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SDP market forecast to hit $5.16bn in 2015

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CALIFORNIA, USA: Service delivery platform (SDP) software and services market will hit $5.16 billion by 2015, forecasts market research firm Infonetics Research.

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Moreover, because mobile operators view SDPs as a key tool in their app store strategies, wireless deployments are outpacing fixed-line deployments and will continue to be the primary driver for SDP market growth.

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Shira Levine, directing analyst, next gen OSS and policy, Infonetics Research, said: "While operators' interest in application programming interface (API) exposure continues to be a major contributor to SDP investments, we're seeing those strategies becoming increasingly sophisticated."

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In its August Service Delivery Platform Software and Services report, Infonetics finds that Huawei leads the overall SDP market and continues to display momentum that could displace Ericsson from its #1 spot in the SDP services segment and push ahead of currently #1 Oracle in the SDP software segment.

"Operators are recognizing the opportunities associated with delivering enterprise services to specific verticals, such as healthcare, retail, and machine-to-machine (M2M), and are exploring how they can combine their own network-based enablers with enterprise APIs to support these highly targeted services. We're also seeing a push by operators in using their SDPs to support enterprise app stores in addition to more traditional consumer storefronts," explains Levine.

Infonetics also finds that SDP service revenue is expected to grow faster than that of SDP software due to:

      o    Ongoing integration of new services by systems integrators and third party application developers.

      o    Growing traction for hosted SDP delivery, fueled by capex constraints and economic uncertainty.

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