Does VoLTE Provide The Necessary Impetus For IMS Growth in Mobile?

Table of Contents

• 1. IMS POISED FOR GROWTH, BRIGHTER PROSPECTS AHEAD
  • 1.1. Lead Role for GSMA VoLTE
  • 1.2. Supporting Role for RCS/RCS-e
  • 1.3. IMS Caution
• 2. MARKET ASSESSMENT
  • 2.1. Fixed Networks Are Dominant - for Now
  • 2.2. GSMA VoLTE to Drive IMS growth
  • 2.3. Increased Market Shares for Mobile and Converged Networks
  • 2.4. Steady Fixed-line Growth
• 3. REGIONAL TRENDS
  • 3.1. Overview
  • 3.2. United States and South Korea: GSMA VoLTE First Movers
  • 3.3. Germany Is Ahead in Western Europe
  • 3.4. Asia-Pacific Region
  • 3.5. Middle East & Africa: Mobile IMS Stutters
• 4. SUPPLIERS DOMINATE HOME REGIONS
  • 4.1. Overview
  • 4.2. Asia Growth Boosts Huawei and ZTE
  • 4.3. Western Suppliers Strengthened
  • 4.4. Chinese Suppliers Moving West
• 5. DRIVERS FOR GSMA VOLTE
  • 5.1. Overview
  • 5.2. GSMA VoLTE Handsets
  • 5.3. SR-VCC/eSR-VCC and ICS
  • 5.4. HD Voice and Third-party App Developers
• 6. VOLTE COMPLEMENT: RCS/RCS-E
  • 6.1. Overview
  • 6.2. RCS/RCS-e: Uncertain Prospects
  • 6.3. Alternative RCS/RCS-e Routes
• 7. VOLTE SUBSTITUTE - CIRCUIT-SWITCHED FALLBACK
  • 7.1. Circuit-switched Fallback
  • 7.2. CSFB Shortcomings

Charts

1. Regional IMS Core Revenue
2. IMS Regional Revenues and Total Subscribers, 2011-2017
3. IMS Deployment Types, 2011-2017
4. IMS Subscribers by Region, 2011-2017
5. Source of IMS Revenue, 2011

Companies Mentioned

• Telefonica
• NSN
• TeliaSonera
• RCS
• CS
• Deutsche Telekom
• GSMA
• Verizon
• NTT
• China Unicom Ltd.
• Ericsson
• United Technologies Corporation
• Lucent Technologies Inc
• USA Technologies
• Vodafone Group
• ZTE Corporation
• China Telecom Corp Ltd