The market for next-generation service assurance software will be driven by network upgrades and the service applications that use this technology. Upgrades in the core, aggregation and access networks will lay the foundation for voice, video and data services, generating demand for solutions to measure quality and isolate problems in complex multi-domain networks. Demand for probe, fault and performance software will follow technology upgrades in the short term, followed by demand for solutions that support IP services in the second half of the forecast period. Analysys Mason forecasts that revenue in the next-generation IP service assurance market will grow at a CAGR of 20%, from USD821 million in 2007 to USD2.07 billion in 2012.
Network transformations will have a major impact on spending in the service assurance market. Service providers are pursuing three major network transformation architecture options:
- next-generation access network transformation
- next-generation transport network transformation
- next-generation access and transport network transformation.
In the service assurance market, investments are targeted toward 11 technology, service and application segments. During the next five years, the market will be driven by mobile broadband, IP Ethernet aggregation and triple-play services.
This 46-page report includes forecast data, scenarios that evaluate service providers' deployments in the current business environment, and an analysis of market drivers and leading suppliers in this segment.
