Infonetics: Carrier VoIP/IMS Market Surges 30% in 2Q13, Boosted by VoLTE Spending in N. America

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Infonetics Research released vendor market share, forecasts and preliminary analysis from its 2^nd quarter 2013 (2Q13) Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers report. (Full report published August 29.)

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.

RELATED RESEARCH

• Infonetics’ August Service Provider VoIP and IMS research brief: http://bit.ly/1bNyU41
• Telenor nabs top spot in Infonetics' EMEA business VoIP scorecard for 2nd straight year
• Tight race between Huawei, Ericsson and Cisco at the top of Infonetics telecom scorecard
• Service providers and enterprises to spend $1 trillion on telecom and datacom over 5 years
• IMS survey shows operators plan to deploy VoLTE in earnest by 2015
• Infonetics raises VoLTE forecast; OTT mobile VoIP subscribers nearing 1 billion mark
• Infonetics ranks Comcast, Verizon, 8x8, XO top N. American business VoIP providers
• Diameter signaling controller market set to double in 2013 as LTE deployments take off

UPCOMING VOICE MARKET RESEARCH

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

• Enterprise Unified Communications and Voice Equipment – 2Q13 (Aug.)
• Enterprise Session Border Controllers – 2Q13 (Sept.)
• UC Strategies and Vendor Leadership: N. American Enterprise Survey (Sept.)
• VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers (Oct.)
• SBC Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey (Nov.)

INFONETICS WEBINARS

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• Small Cells Reality Check (Sept. 10: Learn more / register)
• The OTN Expansion: The Next Carrier Upgrade Cycle (Sept. 17: Learn more / register)
• SMS/MMS Security Strategies for Mobile Carriers (Sept. 19: Learn more / register)

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EMEA, India, Singapore: George Stojsavljevic, [e-mail], [phone]

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ABOUT INFONETICS

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