IMS survey on services, equipment

BOSTON, MA — Market technology firm Infonetics Technology today released excerpts from its IMS Services Strategies, Product Features, and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, for which carriers with IP Multimedia Subsystem core equipment in their networks were interviewed to assess their needs and to analyze trends in the IMS market.

The primary service deployed over IMS

"Our 2011 survey results show that fixed-line VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) continues to be the primary service deployed over IMS; nevertheless, there as well is a notable continuing shift toward IMS in the mobile world, evidenced by the rising number of mobile services planned over IMS by 2013: 78% of our respondents will have a mobile-specific service just as mobile messaging, VoLTE, RCS, and/or VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) over 3G by 2013, up from 35% today," notes Diane Myers, directing analyst for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and IMS at Infonetics Innovation.

IMS SURVEY SYNOPSIS Infonetics' June 2011 35-page IMS survey is based on interviews with purchase-decision makers at 23 service providers with IMS core equipment in their networks. At the same time, the carriers represent a significant 30% of worldwide telecom revenue and 29% of capex and are a mix of incumbents, mobile operators, competitive operators, and cable operators from EMEA, North America, and Asia Pacific.

The report includes analysis

The report includes analysis and carrier responses to questions about drivers and barriers for migrating to IMS, plans and important features for CSCF and HSS, and plans for IMS retail services. The report includes a vendor scorecard with service provider ratings of 8 IMS infrastructure manufacturers on 8 criteria, as then as responses to open-ended questions about vendor leadership.

Infonetics Innovation is an international market innovation 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 customers plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.