Huawei is leading the telecom service provider VoIP and IMS equipment market in 2013, ahead of Alcatel-Lucent, Genband and Ericsson, said Infonetics Research.
Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and NSN rode had 20 percent+ year-over-year growth.
The service provider VoIP and IMS equipment revenue grew 30 percent to $3.7 billion as mobile operators ramped for voice over LTE (VoLTE).
While spending in the U.S., China, and Japan, where the mobile markets are large and operators are competitive, primarily contributed to the growth, all major regions posted strong growth from a year ago.
The research report noted that there was a fair share of spending on class 5 replacement and voice over broadband (VoBB) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking expansion.
Infonetics expects the forward spending that happened in 2013 across multiple areas in the carrier VoIP and IMS market to taper off as operators launch services and draw down significant inventory, creating lumpiness.
Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC, and IMS at Infonetics Research, said: “Though there’s still room for pure-play vendors and product specialists, the large equipment manufacturers benefit from long-standing relationships with mobile operators and broad product portfolios that extend well beyond carrier VoIP and IMS.”
