The telco market is increasingly competitive. Its players will differentiate themselves through higher-quality offerings that exceed customer expectations. In this environment, an LMS is the missing link required for service providers to have a network management infrastructure that allows for the cost-effective deployment of higher-speed services with enhanced and guaranteed service levels.

An LMS also enables the move to tighter integration between the various layers of the TMN model and becomes the agent that integrates the local loop into the community of remotely managed IN devices.