Business VoIP Helps Boost Wireline NGN Voice Equipment Market in 3Q11

In recently released report, Exact Ventures found the total then generation network voice and IP multimedia subsystem core market contracted 20 percent sequentially in 3Q11 to $1.5 billion , due in some cases by seasonal weakness, delays in capital spending, some of which will boost 4Q11, and volatility in the IMS Core market. 

Business VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) continued to fuel the growth categories in the wireline voice core market as enterprise session border controller and voice application server sales partially offset declines in other wireline voice core product categories.

The SBC market continues to experience strong growth

"The SBC market continues to experience strong growth and to attract investment.  Metaswitch recently entered the market with its new Perimeta product line and Avaya acquired security and E-SBC vendor Sipera to bolster its Aura unified communications portfolio and exactly its SIP Trunking solutions," said Greg Collins , Founder and Principal Analyst at technology firm Exact Ventures.  "Such investment is likely to continue, as VoIP services all in all comprise less than one quarter of fixed lines and a negligible amount of wireless lines.  As the transition to VoIP continues, so will the growth of the SBC and VAS market segments," Collins added.

About the ReportExact Ventures' NGN Voice and IMS Core Quarterly Report includes revenue, shipments and prices by vendor and for the overall market for the Wireless and Wireline Media Gateway, Wireless and Wireline Softswitch, Session Border Controller, Voice Application Server, Call Session Control Function and Home Subscriber Server markets.