• This Strategic Analysis Report contains 100+ Pages of Market Intelligence into 6 leading vendors in the market. It is Published on Friday 11th May 2018.

    The Strategic Analysis Version of the report contains:

    100+ Pages of data related to Roaming Management Systems Interviews with 6 Vendors Simple to view infographics which explain and contrast the opinions of Vendors Content with page numbers: About the Authors 6 Introduction 7 Executive Summary 7 Background 7 The Objectives of this Report 7 What is RMS? 7 The Future of RMS 7 The Vendors 7 Overview 8 Their International Presence 8 Ownership Structure 8 Length of time in Roaming Management Systems 9 Primary Business Focus 9 Top Product offerings 10 Future Focus 10 Personnel 11 Revenues 11 GSMA Membership 11 Investment returns 11 Time Saving considerations 12 Revenue Improvements 12 Name of RMS? 13 RMS launch times 13 The top three words or phrases vendors use to describe their RMS. 13 RMS Brief Overviews 14 RMS Modules Integration 15 Module Purchasing Options 15 Integrated Wholesale and Retail Modules 16 Module overviews by Vendor 16 RMS Integration 19 RMS differentiation 19 Client numbers 21 RMS Global Availability 21 Discounts and Promotions 21 Interface Presentation 21 Interface Training 22 Information Accessibility 23 Reports 23 Adding Users to the RMS 23 RMS Alerts 24 Partnering with Others 24 RMS Automation 25 GSMA Standards 26 RMS Reliability 26 RMS supported services 27 Technical fix rates 27 Improvements 28 System adaptability 29 5G Impact 29 eSIM Impact 29 Internet of Things Impact 30 Internet of Things management 30 Troubleshooting 31 A2P SMS 31 Real time monitoring 31 Simulation Tools 31 Delivery timescales 32 Installation 32 Hosting Options 32 Steering platforms 33 FCH and DCH Modules 33 Mobile login 33 Partnerships 33 Roaming Regulations 34 Customer cost savings 34 Secure access 35 Fraudulent Liability 35 Customer Service 36 Training 37 RMS Sales Team 38 Endorsements 38 Case Studies 38 The future of RMS 39 How could Operators be better educated in RMS 39 Notes on our Report 40 Identifying Vendors 40 The Vendors 41 Approach and Methodology 41 Eligibility for taking part in this report 41 Your Feedback is welcome 42 Our Future Reports 42 Annex A: Directory of RMS Vendors 42 Annex B: RMS Vendor Interview 42 BICS 43 Enghouse Networks 53 Quantillo 68 RoamSmart 80 Roamsys 93 Yaana 109 Payment terms:
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  • This report is available from 30th January and contains the latest Strategic insights from MNOs on IoT Security. It has 29 pages.
    This report provides the opinions of 89 MNOs on IoT Security. In this report ROCCO wants to uncover by sincere and honest MNO feedback, what MNOs are seeing and doing about IoT Security. What advice if any they have for other MNOs and Vendors to prepare and to protect the industry from security breaches. We all know that IoT brings opportunities, but are those opportunities matched equally by the opportunities for hackers they present? This report also reviews input from various MNO sources to summarize the evolution of eSIM. The Report Contents with page numbers:  About the Authors 4 Introduction 5 Executive Summary 6 Background 6 The Objectives of this Report 7 What is IoT Security? 8 MNO Participation in this Survey 10 Internet of Things Revenues now and by 2020 11 Active SIM Cards 12 Percentages of IoT Sims versus Consumer Sims 13 Expertise in IoT Security 14 Departments Responsible for IoT Security 15 Strategic Analysis 16 IOT Vertical Markets and their Security Risks 16 Security Risks known to MNOs as Connectivity providers 17 The Seriousness of the Security attacks 18 Signalling Security Risks 19 Where Signalling Security Attacks Originate from 20 Average Monthly Revenue per Connected IoT Device (ARPC) 22 Advanced Security Features as Standard 23 Willingness of Enterprises to invest in more Advanced Security 24 Charging Mechanisms for MNOs offering Advanced Security Features as VAS 26 IoT Security Awareness 27 Eligibility for taking part in this report 28 Your Feedback, Our Future Reports 28  
         
  • This report is available from 19th January and contains up-to-the-moment Strategic insights on Roaming Consumer eSIM. It has 32 pages.
