[November 19, 2012]

Infonetics Research: Carrier VoIP and IMS Equipment Market up 8% Year-over-Year on the Back of IMS

Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its 3rd quarter 2012 (3Q12) Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers market share, size, and forecasts report. (Detailed analysis will be published December 3.)

ANALYST NOTE

"With solid third quarter results, the carrier VoIP and IMS market is on track for positive year-over-year growth due to a handful of variables that are coming together," notes Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC, and IMS at Infonetics Research. "First, we're entering the long-tail of the legacy softswitch and trunking gateway market, with opportunities for early equipment replacement and new deals that will help slow declines and provide stabilization. Second, IMS deployments continue to grow, and there are pockets of VoLTE and wireless spending."

"Given these factors, and based on our fourth quarter projections," Myers continues, "We're anticipating that 2012 will provide the first annual growth in the carrier VoIP and IMS market in over four years."

3Q12 CARRIER VOIP AND IMS MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• The global service provider VoIP and IMS market was down 4% sequentially in 3Q12, but is up 8% from the year-ago quarter (3Q11)
• Asia Pacific and Latin America carried the VoIP and IMS market in 3Q12, each posting high single-digit sequential growth and strong double-digit year-over-year increases
• Huawei (News - Alert) strengthened its lead in the overall VoIP and IMS market, now at around 1/4 market share, through solid sales across its IMS and NGN VoIP product lines
• In the session border controller (SBC) segment, Sonus jumped to over 20% market share in the quarter, solidifying their position as a strong number two after Acme Packet
• In the IMS market, it was another tight battle in 3Q12 between Ericsson (News - Alert), Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks as we see continued expansion within existing IMS networks

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' (News - Alert) quarterly carrier VoIP and IMS report provides worldwide and regional market share, market size, forecasts, analysis, and trends for trunk media gateways, session border controllers (SBCs), media servers, Class 4 and Class 5 softswitches, voice application servers, IMS core equipment (HSS, BGCF, MGCF, CSCF servers), IMS application servers, and VoIP and IMS subscribers. Companies tracked include Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, AudioCodes, BroadSoft, Dialogic, Ericsson, GENBAND (News - Alert), Huawei, Italtel, Mavenir, MetaSwitch, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, RadiSys, Sonus, Technicolor, Xener, ZTE, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics Sales: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

RELATED RESEARCH

• Latest Infonetics VoIP Research Brief: http://bit.ly/RIibFO
• New Infonetics survey shows operators favor multi-vendor SBC strategy
• Cisco captures lead in enterprise SBC market
• $377 billion to be spent on VoIP and UC services over next 5 years
• Unified communications survey highlights enterprises' shift towards mobility
• Carrier VoIP market falls back to earth in Q2 after LTE-inspired boost, Huawei takes lead
• Voice over LTE gaining momentum; 300k VoLTE subscribers by year's end
• LTE is top driver for IMS deployments, IMS operator survey shows

RECENT AND UPCOMING RESEARCH AND EVENTS

Download Infonetics' research brochure, publication calendar, report highlights, tables of contents, prospectuses and more at http://www.infonetics.com/login.

• Infonetics' 2013 Market Research Lineup
• Enterprise Networking and Communication Vendor Leadership Scorecard (Nov. 5)
• Telecommunications Equipment Vendor Leadership Scorecard (Nov. 2012)
• Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers (Full Analysis: Dec. 3)
• Enterprise UC, VoIP, and TDM Equipment Market Share and Forecasts (Dec. 3)
• LIVE WEBINAR: Extending Integrated Services to SMBs and Branch Offices (Dec. 5)
• Fundamental Telecom/Datacom Market Drivers (Dec. 14)
• Service Provider Capex, Opex, Revenue, and Subscribers Database (Dec. 19)

TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT SALES:

N. America (West), Asia, Latin America: Larry Howard, larry@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3335

N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: Scott Coyne, scott@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3395

Europe, Middle East, Africa: George Stojsavljevic, george@infonetics.com, +44 755-488-1623

Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (News - Alert) (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics' About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.

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