Service Providers :
Reinventing for Success
The slowdown is forcing service providers and vendors to look at
technology and innovative business models to reduce operational costs in an
ever-changing market environment
Today, telecom
operators across the world are under pressure to develop next-generation
technologies such as next-generation network, 3G, WiMax,
etc, to meet the changing market demands. The situation is compounded by the
slowdown which is leading to issues like inadequate liquidity and credit
crunch.
“There is a
definite interest on the part of service providers in the country to reduce the
capital expenditure (capex) as well as operating
expenditure (opex). They are looking at various
technologies as well as business models to bring down the operational
expenditure. There has been a lot of interest in the arena of data centers,
contact centers as well as other technologies,” says Vish
Iyer, vice president, service provider, West, Cisco