    This report provides the opinions of 107 MNOs on the status of eSIM for the roaming consumer. The aim of this report is to give all MNOs and other interested parties an understanding of the current strategic opinions and an estimated timeline for the roll-out of eSIM services. Information on MNOs’ strategic plans for eSIM was collected from key roaming executives from 107 MNOs in 92 countries. The data was captured in October and November of 2017. This report also reviews input from various MNO sources to summarize the evolution of eSIM. The Report Contents with page numbers:  About the Authors 4 Introduction 5 The Objective of this Report 6 Executive Summary 6 Consumer eSIM Approaches 6 The Short Story of eSIM 8 The eSIM Timeline 10 MNO Participation in this Survey 12 Consumer eSIM Positive or Negative 13 Strategic Analysis 15 Is eSIM an Opportunity or Threat for MNOs? 15 MNO Views 17 How many SIMs are eSIMs? 17 eSIM percentages from Internet of Things and Consumer 19 IoT eSIM Rollout 20 Consumer eSIM Rollout Device types 21 eSIM Devices 22 Vendors types that will utilise Consumer eSIM 23 Regions were Consumer eSIM is expected to be popular 24 International Roaming Scenarios 25 eSIM for Roaming 25 Inbound Roaming 26 Outbound Roaming 27 Timeline for Support for Roaming Scenarios 28 Domestication of Roaming Subscribers with eSIM 29 MNOs Investment in eSIM (non financial) 31 Notes on Our Report 32 Eligibility for taking part in this report 32 Your Feedback, Our Future Reports 32  
         
  • This Strategic Report contains 90+ Pages of Analysis into all the providers in the market.
    • Executive Summary (this part of the report is sent to the Operators who take part in the research)
    • Providers leaderboard tiered and actual ratings
    • Detailed comparison of all the providers in the market in over 30+ Key Performance Indicators defined by Operators
      • Leadership
      • General Performance
      • Performance on Key aspects
    • Detailed Brand perceptions of each provider
    • Key Challenges in the market
    • Why Providers are valuable and where Operators think they could add more value
    • Strategic summary by ROCCO management team
    Single Use License: The party purchasing this report is receiving a Single Use License. A License to be used by their company only. A Terms of Use agreement will be sent to you after your purchase to support this. Expect to receive the report by e-mail within 24-48 hours after purchase. Unlimited Distribution License: ROCCO also offers an Unlimited Distribution License. Please contact us for more information. UK Companies are subject to V.A.T. Paid at the Standard Rates.
  • This Strategic Report contains 100+ Pages of Analysis into all the providers in the market.
    • Executive Summary (this part of the report is sent to the Operators who take part in the research)
    • Providers leaderboard tiered and actual ratings
    • Detailed comparison of all the providers in the market in over 40+ Key Performance Indicators defined by MNOs
      • Leadership
      • General Performance
      • Performance on Key aspects
    • Detailed Brand perceptions of each provider
    • Operator feedback into what Products and Services they like and what they need
    • Key Challenges in the market
    • Why Providers are valuable and where Operators think they could add more value
    • Where the market is going, what new developments are needed
    • Strategic summary by ROCCO management team
    • ROCCOs perceptions of future developments in the field
    The party purchasing this report is receiving a single license for a single report to be used by their company only. A Terms of Use agreement will be sent to you after your purchase to support this. Expect to receive the report by e-mail within 24 hours of purchase. Additional licenses may be purchased at a reduced price. Please contact us for more information. UK Companies are subject to V.A.T. Paid at the Standard Rates.
  • This Strategic Analysis Report contains 100 Pages of Market Intelligence into 5 leading vendors in the market.

