Evolution of IP subscriber management in mobile networks — keeping churn at bay
Exciting new mobile services, devices, and applications are on the horizon, but only if mobile operators can effectively manage scarce network resources and grow profits. LTE isn’t a silver bullet for the industry, so information technologies originally developed to optimize applications over IP wide area networks can and are being applied to solve mobile bandwidth bottlenecks to satisfy ever more demanding mobile customers.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IN A NUTSHELL
OVUM VIEW
EVOLVING MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS ALL LAYERS
IP INTRODUCES NEW SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES
MOBILE BROADBAND GROWTH — THE COMING TSUNAMI
CHURN — THE BANE OF THE MOBILE INDUSTRY
IP SUBSCRIBER MANAGEMENT 2.0 — DEFINING THE IT BASED SOLUTION
IP BRINGS NEW CAPABILITIES TO MOBILE NETWORKS
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOBILE OPERATORS AND SUPPLIERS
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Aggregate global mobile traffic forecasts, 2006–2013
Figure 2: Mobile IP subscriber management system
IN A NUTSHELL
OVUM VIEW
EVOLVING MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS ALL LAYERS
IP INTRODUCES NEW SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES
MOBILE BROADBAND GROWTH — THE COMING TSUNAMI
CHURN — THE BANE OF THE MOBILE INDUSTRY
IP SUBSCRIBER MANAGEMENT 2.0 — DEFINING THE IT BASED SOLUTION
IP BRINGS NEW CAPABILITIES TO MOBILE NETWORKS
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOBILE OPERATORS AND SUPPLIERS
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Aggregate global mobile traffic forecasts, 2006–2013
Figure 2: Mobile IP subscriber management system
