IMS Operator Survey Shows Huawei Gaining Market Share

A study has found that more than half of service provider respondents plan to deploy video telephony and converged mobile/fixed-line services over the next 12-18 months. In addition, 80% of service provider respondents run fixed voice over IMS today or will by 2011, making fixed-line VoIP service the current mainstay of IMS deployments.

"Our 2009 IMS service provider survey indicates that the IMS market is advancing from early-stage services to the next phase. The two most important indicators are the higher number of service providers planning to offer services beyond fixed-line voice -- such as video and mobile services -- by 2011, and the shift in IMS deployment drivers, which include the opportunity to offer converged services, deploy new applications and services, and consolidate networks," says Diane Myers, Infonetics Research's Directing Analyst for Service Provider VoIP and IMS.

"On the vendor front, Ericsson continues to be the leading IMS vendor, but Huawei has made the most progress in terms of deployments and vendor perceptions. Huawei poses a credible and serious threat to Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, and Nokia Siemens based on the number of providers with Huawei IMS products under evaluation, and overall perception of Huawei across a broad set of criteria," Myers added.

The top three IMS applications operators expect to offer over the next two years are mobile-related: FMC, mobile presence, and mobile messaging.

Posted to the site on 11th August 2009