Majority of Tier One Operators Want Independent Policy Servers That Integrate With Separate Charging Systems, Finds Heavy Rea...
January 24 2012 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC), the mobile broadband solutions company,
today published research from industry analyst firm Heavy Reading
showing that the majority of tier one mobile operators plan to
integrate policy servers with existing charging and billing systems
rather than deploy pre-integrated policy and charging systems from
a single vendor.
The report, "Policy, Charging & Billing: What Tier 1
Operators Want," finds that "scaling pre-integrated solutions based
on proprietary interfaces between policy and charging may be a
stumbling block here, especially if it entails high professional
service costs."
Other key results show that:
- Nearly 70 percent of tier ones said they will use the policy
server (a policy and charging rules function, or PCRF) to perform
some charging or rating functions.
- Tier one operators have run into significant challenges
implementing online charging for data. For example, almost 60
percent cited higher costs due to customization and professional
services.
- Use of the 3GPP-specified interfaces is the most popular option
for initial integration of policy and charging.
- One of the most important policy server buying requirements is
real-world experience integrating with third-party charging
systems.
"Only a minority of the Tier one respondents said they would
deploy pre-integrated policy and charging solutions in the medium
term," said Graham Finnie, chief analyst at Heavy Reading and
author of the report. "The majority is seeking good
interoperability and integration of policy with independent
charging systems, using standardized interfaces wherever
possible."
The survey also shows that more than one-third of service
providers believe that the new Sy interface, due out in 2012, will
simplify integration between policy servers and charging
systems.
"Service providers want maximum flexibility, scalability and
signaling efficiency in their policy servers, coupled with an
easy-to-use rules engine and analytics to create and evolve
services. An independent, best-of-breed policy server is the best
way to meet these requirements," said Doug Suriano, chief
technology officer at Tekelec. "We have integrated our policy
server with charging systems across dozens of tier one operators.
The release of the new Sy interface will improve integration with
charging systems and eliminate cumbersome, proprietary approaches
that limit scalability and increase costs."
Tekelec sponsored the Heavy Reading survey of 30 respondents in
network planning, engineering, CTO, sales, marketing, product
development and customer support departments for service providers
with revenues above $1 billion. All service providers have deployed
or are in the process of deploying a PCRF or other standardized
policy server.
Supporting Resources Policy, Charging & Billing: What Tier 1
Operators Want Why Tekelec for Policy: Key Considerations in
Selecting a Next-Generation Policy Server Policy Server product
brief An Intelligent Approach to Monetizing Mobile Broadband white
paper Current Analysis: Tekelec Policy Server Product
Assessment
About Tekelec Tekelec's intelligent mobile broadband solutions
enable service providers to manage and monetize mobile data and
evolve to LTE and IMS. We are the architects of the new Diameter
network, the foundation for session, policy and subscriber data
management. More than 300 service providers use our market-leading
solutions to deliver cloud, machine-to-machine and personalized
services to consumers and enterprises. For more information visit
www.tekelec.com.
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