Carrier VoIP And IMS Networking Gear Will Have A Very Goog Year, Infonetics Research

Voice over broadband continues to be the top application driving service providers to invest in VoIP and IMS networking equipment, according to Infonetics Research's latest "Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers" report.

Sales of service provider VoIP and IMS equipment grew 19% between 2006 and 2007, to over $3.9 billion, the report shows, with all segments in the market posting growth. Some segments, such as IMS core equipment, nearly doubled year-over-year.

"The overall next gen voice equipment market is maturing, as evidenced by single-digit annual sales growth in traditional equipment such as media gateways and softswitches, but other types of equipment, namely session border controllers, media servers, and voice application servers, will generally grow faster for the next five years. As we are starting the fourth year of a global telecom investment cycle and leaning toward a plateau, the overall next gen voice equipment will likely weather a slowdown starting in 2010 or 2011, buoyed by strong IMS core equipment sales," said Stéphane Téral, principal analyst for VoIP and IMS at Infonetics Research.

The report provides analysis and rankings for Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, AudioCodes, BroadSoft, Cantata, Ditech, Cisco, Comverse (NetCentrex), Ericsson, GENBAND, Huawei, IP Unity Glenayre, Italtel, MetaSwitch, Netrake, NexTone, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, RadiSys (Convedia), Sonus, Tekelec, Thomson Cirpack, UTStarcom, Veraz, Verso, Xener, and many others.

Download report highlights by logging in to Infonetics' access portal from www.infonetics.com (see Service Provider VoIP and IMS). For sales, contact Larry Howard, vice president, at larry@infonetics.com or +1 (408) 583-3335.

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