[November 16, 2011]

Infonetics Research: Carrier VoIP Market Down 12% in 3Q11; Huawei, GENBAND Lead

Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its third quarter 2011 (3Q11) Service Provider VoIP Equipment and Subscribers market share and forecast report.

"Seasonally the third quarter tends to be a weak one for the overall carrier VoIP equipment market, and 3Q11 was no exception," notes Diane Myers, directing analyst for VoIP and IMS at Infonetics Research. "No vendor is immune to the challenges of delayed orders and shifts in technology choices, although there were some standout performances by vendors in 3Q11 in specific segments, including Dialogic, GENBAND (News - Alert), Huawei, Metaswitch, and Sonus. Sequentially, all market segments are down in 3Q11, but from the year-ago quarter, there is one bright spot: session border controllers, with global revenue up 13%. The SBC and voice application controller segments are on track to be up in 2011, reflecting the continued shift to all-IP networks."

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• The global service provider VoIP equipment market (trunk media gateways, SBCs, media servers, softswitches, voice application servers), lost the 12% it gained in 2Q11 with a 12% decline, to $441 million
• Year-over-year (from 3Q10 to 3Q11), the overall market is down 15%
• In 3Q11, Huawei (News - Alert) gained on GENBAND to take the lead in the overall service provider VoIP equipment market
• The growth of VoIP subscribers in fixed and mobile networks, SIP trunking, and IP interconnectivity will continue to be important drivers for VoIP equipment
• The standout region of the quarter is Central and Latin America, which posted a 14% increase in carrier VoIP equipment revenue in 3Q11 over 2Q11, driven by strong VoIP adoption, particularly in Brazil and Mexico

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' quarterly Service Provider VoIP Equipment report provides worldwide and regional market share, market size, forecasts, and analysis for VoIP subscribers and media processing and call control carrier VoIP equipment, including high-, mid-, and low-density trunk media gateways, access and interconnect SBCs, media servers, Class 4 and Class 5 softswitches, and voice application servers (IP Centrex/hosted IP PBX (News - Alert), IP trunking, residential). Vendors tracked: Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, AudioCodes, BroadSoft, Cisco, Dialogic, Ericsson, GENBAND, Huawei, Italtel, MetaSwitch, Nokia Siemens, RadiSys (News - Alert), Sonus, Technicolor, Tekelec, Xener, ZTE, and others.

RELATED RESEARCH

• Operators name Acme Packet top SBC vendor; SIP trunking, interconnection driving SBCs
• Telecom capex up 6% to $311B in 2011, rev. up 8% to $1.86T, driven by mobile broadband
• Mobile VoIP subscribers will near 410 million by 2015; VoLTE still a long way off
• VoIP services forecast to hit $76B in 2015, driven by SIP trunking, hosted business VoIP
• IMS survey shows growing momentum for mobile services
• BT, TDC, Vodafone among top hosted business VoIP services leaders in EMEA
• Verizon and New Global Telecom top business VoIP services leaders

UPCOMING MARKET RESEARCH

Download prospectuses, tables of contents, highlights, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see SERVICE PROVIDER VOIP AND IMS).

• 3Q11 IMS Equipment and Subscribers
• Diameter Signaling Control
• SIP Trunking and Enterprise SBC Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey

SALES

• Larry Howard, VP, Western NA, Asia, CALA: [email protected], +1-408-583-3335
• Scott Coyne, Eastern NA, Texas, Midwest: [email protected], +1-408-583-3395
• George Stojsavljevic, EMEA: [email protected], +44-755-488-1623
• Japan, Taiwan, Korea: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

Infonetics Research (News - Alert) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

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