IP Telephony Carrier Market Rebounds in Second Quarter 2006, According to Dell'Oro Group; Robust Softswitch Sales for Voice-over-Broadband.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- A recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industries, reveals that sales of softswitches and media gateways grew 8 percent to $742 million in the second quarter of 2006, following declining sales during the first quarter. While worldwide softswitch licenses were strong during the quarter, shipments into Europe surged as service providers purchased more subscriber access solutions used to deliver Voice-over-Broadband services. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]"Softswitch sales for Voice-over-Broadband subscriber services were particularly strong this quarter, climbing 66 percent over year ago levels," said Steve Raab, Director of IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. research at Dell'Oro Group. "Voice subscriber additions by cable operators and the bundling of VoIP with DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary services are driving equipment demand," he added. E[acute accent]The report also indicates shipments of media gateways were especially strong in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. where carriers expanded their core trunk networks. In contrast, shipments into Asia Pacific were weaker during the quarter in large part because of declining trunk network transformations and PHS (Personal Handyphone System) A TDMA-based cellular phone system introduced in Japan in mid-1995. Operating in the 1880-1930 MHz band, PHS uses microcells that cover an area only 100 to 500 meters in diameter, resulting in lower equipment costs but requiring more base wireless sales in China.
Worldwide Market Leaders in IP Telephony-Carrier
Total Market 2Q06
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Revenues (in millions) $742
Vendor Rank
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Nortel 1
Siemens 2
Cisco 3
E[acute accent]About the Report E[acute accent]The Dell'Oro Group IP Telephony Carrier Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. , license/channel shipments for softswitches and media gateways. The report also includes breakouts of high density, medium density, and low density media gateways. To purchase this report, please contact Margaret Miles, call 650-622-9400 ext. 225 or email Margaret@Delloro.com. E[acute accent]About Dell'Oro Group E[acute accent]As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enable component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at 650-622-9400 or visit www.DellOro.com. |
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