IMS Equipment Market Up 94% in 2008, Subscribers to Triple in 2009

Published on: 4th March 2009

Communications market research firm Infonetics Research says in a report that worldwide sales of IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) equipment, including HSS (home subscriber servers) and CSCF servers, nearly doubled in 2008 over 2007, up 94%. Fixed-line VoIP is remaining the primary application deployed over IMS.

Diane Myers, Directing Analyst, Service Provider VoIP and IMS, Infonetics Research: "IMS deployments are growing, led largely by European operators. With over 100 service providers worldwide having chosen their IMS vendors, less than half are fully deployed with live traffic. The move to turn-up the remaining deployments, in addition to new deployments, will help fuel the sales for IMS network equipment. Mobile operator migration to IP and adoption of RCS will drive the deployments for IMS during the next four to five years."

The report also confirmed that Rich Communication Services (RCS) will be an important catalyst that shifts the IMS market from its current fixed-line VoIP-based focus to mobile networks, with the goal of delivering integrated communications with standardized devices.

Unlike many other markets during the worldwide economic crisis, the IMS equipment market is expected to grow in 2009 and 2010. While IMS will never completely replace standalone VoIP networks, the IMS equipment market is expected to grow swiftly through 2013, when it will top $2.3 billion

Infonetics' IMS Deployment Tracker shows Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens, NEC, and Huawei leading the way with core IMS equipment.

 

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