SBC market to touch $1 bn mark in 2015

"Even though traditionally deployed in fixed-line networks for residential and business VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service access, the use of session border controllers for interconnection between service providers continues to expand as the world's voice networks increasingly go all-IP. Our latest survey confirms that two of the biggest growth areas for new SBC deployments over the then two years are fixed-mobile convergence and wireless access," notes Diane Myers, directing analyst for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and IMS at Infonetics Research.As well Read: Critical Steps for a Successful VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Deployment

The #1 SBC application used

SIP trunking is the #1 SBC application used by service providers and will continue to be through 2013, followed by interconnecting to other service providers and residential VoIP.

Genband is pursuant to this agreement evaluation for future SBC purchases by 19 per cent of the service providers surveyed, none of whom are their current clients, indicating they are in contention for new business, finds the report.