Infonetics: Policy Management M&A Activity Heats Up, Market Approaching $2.4 Billion by 2017

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest Policy Management Software market share, size, and forecasts report, which tracks policy management software deployed in wireless (3G, 4G broadband) and fixed-line broadband and cable broadband networks.

ANALYST NOTE

“Oracle’s recent acquisition of Tekelec ups the ante in the already hot policy management market, where we’re seeing the smaller players being edged out of deals by larger vendors,” notes Shira Levine, Infonetics Research’s directing analyst for service enablement and subscriber intelligence.

“As operators increasingly look for ‘productized’ solutions that support the easy implementation of use cases and the ability to define and create their own policy rules, many are replacing their first-generation policy management solutions or adding additional policy functionality to augment what’s already in place,” Levine continues, “And we believe this is going to shrink the opportunity for many of the niche players with point solutions.”

POLICY MANAGEMENT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• The global policy management software market grew 32% in 2012, to $774 million
• Policy solutions for 3G networks provided much of the momentum, though policy deployments for LTE networks are on the rise as operators integrate policy control to better monetize network investments
• Openet is the reigning policy management software revenue market share leader for the 3^rd year in a row, followed closely by recently-acquired Tekelec
• PCRF vendors will play an active role in software-defined networking (SDN) standardization initiatives, possibly aligning them with existing policy management solutions
• Policy management will play a part in operators’ M2M strategies to varying degrees, from providing a better way to manage embedded mobile device traffic, to making available traffic prioritization and QoS guarantees for M2M applications
• Infonetics forecasts the global policy management market to grow to $2.4 billion in 2017

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REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ biannual policy management report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, forecasts through 2017, analysis, and trends for wireless and fixed-line policy management software. Vendors tracked: Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, BandWD, BroadHop, Comptel, Comverse, Elitecore, Ericsson, HP, Huawei, Juniper, Nokia Siemens Networks, Openet, Redknee, Tekelec, Volubill, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

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