Demand for IP telephony solutions doubles year on year

Figures from Infonetics Research in its latest update on the IP Multimedia Subsystems market show how revenues from the sale of IP telephony solutions and other products in the segment have almost doubled over the past year.

In the first quarter of 2011, sales stood 96 per cent higher than during the same period of 2010.

This is in spite of a fall over the previous quarter, with 2011 starting off 11.6 per cent down on the end of 2010.

"We expect 2011 to be the year where long-term evolution and network transformation projects start having an important impact on IP Multimedia Subsystems," says Infonetics Research directing analyst for VoIP and IMS Diane Myers, who has a decade and a half of experience in the telecommunications industry.

The report notes "lumpiness" in the progression of the segment between one quarter and the next, but detects a broadly positive growth graph over the longer term.