how these changing patterns are reshaping the supply side of the market. It proposes a new, comprehensive map of the telecoms IT space, showing how solutions address key functional domains: customers, cash, services, resources, integration, data and security. The report is available to purchase online at http://research.analysys.com/store, priced at GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1700 (approximately EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 2450) plus VAT. Analysys Research's Next-Generation Telecoms IT online subscription service complements this report by providing continuous market intelligence and industry analysis of the key functional domains described in the report. For more information email research@analysys.com. Danny Dicks, Principal Analyst at Analysys Research, will be discussing the conceptual framework For the concept in aesthetics and art criticism, see . A conceptual framework is used in research to outline possible courses of action or to present a preferred approach to a system analysis project. of the telecoms IT space at a panel session ('Where does billing fit in the new telecoms IT map?') at the Billing and Information Management Systems 2007 event (http://www.iir-billingsystems.com), Olympia 2 Conference Centre, London on Thursday, 7 June, 2.20pm-3.00pm. |
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