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Market intelligence from Infonetics Research (News - Alert) dictates that the diameter signaling control market has a promising future. It’s expected that this particular corner of the technology market will reach $1.3B by 2018, a three-fold increase.

Diameter signaling is a protocol that enables communication among Internet protocol network elements. It can be thought of as the language that servers and software use to communicate within the core of the LTE (News - Alert) network, and increased LTE usage is to thank for this rising market.

"Developed as the next-generation signaling protocol, Diameter has begun to permeate networks, driven by increasing LTE usage and the emergence of VoLTE (voice over LTE). As a result, the Diameter market spiked 81 percent in 2014 from the previous year," said Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC, and IMS at Infonetics Research in a statement to the press.

Diameter signaling is akin to a central nervous system; it’s the core of IMS and LTE networks in controlling voice and data sessions and supporting traffic policies.

According to Infonetics Research, North America took over a third of Diameter signaling controller revenue in 2014, and on a global scale, he Diameter signaling control market totaled $381M in 2014.

So, who are the big players in this market?

“The Diameter vendor landscape is beginning to shake out, and it's a tight race at the top between Huawei, F5 and Oracle. We see a strengthening of Ericsson (News - Alert) and a push from Alcatel-Lucent, Sonus and now Mavenir with its acquisition of Ulticom. The consolidation continues, and we expect even more in 2015,” said Myers.