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Title:
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DIFFUSION OF TELECOM SOFTWARE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS FROM LEGACY SERVICES TO FOCUSED PRODUCTS |
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Author(s):
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Pasi Tyrväinen , Lauri Frank |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-62-1 |
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Editors:
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Jörg Roth and Jairo Gutiérrez |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Telecommunication software, market evolution, innovation diffusion |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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57 |
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Last Page:
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65 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper analyzes the diffusion of operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS or OSS) in the
telecommunications industry. The analysis is based on positioning this diffusion process on generic models of technology
diffusion, network externalities, evolution of the product during the diffusion process and evolution of a vertical software
industry. The positioning is based on commercial data sources on over 200 OSS software vendors. Statistical analysis is
used for capturing trends among eleven market segments in different evolution phases of the vertical software industry
life cycle. The results show that product oriented software vendors operating in mature markets tend to focus on a limited
number of network technologies while large IT service houses provide support for a wider variety of legacy network
technologies. |
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