Sponsors: Ericsson
Host: Neil Hollingum, Independent Analyst, Light Reading; Jennifer Pigg, VP of Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group;
Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi, Advisor, Ericsson Group Function, Ericsson
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Time: 2:00 p.m. New York / 7:00 p.m. London
Overview: A new sponsored study conducted by an independent technology research and consulting firm cites the advantages of integrated edge routing solutions like Ericsson’s SmartEdge multiservice edge router. The study reports a total cost of ownership (TCO) of 22 percent, with capex and opex savings of 21 percent and 53 percent (respectively) for integrated solutions over multi-element solutions. The research also uncovers five key business drivers for service providers that are adding urgency to their decision to go beyond the mere convergence of functions onto a common edge platform, to the benefits inherent in converging the fixed and mobile networks themselves.
“Service providers are rationalizing their organizations to present a more nimble and lean competitive profile. At the same time user demand for voice, video, and data services and the ability to modify services on demand is growing,” says Jennifer Pigg, vice president at Yankee Group, the firm that conducted the research. “Our TCO analysis demonstrates that solutions such as the Ericsson SmartEdge, which provides capabilities on a single platform for converging legacy broadband and IP networks, offer service providers an operational and competitive advantage.”
Based on extensive primary research and proprietary TCO modeling techniques, the report compares this year’s findings with those of the initial study in 2006, identifying five critical areas where service provider networks have changed, including: more traffic, a greater mix of traffic, less revenue per bit of traffic, constraints on headcount, and frozen or lowered capital budgets.
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