IP Telephony Carrier Market Strong in Asia Pacific Over Next Five Years

North America Waits for IMS

Redwood City, Calif. – February 1, 2007 – Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for information about the networking and telecommunications industries, announced today that its recent forecast of the IP Telephony-Carrier market shows Asia Pacific as the strongest regional performer in the market through 2011. The growth in Asia Pacific will come in part from China and other developing countries in Asia Pacific that continue to expand voice service availability, as well as from Japan and more advanced countries that are replacing their circuit infrastructure with Next Generation Network (NGN) equipment in order to offer the latest subscriber services.

The North American market is forecasted to grow through 2011—albeit at a slower rate than Asia Pacific.

“North American service providers, possessing mature voice networks, are currently investing in enhanced broadband services, such as IPTV, that enable them to better compete with cable operators,” commented Steve Raab, Director of IP Telephony Carrier research at Dell’Oro Group. “During the next five years, the replacement of circuit switch local exchanges in North America will be increasingly linked to the adoption of IP Multimedia Subsystem, or IMS. Service providers will use IMS as a common core to offer converged fixed, mobile, and multimedia services,” said Raab.

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