    The Strategic Analysis Version of the report contains:

    140+ Pages of data related to Data and Financial Clearing views from 5 Vendors Simple to view infographics which explain and contrast the opinions of Vendors Content: The Executive Summary: The Authors of this Report, Executive Summary, Overview, What is Data and Financial Clearing?, The Future of Data and Financial Clearing, How should Financial Clearing Evolve in an LTE World Vendors: Overview, Their International Presence, Ownership Structure, Top Product Offerings, Primary Focus, Future Focus, Personnel, Revenues, Services offered, Choosing Vendors Data Clearing: Length of time in Data Clearing, Partnering with Others, Vendor differentiation, Client numbers , GSMA Standards, Client Support, NRTRDE support, NRTRDE Performance, System availability, SLA for TAP FILES Policies, SLA Penalties, Diagnostic and reporting tools, Fault monitoring capabilities, TAP File processing timeframes, CDRs, Data Clearing Client Types, Client growth, TAP speeds, Customer Loyalty and Rewards, Pricing models, Additional Fees, Training Fees, Billing preferences, TAP file storage, The Future of Data Clearing Pricing, DCH Specialisation, LTE Data Clearing development, Local Break Out (LBO) support, S8HR support, VoLTE models, The future of DCH, Data Clearing Support for Wi-Fi Roaming, Data Clearing Vendor USP’s, How could Operators be better educated in Data Clearing, How can Operators help improve the Data Clearing process, Innovation: DCH Services, Data clearing key trends Financial Clearing: Vendors Length of time in Financial clearing, Partnering with Others, Vendor differentiation, Vendor’s Financial Clearing Service names, GSMA Standards, EID Support, EID Improvements, Paper Invoices, Client Support Bad Debt, SLA for Bad Debt, Reporting Bad Debt, Financial Disputes, Financial Liability, Vendor Financial Clearing Services, Payment Time frames, Global Roaming Invoices, Financial Clearing Clients types, Client growth, Customer Loyalty and rewards, Pricing models, Additional Fees, GSMA Standard developments, Training Fees, Billing preferences, In-house Financial Clearing for MNO’s, Future Data Clearing pricing, FCH Services, FCH Specialisation, LTE Financial Clearing development, Wifi-roaming Support, What MNO’s need to know about Financial Clearing, Financial Clearing Improvements, Vendor Specialisation, Financial Clearing Innovation, Financial Clearing Trends Annex A: Directory of Data and/or Financial Clearing Vendors 51 Annex B: Mobile Engagement Vendor Interview: Advanced Roaming & Clearing House, Comfone, Nextgen Clearing, Starhome Mach, Syniverse   Payment terms:
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  • This Strategic Analysis Report contains 300+ Pages of Market Intelligence into 13 leading vendors in the market.

    The Strategic Analysis Version of the report contains:

    300+ Pages of data related to Signalling Firewall Interviews with 13 Vendors Simple to view infographics which explain and contrast the opinions of Vendors Content: The Executive Summary: Contents, About the Authors, Introduction, Objective, Methodology, Abbreviations and Acronyms , Executive Summary, About the Executive Summary, Background, The Participating Vendors, What does a Signalling Firewall deliver, Signalling Firewall: what Vendors say MNOs need to know, Vendors’ vision about the future of Signalling Firewall, Regional trends in the Signalling Firewall demand Vendors: Signalling Firewall Vendors, Ownership structure and when they were founded, Their Revenues, Their Mission, Their Business Focus, Product offerings, Vendor’s SS7/Signalling offer, Their Future Focus for Product Offerings, Their Customers (SMS Firewall and Signalling Firewall), Their Headquarters, Office Locations, Their Employment Strategy Service Specifics: What Signalling Protocols, SS7 Firewall and Diameter Firewall, Is SMS Firewall part of the SS7 Firewall?, Protection against Signalling vulnerabilities, SS7 and diameter attack types, How do Vendors protect against geo location tracking and frauds, How do Vendors protect against interception and TMSI to IMSI translation, How do Vendors protect against DOS denial of service, DOS flooding attacks, How do Vendors protect against extraction of authentication vectors, Compliance with GSMA standards, Signalling solutions for the International Roaming Hubs, International Networks Extensions (BA.21) and Outbound, Roaming Solutions (BA.23), Active monitoring of existing installations, Should MNOs pay fines for Signalling attacks?, Signalling Firewall with stateful inspection, Scalability of the Signalling Firewall solution, Contextual Awareness of the Signalling Firewall solution, Near-Real Time Analysis, The Signalling Firewall Integration into the Signalling Network, Integration Models, Deployment into the Operator’s Signalling Network, In-line deployment, firewall on a stick, Opcode routing, Support for TDM and SIGTRAN, Support for ITU-T and ANSI specifications, Signalling Firewall deployment strategy: Vendors further