2013/08/28 Carrier VoIP/IMS market surges 30% in 2Q13, boosted by VoLTE spending in North America

Campbell, CALIFORNIA, August 20, 2013—Market research firm Infonetics Research released vendor market share, forecasts and preliminary analysis from its 2nd quarter 2013 (2Q13) Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscribers report. (Full report published August 29.)

“IMS equipment has officially moved into an LTE and voice-over-LTE world, and there’s no going back now,” notes Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC and IMS at Infonetics Research. “In the second quarter we saw this impact spending on session border controllers and IMS core equipment for VoLTE access and interconnection (LTE to 3G) buildouts.”

Myers adds: “Though LTE- and VoLTE-related equipment sales are growing, the market will continue to be lumpy from quarter to quarter.”

• Typically a strong quarter, in 2Q13 the global service provider VoIP and IMS equipment market grew 30% sequentially, to $936 million
• All major geographical regions – North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Asia Pacific and Latin America – posted year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter gains in 2Q13
• North America continues to be positively impacted by LTE-related activity, growing 78% year-over-year in 2Q13
• The standout vendors in 2Q13 in terms of sequential revenue growth are Alcatel-Lucent, BroadSoft, Genband, Huawei and Sonus
• Meanwhile, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent and Genband remain atop the VoIP and IMS market share leaderboard