With the standardization taking place in IPDSLAM, Tier 1 equipment vendors are searching for cost-effective models for product development. It is difficult for conventional original design manufacturers (ODMs) to develop on their own due to the complex nature of the product.

Apart from the fundamental communication features, mobile consumers depend on multimedia outlets such as entertainment, news and information services. The introduction of 3G and 4G networks is set to drive more consumers towards Mobile TV. In such a demanding and competitive scenario, telecom service providers need to correspond with the speed of occurring innovations. They need to ensure a flawless flow of multimedia information in a tailored and modified format.

Today, the telecom engineering outsourcing industry has shown equipment vendors the way to look at end-to-end product development solutions from their global sourcing partners. With an ever altering market dynamics coming to the fore, it is forcing more and more restrictions on management bandwidth and compelling chief equipment vendors to go for bigger product development ownerships. These types of initiatives call for strategic insights and execution skills.

For a telecom equipment vendor, priority should always be to optimize lifestyle costs. One needs to bear in mind that operation cycles are getting more extensive. This is primarily owing to the attempts of your end customers to boost ROIs. Mergers and acquisitions make matters worse as they result in multiple organized product lines that require heavy investments.

The telecom revolution in the form of 4G mobile broadband services and 'Green Equipment' technology has mandated the need to reduce power consumption and input costs for enterprises. In order to perform effectively in the global industrial landscape, organizations require varied and customized solutions that seamlessly integrate with existing infrastructure.

The Telecom industry over the last few years has seen an unprecedented mobile data traffic growth due to the increasing adoption and usage of smartphones, tablets. This current trend of data growth is expected to continue for many years which will require Telcos  to re-think their base station deployment strategy to circumvent the problem of limited cell capacity. The current system requires significant CAPEX investments to provide exhaustive coverage and capacity for maintaining good Quality of Service for end user Experience. LTE small cells when used along with macro base stations serve the dual purpose of enhanced capacity and coverage as well as reduced CAPEX/OPEX cost.

The wireless market today supports multiple standards such as 2G/3G, CDMA, WiMAX, WiFi and LTE. Due to data traffi­c explosion in recent times, most Communications Service Providers (CSPs) are enhancing their packet core for each of the access domains and hence incurring signi­ficant OPEX/CAPEX costs which is not  commensurate with the increase in their revenues. Since LTE supports multiple access convergence at the packet core level, CSPs can deploy a uni­fied LTE  Converged Core which will help in signifi­cant reduction in CAPEX and OPEX.