comments, Interactions with the Operator’s Network, User independence in the configuration, How Vendors speak about their Signalling Firewall Solution, The Vendors and their Unique Value Proposition, Signalling Firewall Virtualization, Benefits of firewall Virtualization, Vendors view on Pros and Cons of a Virtualised Signalling Firewall Solution, Vendor’s support to Signalling Firewall Virtualization, Signalling Firewall in the IPX provider’s network, Virtualization: shared infrastructure and service chaining, Vendors’ view and strategy about Signalling Firewall virtualization, Network security auditing, Port Opening and Black Box Audits, Audit Services for LTE, The key features and benefits of the network security scanner, Vendors’ further comments, Reporting and analysis of historical trends, Dashboards and visualisation tools, Type of reports, user-defined alerts and metrics, Vendors further comments, Signalling Security Consulting as a service, Signalling Firewall: what Vendors say MNOs need to know, Vendors’ Regional Vision and Overall Predictions for the Future Vendor’s Predictions for the Future, Vendor's Regional Vision Annex A: Directory of Signalling Firewall Vendors Annex B: All Vendor Interviews: Anam Technologies, BICS, Cellusys, Computaris International, Enghouse Networks, Evolved Intelligence, HAUD Systems, Mobileum, NetNumber, Orange International Carriers, Openmind Networks, Telecom Italia Sparkle, Symsoft. Payment terms:
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  • This Strategic Report contains 80+ Pages of Analysis into all the providers in the market. Comparing all our results with the results of the previous year.
    • Executive Summary
    • Detailed comparison of all the providers in the market in over 30+ Key Performance Indicators defined by Operators
      • Leadership
      • General Performance
      • Performance on Key aspects
    • Detailed Brand perceptions of each provider
    • Operator feedback into what Products and Services they like and what they need
    • Key Challenges in the market
    • Why Providers are valuable and where Operators think they could add more value
    • Where the market is going, what new developments are needed
    • Strategic summary by ROCCO management team
    • ROCCOs perceptions of future developments in the field
    The party purchasing this report is receiving a single license for a single report to be used by their company sent on receipt of payment and subject to a signed terms of use agreement. Additional licenses may be purchased at a reduced price.
  • This report is available from 21st March 2017 and contains up-to-the-moment Strategic advice on Roaming Internet of Things. Please see www.uros.com to receive the report. This Strategic Analysis Report has been created based interviews with 96 MNOs in 81 Countries and 6 MNO Groups and contains 20+ Pages of data      
  • This report is available from 27th February 2017 and contains all the regulation status up to that date including FUP Strategy etc This Strategic Analysis Report contains 40+ Pages of feedback from interviews with 30 EU full MNOs in 26 of the 28 Member States and Industry Analysis on the latest EU Roaming Regulation 2015/2020. Executive Summary (this part of the report is sent to the MNOs who took part in the research for free)
    • Highlights from the Report
    • EU MNO feedback
    • Reporting on the Current EU Regulation
    The Strategic Analysis Version of the report contains: MNOs perspective:
    • Contents, About the Authors, Introduction, The Objective of this Report, What are the EU Roaming Regulations, The Current EU Roaming Regulation, The History of EU Roaming Regulation
    • The MNOs Perspective:
    • The MNO represented in this report,
    • BEREC Interaction
    Implementation Strategy:
    • MNOs Implementation date of the EU Regulation 2020/2015,
    • Methods of implementation of the EU Roaming Regulation 2020/2015,
    • Bundling,
    • Opt-In, opt-out,
    • About the EEA,
    • Non-EEA countries,
    • Position on UK Exit from the EU,
    • Restriction on the RLAH tariff plan,
    • What Restrictions MNOs will apply,
    • FUP (Fair Usage Policy) and RLAH tariffs,
    • MNOs application of a Fair-Use Policy (FUP),
    • Permanent Roaming
    Impacts on the Wholesale Market: 
    • Impacts on the Wholesale Roaming Market Overview,
    • Impact of new services on the wholesale roaming market,
    • EU Roaming Regulation and IOT Discount Strategy,
    • Revenue Commitments,
    • Send or Pay Commitments,
    • Volume Commitments,
    • Special surcharge to sustain the domestic charging model
    The party purchasing this report is receiving a single license for a single report to be used by their company only. A Terms of Use agreement will be sent to you after your purchase to support this. Expect to receive the report by e-mail within 24 hours of purchase. Additional licenses may be purchased at a reduced price. Please contact us for more information. UK Companies are subject to V.A.T. Paid at the Standard Rates.
