40 operator and vendor clients from four continents
attended the Tenth Anniversary STEM User Group Meeting, 21–22 September, at Jesus
College in Cambridge, UK. A range of presentations covered
topics including service-profitability analysis and planning models for NGN and
HSDPA.
ABeam Consulting
ADC Services
Alcatel
Allied Telesyn
Armentel
Broadband Access Strategies
BT Global Services
Ericsson
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Huawei Technologies
Iskratel
Juniper Networks
Mason Communications
Mobitel
Motorola
Q.P.O. AG
Siemens
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Sistema Telecom
SK Telecom
Telekom Serbia
Telewest
Telkom SA
Tellabs
T-Mobile
Welsh Assembly Government
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Delegates
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Network transformation and new services on a converged network
The dominant theme of the event was planning for next generation networks (NGN).
The first session examined a scaleable methodology for modelling cost implications
of the migration of separate voice and data services to a common IP platform. A
follow-up interactive workshop then explored the business case for incremental video-on-demand
services, modelled as a direct extension of the existing NGN framework.
Incremental business case for NGN migration with/without video-on-demand
Business-case planning and cost-allocation
Two guest presentations demonstrated two complementary functions of STEM, from its
role as a demand-driven model for business planning through to its integrated service-level
cost-allocation which supports detailed customer profitability analysis:
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Evaluating designs for public sector and rural networks – Paul Kindred,
Welsh Assembly Government
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Service cost modelling for networks – Frank Haupt, ADC Services.
Vendor sales tools
Another dominant theme was a number of STEM models built by vendors to demonstrate
the economic value of various technology solutions:
- Business model for HSDPA – Peter Lazzaro, Ericsson
- Incorporating STEM into an overall value proposition – Ruth Chatterton,
Juniper Networks
- Home entertainment service model with sensitivity analysis – Manfred Illenberger,
Siemens
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Sales tool for managed communication services – Ross MacKinnon, Alcatel.
Robin Bailey from Analysys rounded off the event with two STEM master classes:
- Keeping a grip on complexity – combining scenarios, templates and sensitivities
- Packaging run-time STEM models – creating custom Excel interfaces for STEM.
The sessions introduced in passing two new STEM features, an integrated sensitivity
analysis tool, and an Excel link generator which will massively simplify the process
of exporting links from STEM to Excel.
Tornado chart with six parameters