BCD Forum Introduces New Business Modeling Tool; Return-on-Investment Tool Supports Content and Service Providers in Broadband Services Market Planning.FREMONT, Calif. -- The BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) The storage of numbers in which each decimal digit is converted into binary and is stored in a single character or byte. For example, a 12-digit number would take 12 bytes. See binary numbers. Forum, an independent, non-profit trade association that addresses the business of broadband for the entire value chain of the broadband industry, has launched a new, easy-to-use Flash-based modeling tool aimed at helping network service providers and content providers evaluate basic financials in deploying new broadband-based IP services. The tool, developed and contributed by BCD Forum member company Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) is an information technology company based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1996. The company designs and sells Internet Protocol network products and services. , provides estimates of key financial metrics including the incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. revenue, costs, margin and cash flow. With the accelerating mass market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" of broadband connectivity, service providers and content providers are consistently evaluating the deployment of new services that leverage the higher network access bandwidth. The financial tool allows these providers to perform basic ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). assessments for individual services such as online gaming See gaming. , video and voice services in an incremental manner for different scenarios. Providers can input per subscriber revenues; variable demand profiles; estimated per subscriber partnership and capital costs; sales, general and administration rates and discount rates. A financial summary encompassing incremental revenue, operational and partner expenses, capital investment, operating margin Operating Margin A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Calculated by: , free cash flow and Net Present Value are projected over a 5-year interval. "The BCD Forum is committed to accelerating the deployment of profitable broadband services and fostering viable collaborative partnerships across the content delivery value chain," stated Derek Kuhn, Chairman of the BCD Forum. "This tool allows providers to address the major financial components that impact profitability within the marketing planning process. It serves as an excellent complement to the other educational and informational assets that the Forum offers to develop the broadband market." The model also offers content providers and network service providers the ability to assess prospective cooperative business models, set objectives for negotiating win-win partnerships, and enables a framework for making sound business decisions. A presentation on the new tool and how it can be leveraged for evaluating specific service opportunities will be delivered at the BCD Forum's upcoming meeting in London (September 16th - 17th). The tool is currently available at http://www.bcdforum.org. About the BCD Forum The BCD Forum is an independent, non-profit trade association that addresses the business of broadband. Members, which include some of the most important players in the broadband industry, work collaboratively to identify issues and opportunities associated with monetizing broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. and to demonstrate that multi-vendor solutions can profitably deliver content-rich consumer and business services. More information can be found at the BCD Forum's website, http://www.bcdforum.org. |
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