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Publication Date: April 2008
Pages 58 | Exhibits: 28 | Company Profiles: 14 | Report Excerpt
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There is plenty of controversy about fundamental issues surrounding IMS. What, exactly, is the value proposition for service providers to adopt the architecture: Reducing Capex or Opex? Increasing revenue? Where does legacy infrastructure fit? Will standards ever mature? The report IMS Market Opportunities: From Standardization to Implementation examines these questions and many more.
The report analyzes the current status of IMS, evaluating the enabling business and content delivery models. It discusses the timeline for IMS standards development in light of both demand drivers and risk factors, and provides an adoption timeline, on which we base our estimate of the size of the IMS-based services market and forecast revenue for IMS equipment and software. The assumptions underlying all of our estimates are discussed in detail. Key findings we publish in this report include the following:
- As standards bodies, platform vendors and service providers reach a critical mass of consensus around architectures, security and broad service categories, IMS standards will mature.
- Service innovation will drive IMS equipment demand, but this will be unevenly distributed between markets.
- Service providers look at IMS as more than an enabler of innovative Web-based offerings.
Forecasts of developments pay particular attention to the strengths and challenges of individual players, and the report looks at representative service providers such as BT, Com Hem and Vodafone that are pursuing distinct IMS adoption strategies. It also examines the opportunities available to telecom equipment vendors and what they are doing to capitalize on upcoming standards developments, with sections on issues such as market entry opportunities and product functionality. Vendors discussed range from Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson to Acme Packet, Iperia and Redknee.
To cap off the report, a forecast of global revenue from IMS-based services is provided for 2007-2012, as is a forecast of global revenue from IMS-compliant equipment.
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- When will IMS standards development reach a level that encourages significant adoption?
- Will the adoption drivers be strong enough to create the momentum IMS needs?
- What are the issues that stand in the way of a mature set of IMS standards?
- How are the various industry bodies dealing with these challenges?
- What benefits, if any, will IMS adoption bring to service providers? To vendors?
- What strategies are vendors pursuing in their quest to grab this opportunity?
- How much revenue will IMS-based services generate by 2012?
- How large will the market for IMS-compliant equipment be in 2012?
Mobile network operators
Find out how standards work is progressing, and when to expect significant change in the marketplace. Learn whether IMS is right for your business model and what benefits it will bring to the bottom line. Evaluate how to prosper under a new service delivery paradigm. Develop strategies for building a healthy ecosystem to support your infrastructure and services. Assess vendor strategies to identify those that match your needs.
Fixed telecom and cable service providers
Assess the state of IMS implementation. Learn what changes are in the works for standards to address the specific needs of wireline networks. Identify the specific industry organizations that are working to rationalize and advance IMS standards. This report shows you how to prepare for these and other coming changes — before the market moves on — by articulating a top-level strategy for a standards-based world.
Infrastructure vendors
Assess your competitors’ strategies and learn how best to respond. Discover how to get from pre-IMS legacy infrastructure and vendor lock-ins to a standards-based world of interoperability without skipping a beat. Evaluate the needs of operators, and find out how to build on your strengths to meet those needs.
Investors and financial institutions
Assess the speed of the progress toward a communications infrastructure built on a multiservice architecture. Recognize the opportunities that will open as IMS brings interoperability to locked-in environments. Find out who will benefit — and who won’t.
Companies mentioned in this report:
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Acme Packet
Alcatel-Lucent
Amazon.com
Arcor
AT&T
AT&T Mobility
BEA Systems
Bharti Airtel
Brasil Telecom
BT Group
China Netcom
Chunghwa Telecom
Cisco Systems
Com Hem
Convedia
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Telekom
eBay
Elion
Empirix
Ericpol Telecom
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Ericsson
Far EasTone Telecommunications
France Telecom
Fujitsu
Google
Hewlett-Packard
Huawei
IBM
Iperia
Italtel
KPN
Magyar Telecom
Motorola
MSN
MySpace
NEC
NGC Systems
Nokia Siemens Networks
Nortel
NTT DoCoMo
OneMax
Orange
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PCCW
Qualcomm
RadiSys
RADVision
Redknee
Rogers Cable
Smile Content
Sonus Networks
Sprint Nextel
SPT Vietnam
Stratus Technologies
TDC A/S
Telefónica
Telekomunikacja Polska
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T-Systems
Veraz Networks
Verizon Communications
Verizon Wireless
Vodafone
Warid Telecom
Yahoo
YouTube
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Author: Achmad Moeljadi Chadran, Consultant and Leslie Arathoon, Vice President of Research
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