Research and Markets: 2006 Research Available on Alcatel, Veraz, Cisco, and Other Softswitches Products.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of Softswitches product research to their offerings. These reports, written by an objective 3rd party, contain insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, lists buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. These reports are useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

The following reports are now available:

Alcatel 5020 Softswitch (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46072)

The 5020 Softswitch continued to be a market leader in H1 2006. The future of the product remains a question mark, however, as the pending merger with Lucent will mean a rationalization of both vendors' softswitch assets.

Cisco BTS 10200 (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/355132)

Though Cisco is wise to focus the BTS 10200 on the North American cable market, competition in that space will heat up over the next couple of years as the alignment of PacketCable 2.0 with IMS will attract many players to the MSO space.

Ericsson Telephony Softswitch Solution/IMS Multimedia Telephony (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355138)

Ericsson is reaping the rewards of its early focus on IMS and service creation/delivery expertise. An increasing market share and significant IMS-related deployments are offsetting the absence of MSOs in its customer list.

Huawei SoftX3000 (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355139)

The Huawei SoftX3000 is a compelling softswitch, with market-leading performance and strong protocol support. Huawei, however, still needs to increase its international penetration in mature Western European and North American markets.

Italtel Softswitch (i-SSW) (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355136)

Despite an on-again, off-again initial public offering, Italtel has maintained momentum in the softswitch market. The company is the leading supplier of softswitches in the EMEA region and third in the world, according to Synergy Research Group.

Lucent Network Controller (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355137)

High-profile IMS deployments for Lucent's softswitch/IMS portfolio have lifted the profile of the Lucent Network Controller considerably

Nortel Communications Server 2000/CS 2000-Compact (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355134)

Nortel's CS 2000 continues to claim leading market share numbers, riding its success with cable MSOs and existing DMS customers. As of the fourth quarter of 2006, however, the company had yet to announce a commercial IMS deployment.

Siemens Communications hiQ 8000 (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355141)

Though Siemens is an IMS pioneer, offering some of the first 3GPP-compliant products, the company's approach to the market is still largely from a mobile perspective. Accordingly, it needs to polish up its fixed IMS story.

Sonus Networks Insignus (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355131)

With Class 5 deployment wins at Opal Telecom and Cable & Wireless International, Sonus is making headway in demonstrating that a next-generation equipment supplier could have a role to play in the replacement of legacy Class 5 circuit switches.

Tekelec T3000 Multimedia Gateway Controller (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355142)

As part of Tekelec's T9000 integrated solution, the T3000 Multimedia Gateway Controller has gained light penetration among large service providers. The platform, however, has yet to make a significant splash in terms of overall market share.

Thomson (Cirpack) High Velocity Softswitch (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?report_id=361736)

A growing subscriber base in the residential VoIP market and an end-to-end solution for double and triple play solutions paves the way for Thomson to push its Cirpack voice products into larger and more lucrative carrier networks.

Veraz ControlSwitch (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reportinfo.asp?r=355140)

Veraz is rightly leveraging the modularity of the ControlSwitch to offer feature-rich IMS-complaint solutions. In addition, recent breakthroughs with top-tier service providers have helped to improve the company's market share numbers.

Companies Mentioned:

Alcatel

Cisco

Ericsson

Huawei

Italtel

Lucent

Nortel

Siemens

Sonus

Tekelec

Thomson

Veraz