Research Infonetics sees a pullback in carrier VoIP spending, but policy server market grows to support new services, fair usage
Large service providers are already pulling back on VoIP equipment purchases, though other key components of next-generation IP-based networks – such as policy servers, for adding intelligence and control to the network – are expected to grow even in the face of an overall spending downturn, according to market research firm Infonetics Research.
Led by a decline in purchases of high-density media gateway servers and a corresponding dip in softswitch buys, the VoIP market fell 8% sequentially to $816 million in the third quarter of 2008, Infonetics said in a report released this week on service provider VoIP and IMS equipment spending.
