NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR LTE: CSP BUSINESS OBJECTIVES WILL DRIVE THE TAKE-UP OF SON

Automation and SON will play a major role in the evolution of network operations, as telecoms operators strive to reduce costs and churn, and increase ARPU.
LTE network management systems
This Viewpoint analyses the changes that will need to happen to mobile network management systems (NMS) for supporting LTE.
We quantify the investments in LTE NMS over the next 5 years and identify the role of big data, customer analytics and SON in the evolution of mobile NMS for LTE.

This Viewpoint provides:
a forecast for the revenue that LTE NMS will generate for network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) during the next 5 years
an overview of the new functionality that NMS will require in order to support the evolving networks
analysis of how CSP operations will become more automated in order to support these requirements
analysis of the role that big data, customer analytics and self-optimising network (SON) functions will play in the evolution of mobile NMS for LTE
recommendations for CSPs and NEMs on mobile NMS evolution strategies for LTE networks.