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Infonetics: VoLTE is Top Driver for IMS But Comes with Challenges; Virtualization a Hot Topic for OperatorsCAMPBELL, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2014 IMS Service Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, for which carriers with IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) core equipment in their networks were interviewed to assess their needs, plans, and ratings of IMS vendors. ANALYST NOTE "Among carriers participating in our latest IMS study, it's clear that although voice over LTE (News - Alert) (VoLTE) is the largest driver for IMS, it also presents new challenges such as a limited set of compatible handsets and a weak business case. It'll be tough to justify spending capital on a new network for just voice that represents flat-to-declining revenue, requiring providers to look well beyond running voice over IMS," says Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC, and IMS at Infonetics Research. IMS SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
IMS SURVEY SYNOPSIS Infonetics' (News - Alert) 36-page IMS survey is based on interviews with incumbent, mobile, competitive, and cable operators from around the world that have IMS core equipment in their networks or plan to by 2016. Infonetics asked operators about IMS migration drivers and barriers; single/multiple IMS cores; plans for IMS services (VoLTE, residential voice over broadband, business-hosted IP voice, RCS/e, business trunking, etc.); and CSCF and HSS installations, features, and manufacturers. The report includes operator ratings of IMS infrastructure vendors (Alcatel-Lucent, BroadSoft, Ericsson, Genband, Huawei, Mavenir, Nokia, Oracle, ZTE (News - Alert)) on 9 criteria. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp. RELATED REPORT EXCERPTS
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