I Ericsson/Hewlett Packard fandt Kommissionen, at udviklingen inden for styringssystemer for telenet — i takt med den øgede liberalisering — gik i retning af at skulle dække behov for en langt større kundegruppe uden for de traditionelle kunder i den offentlige seklor.
In Ericsson/Hewlett Packard, telecom network managementsystems were found to be evolving, in response to telecoms deregulation,to caterfor an increasingly wider range of customers, beyond the traditional public-sectorclients.