Carrier VoIP/IMS Market up 51% Worldwide
29 June 2006
According to recently published reports by SynergyResearch Group, Softswitch and VoIP Media Gateways, today's cornerstones ofIMS, grew over 50% worldwide. Regionally, APAC contributed strongest growthof 62 percent and was followed by EMEA and North America (NAM) with growthrates of 60 and 48 percent, respectively.
"Introducing voice to IP has radically changed the future of wired andwireless networks," said Jeremy Duke, President & CEO at Synergy ResearchGroup. "The success of VoIP has already created shifts in marketleadership. Now there is a heightened sense of urgency for those vendorswho need to strengthen their IMS offerings to pursue partnerships oracquisitions."
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is one of the largest opportunities facingthe Networking and Telecom industry today. Synergy believes IMS willsignificantly change the telecom industry by enabling new market entrantsto overcome barriers of entry and by forcing established players to mergeor partner.
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Nortel is the most successful of the established telecom vendors to embracethe migration of Voice to IP. Nortel's early investments have resulted in a#1 market share position in Carrier Packet Voice in both Worldwide and NAMin Q1 2006. Sonus and Cisco continue to be the strongest challengersposting substantial growth in NAM and EMEA, respectively. Recentacquisitions and mergers by Ericsson/Marconi, Lucent/Alcatel, andNokia/Siemens (SP Communications Division) are sure to put pressure oncurrent market share leaders and keep the emerging IMS market dynamic.
Q1 2006 NAM Carrier Packet Voice Market Share Rankings------------------------------------------------------ Position Y-Y Growth
Nortel 1 59.5%
Sonus 2 57.9%
Cisco 3 1.8%
Nuera 4 40.0%
Lucent 5 5.2%
Q1 2006 EMEA Carrier Packet Voice Market Share Rankings------------------------------------------------------- Position Y-Y Growth
Cisco 1 184.4%
Alcatel 2 57.2%
Nortel 3 60.2%
Siemens 4 -66.9%
Ericsson 5 60.1%
About the Reports
Synergy's Q1 2006 Service Provider VoIP Market Share reports are availablefor purchase at www.srgresearch.com or by contacting Heather Wilson at775-852-3330. Synergy provides separate Market Share and Forecast reportsfor Service Provider VoIP for Worldwide, U.S., EMEA, UK, APAC, and LAMregions.
About Synergy Research Group
Synergy Research Group is regarded as the definitive authority fornetworking and telecom market research by Wall Street firms, leadingequipment vendors, and component manufacturers. Synergy can be found atwww.srgresearch.com
The contents of this press release represent SRG's interpretation andanalysis of statistics and information collected from authorized companyrepresentatives, industry sources, and SRG estimates. SRG does notguarantee the accuracy or completeness of the statistics or informationcontained in this release.
Heather Wilson(775) 852-3330Email Contact
SOURCE: Synergy Research Group
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