If you think the growth of VoIP in the past year has been impressive, you’re not alone. According to international market research and consulting firm Infonetics (News - Alert) Research, carrier VoIP and the IMS market both grew by 30 percent in 2013.
The companies that grew the most were Huawei, ALU, Ericsson and NSN, which benefited from the large-scale demand for VoLTE implementations. To back its results, Infonetics Research (News - Alert) released details about vendor market share and forecasts from its report, “Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers.”
Infonetics is a specialist in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies and in providing insights that help clients plan and strategize effectively.
Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC, and IMS at Infonetics Research said, “The market for carrier VoIP and IMS shined in 2013 as mobile operators ramped up for voice over LTE (News - Alert) (VoLTE), and Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and NSN rode the wave, each putting up impressive year-over-year growth.”
“Though there’s still room for pure-play vendors and product specialists, the large equipment manufacturers benefit from long-standing relationships with mobile operators and broad product portfolios that extend well beyond carrier VoIP and IMS,” Myers added.
The report reveals that service provider VoIP and IMS equipment revenue increased significantly with major spending witnessed in the U.S., China, and Japan. These countries have huge mobile markets and operators are highly competitive. Other regions also exhibited strong growth since 2012.
In addition to growth in mobile technologies, fixed-line transformation projects also garnered considerable spending, especially in class 5 replacement and voice over broadband (VoBB), and session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking expansion, analysts said.
The spending in 2013 covering multiple areas in the carrier VoIP and IMS markets is expected to taper off with the launch of more new services by operators which will result in significant inventory creation.
A recent TMCnet story noted that VoIP may be nearing the point where choosing and setting up a business service is too complex and is becoming too commoditized for VoIP providers looking to boost profits. The story said providers have to deliver more if they want to keep their customers and increase revenue.
Edited by Rory J. Thompson
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