Carrier VoIP/IMS Market Surges 30pc in 2Q13: Infonetics

CAMPBELL, USA: Market research firm Infonetics Research released vendor market share, forecasts and preliminary analysis from its 2nd quarter 2013 (2Q13) Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers report.

"In the second quarter we saw this impact spending on session border controllers and IMS core equipment for VoLTE access and interconnection (LTE to 3G) buildouts."

ANALYST NOTE

"IMS equipment has officially moved into an LTE and voice-over-LTE world, and there's no going back now," notes Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC and IMS at Infonetics Research. "In the second quarter we saw this impact spending on session border controllers and IMS core equipment for VoLTE access and interconnection (LTE to 3G) buildouts."

Myers adds: "Though LTE- and VoLTE-related equipment sales are growing, the market will continue to be lumpy from quarter to quarter."

2Q13 CARRIER VOIP/IMS MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Typically a strong quarter, in 2Q13 the global service provider VoIP and IMS equipment market grew 30% sequentially, to $936 million

• All major geographical regions - North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Asia Pacific and Latin America - posted year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter gains in 2Q13

• North America continues to be positively impacted by LTE-related activity, growing 78% year-over-year in 2Q13

• The standout vendors in 2Q13 in terms of sequential revenue growth are Alcatel-Lucent, BroadSoft, Genband, Huawei and Sonus

• Meanwhile, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent and Genband remain atop the VoIP and IMS market share leaderboard

VOIP AND IMS REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' quarterly carrier VoIP and IMS report provides worldwide and regional market share, market size, forecasts through 2017, analysis, and trends for trunk media gateways, SBCs, media servers, softswitches, voice application servers, HSS, CSCF, BGCF, MGCF, IM/presence application servers, and subscribers. Vendors tracked: Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, BroadSoft, Ericsson, Genband, Huawei, Metaswitch, NSN, Radisys, Sonus, ZTE and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.