  • This report is available from 25th October 2016 and contains up-to-the-moment Strategic advice on IPX and their Big Data Offerings This Strategic Analysis Report has been created based on interviews with 9 International IPX Network Vendors and contains 200+ Pages of data Executive Summary 
    • About the Authors
    • Introduction
    • Objective
    • Methodology
    • Background
    • Some basic concepts of IPX and Big Data
    • ROCCO’s Objective
    • The participating IPX Providers
    • Executive Summary
    • The IPX Market and its Evolution
    • The IPX Networks Geographic Coverage
    • The IPX Providers Customers segmentation
    • The IPX Providers and their IPX Peering Strategy
    • Quality of Service and supported Class of Service
    • The IPX Service Level Agreements
    • IPX Monitoring and Reporting
    • Big Data analytics and Mobile Roaming
    The Strategic Analysis Version of the report contains:
    • IPX Market Intelligence and Evolution
    • The status of IPX adoption: drivers, inhibitors, challenges
    • The IPX Providers strategy for service evolution and differentiation
    • Major changes and services driven by the 5G introduction
    • The IPX Providers Networks
    • The IPX Networks: Geographic Coverage and Equipment Vendors
    • IPX and IPSec
    • The IPX Providers Services
    • IPX services today and in the next short-term
    • Connectivity options and support for IPv6
    • The IPX Providers Customers
    • IPX Customers per Service
    • IPX Customers type
    • The LTE Roaming reach
    • The IPX Providers and their IPX Peering Strategy
    • IPX Quality of Service
    • IPX services mapping to VLANs
    • QoS and supported CoS
    • Traffic routing and DSCP marking
    • Compliance with the GSMA
    • The IPX Service Level Agreements
    • SLA for IPX Access and Transport
    • SLA for the IPX-based services
    • End-to-End QoS guarantee
    • Customer Portal
    • IPX Monitoring and Reporting
    • IPX Network monitoring and reporting
    • GRX Looking Glass
    • LTE Roaming monitoring and reporting
    • Further insights into the monitoring and reporting solutions
    • In-house development vs white label
    • The value proposition of the LTE Roaming monitoring and reporting service
    • Big Data analytics and Mobile Roaming
    • Insights into Big Data analytics market: the IPX Providers view
    • Big Data analytics as solution to the mobile roaming problems
    • Big Data and the role of the IPX Provider
    • Big Data and value added services
    • The IPX Providers Big Data solutions: features and value proposition
    • The IPX Providers Big Data platforms underlying technology
    • In-house development vs white label
    • The participating IPX Providers
    • The IPX Providers and their Companies
    • Ownership Structure
    • When the Companies were Founded
    • Their Mission
    • Their Business Focus
    • Companies Top 3 Product Offerings
    • Future Focus of Product Offerings
    • Their Headquarters
    • Office Locations
    • Their employment strategy
    • Their Revenues
    Annex A: The participating IPX Providers Annex B: IPX Providers Directory Annex C: The Interviews with the Participating IPX Providers The party purchasing this report is receiving a single license for a single report to be used by their company only. A Terms of Use agreement will be sent to you after your purchase to support this. Expect to receive the report by e-mail within 24 hours of purchase. Additional licenses may be purchased at a reduced price. Please contact us for more information. UK Companies are subject to V.A.T. Paid at the Standard Rates.