PTC'06 Shift Happens: Transition to IP
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PTC'06 Program
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 2006 Live Poll
 Carrier Shift: Top Challenges & Focus for the Year Ahead


Section 1 | Top Challenges for 2006

For each of the following categories, please rate items from 1-5 to indicate your most critical challenges for 2006.
(1 = most significant, 5 = least significant)

Business

 

Shifting your business model

Managing profitability (capex, opex, owned vs. leased infrastructure)

Supporting new global traffic and service needs

Streamlining business processes (billing, provisioning, trouble ticketing)

New competitors (e.g. MVNOs, Systems Integrators, etc.)

 

Please elaborate on why you selected your #1 choice.

 

Technology (rate from 1-5)

Convergence issues

Managing new and disruptive technologies

Driving network reach & growth

OSS/BSS re-engineering

SLAs

 

Please elaborate on why you selected your #1 choice.

 

Partners & Customers (rate from 1-5)

Ensuring productive new carrier partnerships

Targeting customer demand

Creating new types of customer relationships

Cost modeling for new, value add services

Service delivery

 

Please elaborate on why you selected your #1 choice.


Section 2 | Major Growth Sectors

Which three of the following do you believe will contribute to your biggest percentage of growth this year?

IP-Based Networking

Broadband

VoIP

Managed Networks

Managed Hosted Applications

Managed Services

Data Centers & Co-location

Consulting

 

Please elaborate on why you selected these factors.


Section 3 | Global Carrier Partnerships

What are your biggest concerns about potential new carrier partnerships?

Ensuring seamless SLAs

Internetworking standards

Enhancing security

Managing costs

Quality of service delivery

Long-term commercial viability of relationships

 

Please elaborate on your choice of #1 biggest concern.


Section 4 | Integrated IT Services Evolution

Are you currently developing managed, integrated IT and network service offerings?

 

Yes       No

 

How important do you believe each of the following is in terms of your development path for integrated IT offerings?

Internet skills to offer new services

Mission-critical

Very Important

Important

Neutral

Not Important

Knowledge about customer needs

Mission-critical

Very Important

Important

Neutral

Not Important

Ability to manage multiple partnerships

Mission-critical

Very Important

Important

Neutral

Not Important

Optimization of operations

Mission-critical

Very Important

Important

Neutral

Not Important

R&D investment

Mission-critical

Very Important

Important

Neutral

Not Important

 
 

Please elaborate on what you feel is the single biggest obstacle to the evolution of integrated IT and telco service offerings.


Section 5 | Top Customer Concerns

Please rate from 1-4 your greatest concerns regarding your customers. (1 = greatest concern, 4 = least concern)

Customer stickiness

Collaborating with customers to implement real-time support processes

Services innovation

Technical support

 

Please elaborate on your choice of #1 biggest concern.


Section 6 | PTC 2006

Are you registered for PTC ‘06?

 

Yes       No

 

Are you responding to this survey at PTC ‘06 or remotely outside of Hawaii through the online format?

 

At PTC ‘06       Remotely

 

To register for a chance to win free PTC ’07 Registration, please enter your contact details below:

 

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