IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): The Market for Applications and Services 2008-2013

The eroding margins for voice services coupled with competition from Skype, Google, Yahoo, et al has forced traditional wireless and wireline service providers to "take the battle to the enemy". Service providers have found IMS to be an effective vehicle on which these applications can be designed, rolled out, implemented, augmented and maintained. This report represents a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the role of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in implementing rich multimedia applications.

Although there many potential IMS applications, this report focuses on the following key rich multimedia applications:

• Video Calls
• Unified Messaging
• Push-to-Talk
• Wireless/Wireline Convergence
• Online Gaming
• Video-on-Demand

• Key deliverables of the applications
• Traditional implementation methodologies
• Key IMS enabled implementation value additions
• Implementation case studies
• Subscriber revenue forecasts for 2008-2013
• Geographical distribution of the subscriber revenues

• IMS business and technology drivers, components, and the role of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• Analyzes IMS enhancements in the implementation of individual rich multimedia applications
• Evaluates major vendors with IMS enabled application solutions (Includes Alcatel-Lucent, Bridgeport Networks/CounterPath, Comverse, Ericsson, Huawei, Kasenna, Kineto Wireless, Motorola, Nortel, RadiSys, Radvision, Tatara Systems, and Tekelec)
• Forecasts 2008-2013 subscriber revenues for IMS enabled implementations (Includes twenty-two charts segmented by application and by world region)

• Mind Commerce forecasts that subscriber revenues from key IMS applications will grow at a staggering CAGR of 87.5% for the duration 2008-2013. The CAGR underlines the enormous potential of IMS in unlocking the value contained in rich media applications.
• Mind Commerce forecasts that among the key applications covered in the report, Wireless/Wireline Convergence will grow at the maximum pace while Video on Demand will grow at the lowest pace.