Infonetics has released a new study titled “Service Provider Plans for Next Gen Voice & IMS,” that shows nearly 80% of responding service providers plan to offer fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) services within 8 months.
According to the study, service providers see the two main benefits of FMC services as increasing average revenue per user and keeping traffic within the network.
“Despite the fact that 71% of the service providers we interviewed for a similar study last year expected to use IMS architecture in 2007, we cautioned that providers likely were being optimistic with their uptake plans. With this year’s study, we now have concrete evidence of IMS adoption shifting out: just over a quarter are using IMS in 2007 and less than half plan to do so in 2008,” said Stéphane Téral, principal analyst at Infonetics for service provider VoIP, IMS, and FMC.
Several other highlights from the report include:
- Operational expenditure saving remains an important driver to deploy IMS
- Some providers say they will never completely migrate to next gen voice for access, Class 4, or Class 5, meaning multiple heterogeneous access networks will coexist for a long time, and full Class 5 replacement is not on the agenda
- Main drivers for carriers adopting VoIP continue to be reducing opex, growing revenue, and adding margin-rich services, all aided by an increasing broadband penetration and the maturation of next gen voice technology
Infonetics’ study is based on formal interviews conducted by senior analysts with 24 North American, European, Asia Pacific, and Latin American-Caribbean service providers who plan to deploy next gen voice over the next year.
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