Chinese telecom equipment vendor Huawei is leading the policy management scorecard ahead of Ericsson, Oracle and Amdocs, said Infonetics Research.
Infonetics Research said Huawei is #1 in Infonetics’ policy management scorecard, scoring 4 out of 5 overall, and notching top marks in market share, market momentum, and service provider feedback for total cost of ownership.
Finishing one-tenth of a point behind Huawei, #2 Ericsson leads in several service provider ratings, including product reliability and service and support, and shares the top spot for financial stability with Oracle and Amdocs.
Enterprise IT vendor Oracle’s 3rd place position is due to its extremely high score in financial stability, however a slowdown in revenue growth after the Tekelec acquisition translated into a low score in market share momentum.
The #4 vendor Amdocs’ high score in financial stability wasn’t enough to counter its lower market share momentum and total cost of ownership marks.
“Huawei’s and Ericsson’s strong financials and market share growth, along with solid scores in the service provider feedback categories, propelled them to the top of the list,” said Shira Levine, directing analyst for service enablement and subscriber intelligence at Infonetics Research.
Infonetics noted that Oracle and Amdocs have the potential to provide a real challenge to the leaders if and when they’re able to work through some of their post-acquisition issues, and Alcatel-Lucent will likely move up the list once its financials are sorted out.
The scorecard evaluates vendors entirely on criteria using actual data and metrics, such as direct feedback from service providers, market share data, and publicly available financial data. Besides Huawei, Ericsson, Oracle and Amdocs, Infonetics Research analyzes vendors of policy management solutions including Alcatel-Lucent, Openet, Juniper and Redknee.
