Infonetics Research: Enterprise Session Border Controller Market up 60% as SIP Trunking Adoption Grows

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its Enterprise Session Border Controllers (eSBCs) market size and forecast report.

ANALYST NOTE

“The market for enterprise session border controllers jumped 60% in 2011 and will grow significantly over the coming years as the adoption of SIP trunking continues to expand,” expects Diane Myers, directing analyst for VoIP and IMS at Infonetics Research. “The enterprise SBC market is a sweet spot in the enterprise market because they fill a growing need for security, interoperability, and network border traversal.”

ENTERPRISE SBC MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• SIP trunks – adoption of which is the primary driver for enterprise SBCs sales -- grew 88% in 2011 over the previous year
• Infonetics Research forecasts the global enterprise SBC market to grow to $527 million in 2016
• SBCs, among other things, are the next generation of border elements, and will eventually replace (TDM to) VoIP gateways used today
• North America makes up the majority of the eSBC market, though its share of global eSBC revenue will decline to a smaller majority as other regions increase SIP trunk adoption
• Acme Packet is the enterprise SBC market leader, with 34% worldwide revenue share in 2011, followed by Cisco

ENTERPRISE SBC REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' biannual Enterprise SBC report provides worldwide and regional market size, analysis, and forecasts through 2016 for enterprise SBC revenue and sessions by system and business size in North America, Asia Pacific, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), and Central and Latin America. The report includes top takeaways for the market, market drivers and challenges, and vendor market share and analysis. Companies tracked: Acme Packet, Adtran, AudioCodes, Avaya, Cisco, Dialogic, Edgewater, GENBAND, Ingate, NET, ONEAccess, Siemens Enterprise, and Sonus.

RELATED RESEARCH

• Infonetics VoIP research newsletter: http://bit.ly/Hajc7o
• VoIP services market growing strong as businesses seek flexibility, easier management
• 42% of North American enterprises surveyed plan to use SIP trunking by 2014
• $22 billion to be spent on videoconferencing and telepresence over the next 5 years
• Asia and Latin America boost enterprise voice equipment market in 4Q11; Avaya, Cisco end strong
• High-growth segments kicking into gear in 2012 in carrier VoIP and IMS equipment market

UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download report highlights, prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see ENTERPRISE VOICE, VIDEO, AND UC or SERVICE PROVIDER VOIP AND IMS).

• Log in to download Infonetics’ 2012 Research Publication Calendar: http://bit.ly/zwjcRs
• North America Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard
• Enterprise Unified Communications, VoIP, TDM Equipment Market Share and Forecasts
• Enterprise Telepresence and Video Conferencing Equipment Market Share and Forecasts
• IMS Service Strategies, Product Features, Vendor Leadership: Service Provider Survey
• EMEA Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard
• VoIP and UC Service and Subscribers Market Share and Forecasts
• UC Deployment Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey

SALES

• N. America (West), Asia, Latin America: Larry Howard, [e-mail], [phone]
• N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: Scott Coyne, [e-mail], [phone]
• Europe, Middle East, Africa: George Stojsavljevic, [e-mail], [phone]
• Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Infonetics continues to rapidly expand and is looking to hire more people. See http://bit.ly/jmXOYO for current job openings, which include a senior Video analyst and market analyst with enterprise VoIP expertise and a marketing writer with digital marketing and social networking experience.

Infonetics Research (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.

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