[June 11, 2014]

Infonetics: Cisco Entrenched Atop Enterprise Session Border Controller (eSBC) Market

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 1^st quarter 2014 (1Q14) Enterprise Session Border Controllers market share, size, and forecasts report, which tracks eSBC session shipments and vendor revenue.

ANALYST NOTE

"Cisco notched another quarter at the top of the enterprise session border controller (eSBC) market share leaderboard, turning its commanding position in enterprise voice and data solutions into an advantage as it sells its eSBCs," notes Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC, and IMS at Infonetics Research.

"There were no major shake-ups among the other leading vendors-AudioCodes, Dialogic, Ingate, Oracle (News - Alert), and Sonus-in terms of positioning, though Sonus put up the largest sequential revenue gain of any vendor in the first quarter of 2014," continues Myers.

ENTERPRISE SBC MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Globally, enterprise session border controller (eSBC) revenue totaled $60.3 million in 1Q14, up 1% sequentially, but down 9% from the year-ago 1^st quarter
• North America continues to be the primary region for the eSBC market, representing more than three-quarters of eSBC sales in 1Q14
• Meanwhile, businesses in other regions, particularly Europe, are accelerating adoption of SIP trunking, which will positively impact eSBC sales outside of North America over time
• Enterprises with between 101 and 5,000 employees made up the largest segment of eSBC sessions in 1Q14
• The average revenue per session for eSBCs, currently $29, is considerably lower than that of traditional VoIP-TDM gateways
• Infonetics forecasts the worldwide enterprise SBC market to grow to $433 million in 2018

eSBC REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' quarterly enterprise SBC report provides worldwide and regional market size, market share, forecasts through 2018, analysis, and trends for enterprise SBC revenue and sessions by system and business size in North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia Pacific, and CALA (the Caribbean and Latin America). Companies tracked: Adtran, AudioCodes, Avaya, Cisco, Dialogic (News - Alert), Edgewater, Ingate, InnoMedia, Oracle, Sonus Networks, Unify, others. To buy report, contact Infonetics: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

RELATED REPORT EXCERPTS

• Unified communications market up 27% from a year ago; PBX market continues to take hits
• 8x8 is #1 in hosted UC scorecard; Verizon, XO, AT&T tops in IP connectivity
• Infonetics forecasts VoIP and UC services to grow to $88B market by 2018
• Videoconferencing, collaboration show strongest growth among unified communications apps
• Enterprise SBC market grew 42% in 2013

Download Infonetics' 2014 market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at www.infonetics.com/login.

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INFONETICS WEBINARS

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

• Diameter Signaling Control for LTE (News - Alert) Networks (June 12: Attend)
• NFV: An Easier Initial Target (News - Alert) Than SDN? (June 19: Attend)
• Shifting to the Cloud: Managing Next-Gen WLANs (July 22: Attend)
• Deploying IMS in the Cloud with NFV (View on-demand)
• The Great 802.11ac Migration: Upgrade Now, or Wait? (View on-demand)
• A Practical Guide to Preparing the Enterprise for SDN (Sponsor)

TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT:

N. America (West), Asia Pacific: Larry Howard, [email protected], +1 408-583-3335
N. America (East, Midwest), L. America: Scott Coyne, [email protected], +1 408-583-3395
EMEA, India, Singapore: George Stojsavljevic, [email protected], +44 755-488-1623
Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (News - Alert) (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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