White Paper Summary

Surviving, and Thriving, in the Darwinian Triple-Play Market

New Services and Proper Network Resources Will Determine Value Chain Position

Summary:

As the pace of change accelerates in the triple-play arena, new business challenges and opportunities arise on a daily basis, forcing triple-play providers to quickly move up the value chain in a tense game of survival. No longer blessed with the perpetual revenues of a "razors and blades" business model, providers are confronted with a triumvirate of major developments — declining revenues from connections and core services; the rise of new content delivery competitors, and the merging of the wireline and wireless domains.

In grappling with these changes, one thing remains certain: the key to the success of any triple-play services is optimal network performance. Without it, service delivery lags, sowing the seeds of customer dissatisfaction and defection. Network asset management therefore plays a similarly critical role in enabling triple-play providers to pursue opportunity in the near- and long-term.

This white paper examines several major competitive developments that point toward the extinction of monthly fees for basic services, the frenzied development of value-added services as providers search for stable new revenue streams, and the merging of wireline and wireless services in the ongoing evolution of the triple-play market. It also discusses the critical role played by network asset management solutions such as Visionael Network Resource Manager (NRM).