10/08/2009 - Report: Carrier IP telephony market off 14% in 2009
Analyst firm Dell'Oro Group sees the carrier IP Telephony market breaking out of its current slump in 2010, according to a recent report. While the group said the carrier IP telephony market in 2009 will be down around 14 percent from 2008, Dell'Oro expects the market to rebound to $4 billion by 2013.
Greg Collins, a vice president at Dell'Oro Group, said network modernization projects delayed due to rough economic conditions should resume in earnest in 2010, driving growth in the session border controller and softswitch markets.
"Smaller vendors, such as Acme Packet, MetaSwtich, and BroadSoft, have done fairly through the downturn," Collins said. "The bigger vendors with lots of exposure to the Tier 1 carriers, such as Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel and Sonus, have suffered a little more as a result."
As part of the report, Dell'Oro also forecast that the IMS equipment market, though currently quite small, will expand rapidly to reach $743 million in revenues by 2013. Collins said preparations for LTE wireless, application delivery and location services will drive the expansion in this market niche.
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- see the press release here
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22/06/2009 - Ericsson to deploy VoIP application server for O2 Germany
Ericsson was selected to deploy an IMS core system with an IMS-based VoIP application server for Telefonica O2 Germany, the companies announced in a release. The deal includes Ericsson hardware deployment and software integration.
The IMS update will allow SIP trunking, IP Centrex and presence for both fixed and mobile users of O2 Germany's network. IMS technology lowers the cost of application delivery for businesses and will help companies continue to move toward network convergence, according to the release.
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01/06/2009 - Blue Coat survey finds increasing interest in video conferencing
As enterprises seek to bring down costs during the current economic downturn, video conferencing has gained popularity as a way to reduce travel expenses while maintaining mission critical communications. But network capacity and bandwidth must be considered before ramping up video conferencing use, or spotty performance could negate any savings and derail crucial meetings.
Blue Coat Systems, an application delivery specialist, said more than 73 percent of enterprises plan to shift focus to video conferencing to lower travel budgets, according to a survey the company sponsored. Blue Coat is touting its PacketShaper appliance as a solution to address concerns about the network effect of increased video conferencing
"Companies need to know the impact of introducing a new application like video conferencing into a distributed network," said Mark Urban, senior product manager for Blue Coat Systems. "PacketShaper allows them to exert granular control over individual applications, carve out and protect bandwidth for scheduled video conferences, and proactively remedy latency problems that may occur."
Blue Coat said PacketShaper uses advanced compression techniques to reduce bandwidth requirements for video conferencing sessions, including header compression and packet packing.
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05/05/2009 - Radware revenue slips, but cuts loss in Q1
Application delivery provider Radware showed mixed results in its first-quarter financial report, as the company cut its loss year-over-year, but saw revenues slump 8 percent in the same time frame and missed analysts' consensus estimates. Radware had $20.5 million in revenue and a $6.1 million loss in the first quarter, down from $22.2 million in revenue and an $8.3 million loss in Q1 2008. Analysts had expected revenues of $21.8 million.
"This quarter we continued our progress towards profitability," Radware CEO Roy Zisapel said in a statement. "That coupled with our continued technological leadership as evident by the recent awards from third parties and the acquisition of Nortel's Application Delivery business, has provided Radware with solid advancement towards a key leadership position in the market place."
Radware reported having $114.1 million in cash and marketable securities at the end of the quarter, after the $18 million cash deal for Nortel's app delivery business.
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- see the Radware press release here
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