Cloud-native IMS VoLTE Core Revenue Growth to Accelerate More than 60 Percent Y/Y in 2019, According to Dell'Oro Group

Nokia Remains Number One Vendor in 3Q18

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Dec 18, 2018, 08:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries, revenues for the cloud-native IMS VoLTE core will accelerate in 2019 to more than 60 percent growth over 2018. Nokia remained the number one vendor in 3Q18.

"Moving to the cloud with cloud-native software is now a material part of the IMS VoLTE core revenue as service providers prepare their networks for 5G," stated David Bolan, Senior Analyst at Dell'Oro Group. "The same IMS VoLTE core will be used in 5G, paving the way for a more robust and resilient network."

"The VoLTE outlook for 2019 looks bright with several announcements during the quarter: Nokia is upgrading part of China Unicom's VoLTE network, T-Mobile will use Ericsson as one of their VoLTE suppliers, and Telefónica Deutschland selected Mavenir for a VoLTE upgrade. These are multi-year modernization contracts transitioning to cloud-native virtual network functions in order to support more cost-efficient network operations, enabling faster scaling of capacity as well as faster deployment of new services in LTE and 5G," Bolan continued.

Additional highlights from the 3Q 2018 Carrier IP Telephony report include:

- Nokia maintains number one ranking, followed by Huawei, Ericsson, and ZTE.
- VoLTE in the Asia Pacific region rose to nearly half of the worldwide licenses.
- New VoLTE-based devices are gaining traction in smartwatches, voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi), voice on IoT (LTE Cat-M1), and video calling over LTE (ViLTE).

About the Report
The Dell'Oro Group Carrier IP Telephony Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, shipments, and average selling prices for both wireline and wireless voice core markets. The segments include softswitches, media gateways, session border controllers, voice application servers, IMS CSCF and HSS, and legacy mobile switching centers. To purchase this report, please contact us at [email protected].

About Dell'Oro Group
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