Overview:

Tekelec has transformed its legacy signaling business in TDM networks to become a leading independent provider of Next Generation Network (NGN) signaling, control, and OSS. This report evaluates the current and future prospects for Tekelec including financials, competitors, and qualitative analysis.

The report analyzes the future of the Core Diameter, Policy Management, and Subscriber Management markets. The report also evaluates the future of the LTE market and how Tekelec can benefit from its expansion and evolution. The reports includes analysis of LTE business operations planning.

The report also includes analysis of the LTE market globally and with a focus on Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the USA.

Audience:

· LTE equipment providers

· Fixed and mobile network operators

· OSS/BSS vendors and service providers

· Next Generation application and service providers

· LTE application developers and service integrators

Overview.. 5

Tekelec's Current Clients. 6

Tekelec Current and Future Financial Analysis. 7

The Future of Tekelec. 9

What's Make Tekelec Unique. 10

Products Set. 10

Tekelec Acquisitions. 11

Challenges of the Market. 12

How Tekelec Can Overcome the Challenges. 13

EDGE/HSPA/LTE features 2011-2014. 15

Adoption of Technologies to 2030. 16

Migration from the Current Networks to LTE Strategies. 17

LTE Markets. 18

Throughput Performance. 18

LTE Performance Analysis. 21

Latency. 22

Throughput Performance. 26

LTE Performance Analysis. 29

Latency. 29

Charging in LTE. 33

IP Multimedia System (IMS) Charging. 33

Multimedia Sessions. 33

Mobile IP. 35

IPv6. 37

Mobile TV in LTE. 41

Mobile TV Ecosystem.. 42

The Operators Role. 44

Handset Manufacturers Role. 45

Software Vendors Role. 49

Charging in Mobile TV.. 49

Spectrum.. 51

Conclusion. 53

Charging in LTE. 53

3GPP policy and charging control (PCC). 58

Charging in the Primitive LTE Stages. 59

Business Operations Planning in LTE. 60

Business Plans to 2017 Using System Architecture Evolution (SAE) and evolved packet core (EPC). 60

EPC Deployment. 61

LTE/SAE Deployment. 62

Benefits and Revenues from the New Deployments. 64

The Transaction from the Primitive LTE Stages to Full LTE functions to 2017. 65

What Operators Should do in Order to Deploy LTE. 66

Worldwide LTE Deployment. 67

LTE Deployment Plans by Company. 68

LTE Deployment Plans by Region. 69

The US Market. 69

The Mexican Market. 72

The Canadian Market. 73

The Puerto Rican Market. 73

The Colombian Market. 74

Chile Market. 74

The Brazilian Market. 74

Key Tekelec Markets. 74

Core Diameter Market to 2012-2016. 74

Subscriber Management Market 2011 to 2016. 76

Policy Management Market 2011-2016. 76

Additional Tekelec Analysis. 80

Tekelec Future and Potential Revenue. 80

Tekelec SWOT. 81

Tekelec Competitors. 82

Alcatel-Lucent. 82

Alcatel Lucent SWOT analysis. 84

Alcatel Lucent SON solutions. 85

Ericsson VS Alcatel86

Ericsson. 86

Mission/Vision. 87

Services. 87

Strategy. 87

Activities. 88

Financial Summery. 88

Ericsson Subsidiaries in Europe. 88

Ericsson in the Rest of the World. 91

Ericsson SWOT Analysis. 92

Alcatel93

Mission/Vision. 93

Services. 94

Strategy. 94

Financial Summery. 95

Alcatel Subsidiaries. 95

Actix. 97

Actix SWOT. 98

Motorola. 99

Motorola SWOT. 99

Comparison between Tekelec and its Competitors. 101

LTE 1800 Markets. 101

LTE 1800 Globally. 102

LTE 1800 Devices Compatibility 103

Keywords:

Telekec, NGN, Next Generation Network, LTE, IMS, Policy Management, Subscriber Management, Diameter, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent