[June 17, 2013]

Infonetics: Cisco, Acme Packet, Sonus Vie for Lead in Growing Enterprise SBC Market

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 1^st quarter 2013 (1Q13) Enterprise Session Border Controllers report, which tracks enterprise session border controller (eSBC) manufacturer revenue and the number of sessions sold by system size and business size.

ANALYST NOTE

"Competition in the enterprise SBC market is very dynamic, with more than 20 vendors offering some form of SBC functionality, either integrated in another network element or as a standalone device," notes Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC and IMS at Infonetics Research. "And it's extremely tight at the top, where Cisco (News - Alert), Acme Packet and Sonus Networks were within 1 revenue share percentage point of each other in 1Q13."

Myers adds: "Meanwhile, many of the smaller enterprise SBC vendors continue to make inroads on the big 3."

1Q13 ENTERPRISE SBC MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Infonetics (News - Alert) expects about a 30% jump in global revenue in 2013 for enterprise SBCs
• Demand for enterprise SBCs in North America continues to be very strong: sessions are expected to grow 27% year-over-year in 2013
• Enterprises with between 101-5,000 employees made up the largest segment of sessions in 1Q13, with 73% of shipments

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' quarterly enterprise SBC report provides worldwide and regional market size, market share, forecasts through 2017, analysis and trends for enterprise SBC revenue and sessions by system and business size in North America, Asia Pacific, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Latin America. Companies tracked: Acme Packet, Adtran, Audiocodes, Avaya, Cisco, Dialogic (News - Alert), Edgewater, Ingate, Innomedia, Media5, Oneaccess, Sangoma, Siemens Enterprise, Sonus Networks and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

RELATED RESEARCH

• Latest Infonetics Enterprise Voice, Video and UC research brief: http://bit.ly/150VsIZ
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• VoIP services market getting boost from cloud telephony, hosted UC, SIP trunking
• SIP trunking gaining favor as businesses seek more reliable, less costly comms services
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• PBX revenue falls despite demand; Unified communications vendor battle looming

Download Infonetics' market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents and more at http://www.infonetics.com/login.

• EMEA Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard
• UC Strategies and Vendor Leadership: North America Enterprise Survey

INFONETICS WEBINARS

Visit https://www.infonetics.com/infonetics-events to register for upcoming webinars, view recent webinars on demand or learn about sponsoring a webinar.

• SDNs and NFV: Why Operators Are Investing Now (June 26: Learn more / register)
• Unified Communications (News - Alert) in the Cloud (Sponsorships available)
• Deploying Enterprise SBCs to Facilitate SIP Trunking (Sponsorships available)
• The Future of Telepresence (News - Alert) (Sponsorships available)

TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT:

N. America (West), Asia, Latin America: Larry Howard, [email protected], +1 408-583-3335

N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: Scott Coyne, [email protected], +1 408-583-3395

Europe, Middle East, Africa: George Stojsavljevic, [email protected], +44 755-488-1623

Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) 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 effectively. View Infonetics' About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.

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