Triple-Play Network Hardware and Systems

Softswitches, Media Gateways, OSS, BSS and Policy Control: Technology Enablers for the Voice-Video-Data Service Bundle



This study provides an overview of the technologies that enable triple-play and quadruple-play services. It is divided into two sections: hardware and software. The hardware section analyzes the market demand for softswitches, media gateways, and IMS solutions. The software section provides an overview of business system support solutions, element-management solutions, and control policy/monitoring solutions.

In addition to analysis of the markets for these solutions, the report addresses issues that are driving the adoption of triple-play and quadruple-play services, including subscriber growth rates, emerging technologies, Quality of Service considerations, and the role of mobile services. The market is broken into four types of service provider: CATV operators, telecom companies, satellite, and terrestrial operators.


What Does This Report Answer?
  • What is the rate of subscriber growth for video services?
  • What is the rate of subscriber growth for triple and quadruple play?
  • What is the rate of subscriber growth for VoIP?
  • What is the market demand for softswitches (by video platform)?
  • What is the market demand for media gateways (by video platform)?
  • What is the market demand for IMS?
  • What is the market demand for business support systems (by video platform)?
  • What is the market demand for element-management platforms (by video platform)?
  • What is the market demand for policy control and monitoring solutions (by video platform)?
Who Needs This Report?
  • Communications Service Providers
  • Network Infrastructure/Systems Vendors
  • Software Solutions Vendors
  • Component Vendors
  • Silicon Vendors
  • System Integrators for Video Services
  • Financial Community


Scope of Study

Sources and Methodology

Notes

Section 1
Strategic Overview
1.1 Triple Play and Quadruple-Play Evolution
1.1.1 Bundled Services Go Mainstream
1.1.1.1 Asia-Pacific Triple Play
1.1.1.2 North America Triple Play
1.1.1.3 Latin America Triple Play
1.1.1.4 Western Europe Triple Play
1.1.1.5 Eastern Europe Triple Play
1.1.1.6 Middle East and Africa
1.1.2 Quadruple-Play: Adding Mobile to the Mix
1.1.2.1 Mobile Service Integration
1.1.2.2 Quadruple-Play Activities
1.1.3 Subscriber Forecasts
1.1.3.1 Video Subscribers
1.1.3.2 Triple Play Subscribers
1.2 VoIP Market Development
1.3 Regulatory Impacts on QoS Management
1.3.1 QoS Fees
1.3.2 Net Neutrality Legislation
1.3.3 Is There Middle Ground?
1.4 Triple Play for Satellite and Terrestrial: Is It Just a Pipe Dream?
1.4.1 Over-the-Air Triple Play Solutions
1.4.2 Recent Activity for Over-the-Air Triple Play
1.4.2.1 Marketing Agreements
1.4.2.2 Purchasing a DSL Network
1.4.2.3 Wireless Broadband
1.5 Case Study: British Telecom’s 21CN Project
1.6 Case Study: Softbank Section 2
Equipment Technology Overview
2.1 Softswitches
2.2 Media Gateways
2.3 IMS
2.4 Evolving Role of B-RAS
2.5 Application/Media Servers
2.6 Session Border Controllers

Section 3
OSS Technology Overview
3.1 OSS Overview
3.2 Business Support Systems
3.3 Element Management Platforms
3.4 Policy Control and Monitoring
3.5 OSS Cost Analysis

Section 4
Equipment Market Forecast
4.1 Equipment Overview
4.2 Softswitches
4.2.1 Softswitch Shipments by Platform
4.2.1.1 New Softswitch Shipments
4.2.1.2 Growth Softswitch Shipments
4.2.1.3 Total Softswitch Shipments
4.2.2 Softswitch Pricing
4.2.3 Softswitch Market Value by Platform
4.2.3.1 New Softswitch Market Value
4.2.3.2 Growth Softswitch Market Value
4.2.3.3 Total Softswitch Market Value
4.3 Media Gateways
4.3.1 Media Gateway Shipments by Platform
4.3.1.1 New Media Gateway Shipments
4.3.1.2 Growth Media Gateway Shipments
4.3.1.3 Total Media Gateway Shipments
4.3.2 Media Gateway Pricing
4.3.3 Media Gateway Market Value by Platform
4.3.3.1 New Media Gateway Market Value
4.3.3.2 Growth Media Gateway Market Value
4.3.3.3 Total Media Gateway Market Value
4.4 IMS Market

