IT Giants Reshaping Telecom Revenue Assurance, Report FindsNetwork operators and technology suppliers are driving significant changes in the revenue assurance market, says Light Reading InsiderPRNewswire NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The market for telecom revenue assurance (RA) applications is now undergoing significant changes, driven both by increased interest from network operators and by strong attempts by technology suppliers from the IT sector to position RA as a key component of larger, integrated back-office application platforms, according to the latest report from Light Reading Insider (http://www.lightreading.com/insider), a paid research service of TechWeb's Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/). Revenue Assurance: IT Giants Reshape the Market examines the evolving scope and maturity of RA processes within service providers and how RA fits into wider business activities. It examines how next-gen networks and services affect the processes of RA, and the solutions that support them. The report also profiles 15 vendors, their RA approaches, and their target customers. For a list of companies analyzed in this report please visit: http://img.lightreading.com/lri/pdf/lri0908companies.pdf "Revenue assurance vendors are on a potential collision course with suppliers from the IT world," says Danny Dicks, research analyst for Light Reading Insider and author of the report. "An increasing number of IT suppliers are touting their systems as tools for RA -- or at least as essential components of an RA solution." The main competitors for RA specialists are vendors of data warehouse tools, as well as business intelligence (BI) and data analytics software, Dicks says. "As RA becomes subsumed into something bigger, there's the chance for the giant IT services and solutions companies to take on revenue assurance as part of major IT projects," he adds. Key findings of Revenue Assurance: IT Giants Reshape the Market include: -- Ever-shrinking margins for telecom services are forcing network operators to deploy revenue assurance more aggressively -- despite internal resistance in many cases -- Operators must respond because real money -- and strategic relationships with content partners -- are at stake -- Revenue assurance vendors are undergoing a change as the capabilities of tools outstrip old requirements to compare data sets for anomalies, and IT vendors have bigger visions of platforms for multiple analytic and assurance applications Revenue Assurance: IT Giants Reshape the Market provides critical insight and analysis for a range of industry participants, including: -- Suppliers of revenue assurance applications and services needing an independent assessment of the RA sector -- IT-focused companies looking to establish themselves as trusted suppliers to network operators for revenue assurance and related applications -- Telecom service providers looking for a concise assessment of vendor offerings in the RA sector -- Investors needing clear insight into the RA market, and which companies are most likely to emerge as winners in this sector Revenue Assurance: IT Giants Reshape the Market is available as part of an annual single-user subscription (12 monthly issues) to Light Reading Insider, priced at $1,595. 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