likely to occur in the next 5 years. If it were to occur, however, it is not expected to have a large impact on the OSS/BSS industry - maybe because also the embedded OSS/BSS software needs to be manufactured by some software vendor. Other Miniscenarios with Potentially High Impact on the Telecommunications Software Market Twelve further miniscenarios were found potentially interesting in terms of the impact they may have on the telecommunications software market. Based on discussions with domain experts, it was decided to leave these outside of the scope of further consideration. Therefore, these miniscenarios are listed below only for reference. However, some of these miniscenarios may also provoke fruitful ideas for new innovations and distractive market evolution scenarios. 1. The software procurement of a new, commencing operator better enables the use of standard OSS/BSS products. Delphi Study 2. There will be no single solution for providing telecommunications services in the future. 3. General software companies will expand to the resource management layer, and the current competitive advantage of the network equipment vendors will diminish. 4. The process of market consolidation will continue within the regulatory limits. 5. The threshold for the entry of new software vendors will increase. 6. The focus of software vendors will shift away from OSS/BSS, and OSS/BSS software will become more standardized. 7. There will be no unified dominating network resource management software. 8. Software integration will have an increasingly important role in the OSS/BSS market. 9. There will be no dominant / unified standard for OSS/BSS software interfaces. 10. Operators with processes fully automated with software will gain a greater market share. 11. Telecom operators will direct investments towards customer demands providing new opportunities for innovative software at the customer interface. 12. Regional operators profile themselves as ICT-service providers, focusing on serving local SMEs and public sector organi