$789 million to be spent on SDM by 2013
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Even though the capital expenditure (capex) budgets of telecom operators has sharply decreased due to the global economic situation, expenditure on the subscriber data management (SDM) solutions is expected to increase in the high double-digit percents annually for at least the next four years. This forecast has been given by Infonetics Research.
A prediction in the growth of SDM market to $789 million in 2013 has also been predicted by the research company. By allowing the operators to extract, normalize, analyze, and pass on valuable subscriber information to their marketing teams, SDM act as strategic tools that can help them better monetize their existing assets.
The SDM investment in Europe is drove by machine-to-machine (M2M) market and the trend is also expected in North America in coming years. Interest in 3G data offload is also acting as a catalyst in SDM investments as operators, while maintaining a consistent subscriber experience, effortlessly shift traffic onto their own or their partners’ Wi-Fi networks.
France Telecom posts a rise of 0.3% in Q3’08 revenues (France)
France Telecom reports a slight rise in the revenues of Q3’08 as the main operation remain unharmed by the fiscal crunches except some markets pain and in African countries.
The revenue in Q3 rose 0.3% to 13.6 billion euros ($17.04 billion) from 13.5 billion euros a year earlier.
“Our business activities are well-positioned to face the global economic situation, despite the difficult environment in Spain and in some emerging countries,” says chief executive Didier Lombard.
The company said it “saw no impact on its operations from the slowdown in the economy” in most countries where it operates and Lombard said the third quarter results “are fully in line with our 2008 objectives.”
