The Products, Pricing & Services (PPS) report is Ibulient's flagship report and the most comprehensive, reliable and detailed metro- specific product and pricing report available in the telecommunications industry today. PPS delivers real pricing information, not simply list pricing data. Furthermore, PPS is completely customizable, so it is possible for you to develop tailored reports - from exhaustive to a quick snapshot. Some examples of the wireline products and services covered:
Pricing is provided for the following product and service categories and sub-categories.
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| Voice Services |
- Business Lines (including local usage if applicable)
- PBX Trunks (Analog and Digital)
- Centrex Lines
- ISDN PRI
- Integrated T-1
- Intrastate Calling (switched and dedicated)
- Interstate Calling (switched and dedicated)
- VoIP
- International Calling
- Audio Conferencing
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Data Services |
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| Ethernet |
- Ethernet MAN E-Line
- Ethernet WAN E-LAN
- Ethernet Access
- Wide Area Ethernet
- Optical Ethernet
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| IP VPN |
- Network-based IP VPN (MPLS)
- CPE-based IP VPN (IPSec VPN managed by service provider)
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| Hosting |
- Shared web hosting
- Dedicated and Virtual web hosting
- Component managed through fully-managed hosting
- Managed enterprise and eCommerce applications
- Security
- Storage
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| Managed Services |
- Managed Firewall
- Managed Router Service
- Professional Service
- Security
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In the nation's largest markets, hundreds of telecom sales professionals vie for market share amidst the perpetual upheaval of falling prices, emerging technologies, shifting strategies, expanding networks, and growing product portfolios. To succeed in this environment, sales professionals must be equipped with some hard-hitting, network-specific competitive intelligence that will enable them to position their offers successfully. Ibulient uniquely addresses this need through Tactical Sales Intelligence, a report that provides telecom sales professionals with network-specific intelligence identifying and analyzing all key competitors'
- Product offering
- Pricing practices
- Customer service
- Network status
- Marketing Approach
- Sales force status
A critical component of success in the competitive telecom marketplace is the understanding the strategic direction (current and future) your competitors, are moving in. Ibulient's Product and Strategies report is a comprehensive study by metro on the competition, focusing on product and sales strategy, new product development, networks, marketing and targeted customers. While we use multiple data sources for this study, the main source of information comes via executive interviews with knowledgeable industry sources i.e. primary information.
Competitor Activity reports combine strategic information acquired through our panel of end users, secondary data and primary information obtained through one on one-peer interviews. This information is mapped against our internal database to provide clients with custom reports on competitors at the metro level. Competitor Activity reports covers a spectrum of topics including marketing strategy, Objectives, Networks, Sales and "hot" product offerings.
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