Section 5
OSS Market Forecast
5.1 Business Support Systems
5.2 Element Management Platforms
5.3 Policy Control and Monitoring
5.4 Total Triple Play OSS Section 6
Company Profiles
6.1 Acme Packet
6.2 BigBand
6.3 Brix Networks
6.4 Cable Matrix
6.5 Camiant
6.6 Caspian
6.7 Cedar Point
6.8 Comcast
6.9 ECI
6.10 EGT
6.11 Entrisphere
6.12 Ikanos
6.13 ILC
6.14 Jungo
6.15 Microsoft
6.16 Netopia Inc
6.17 QoSmetrics
6.18 Redback Networks Inc
6.19 Sigma Systems
6.20 Telcordia
6.21 Texas Instruments
6.22 Tut Systems

Appendix A
Company Directory
Acme Packet
AdTec Digital Inc
Alcatel
Amino Technologies plc
Anevia
AT&T/SBC Communications
BigBand Networks
BitBand Inc
British Telecom
Brix Networks
Broadbus Technologies Inc
Broadsoft
BroadStream Communications Inc
Broadwing Inc
C-COR Inc
Cable Matrix
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Camiant
Caspian
Centile Inc
Centrepoint Technologies Inc
Cedar Point Communications
Cisco Systems Inc
Comcast
Concurrent Computer Corporation
Conklin-Intracom
CosmoCom
Cox Communications Inc
ECI
EGT
Entone Technologies
Entrisphere
Envivio Inc
Ericsson
Espial Group Inc
Harmonic Inc
IBM
ICTV Inc
Ikanos
ILC
IneoQuest Technologies Inc
Infogate Online
Intel Corporation
Irdeto Access
i3 Micro Technology
Jungo Software
Kasenna Inc
Kreatel Communications AB
Latens Systems
Lucent Technologies
MatrixStream Technologies
Microsoft Corporation
Minerva Networks
Motorola Inc
mPhase Technologies
Myrio Corporation
Nagravision
nCUBE
NDS Ltd
net.com
NetCentrex
Netopia
Nortel Networks Corporation
NTT Communications Corporation
Optibase Inc
Optical Solutions Inc
Orca Interactive
Pace Communications
Paradyne
Philips
QoSmetrics
Redback Networks
Samsung Corporation
SBC Communications Inc
Scientific Atlanta
SeaChange International
SecureMedia
Siemens
Sigma Systems
SkyStream Networks Inc
Sonus Networks
Sony
Sylantro Systems
Tandberg Television
Telcordia
Texas Instruments
Thales Broadcast & Multimedia
Thomson
Tut Systems Inc
UTStarcom Inc
Verimatrix
Verizon
Wave7 Optics
Widevine Technologies

Appendix B
Acronyms
Charts and Figures
  • Triple/Quadruple Play Adoption Among Video Households, World Market: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple/Quadruple Play Adoption Among Video Households, Asia-Pacific: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple/Quadruple Play Adoption Among Video Households, North America: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple/Quadruple Play Adoption Among Video Households, Latin America: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple/Quadruple Play Adoption Among Video Households, Western Europe: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple/Quadruple Play Adoption Among Video Households, Eastern Europe: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple/Quadruple Play Adoption Among Video Households, Middle East and Africa: 2005 to 2011
  • VoIP and Triple Play Subscribers, World Market: 2005 to 2011
  • IMS Network Diagram
  • Total and Quadruple-Play IMS Revenue, World Market: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Video Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Triple Play Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Triple Play Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Triple Play Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Triple Play Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple Play Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • VoIP Subscribers by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple Play Service Bandwidth Requirements, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Compression Standards
  • OSS Cost Analysis, World Market, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Softswitch Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Softswitch ASP by Region, World Markets: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Softswitch Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Softswitch Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Softswitch Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Softswitch Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Softswitch Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Softswitch Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Softswitch Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Softswitch Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Softswitch Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Softswitch Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Softswitch Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Softswitch Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Softswitch Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Softswitch Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Softswitch Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Media Gateway Annual Shipments by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Media Gateway ASP by Region, World Markets: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Media Gateway Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Media Gateway Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Media Gateway Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Media Gateway Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Media Gateway Revenue by Region - New, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Growth, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Media Gateway Revenue by Region - Total, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • IMS Video-Service-Provider Quadruple Play Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Triple Play BSS Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Triple Play BSS Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Triple Play BSS Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Triple Play BSS Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple Play BSS Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Triple Play Element Management Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Triple Play Element Management Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Triple Play Element Management Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Triple Play Element Management Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple Play Element Management Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Triple Play Policy Control/Monitoring Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Triple Play Policy Control/Monitoring Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Triple Play Policy Control/Monitoring Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Triple Play Policy Control/Monitoring Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple Play Policy Control/Monitoring Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • CATV Triple Play Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Telco TV Triple Play Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DBS Triple Play Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • DTT Triple Play Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
  • Triple Play Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Moderate and Aggressive Forecasts: 2005 to 2011
Report Code: RR-NMS

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