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Infonetics Confirms MetaSwitch Leadership in VoIP Infrastructure Solutions
IP Communications Vendor Takes the Lead in North American Market
| Source: MetaSwitch
ALAMEDA, CA--(Marketwire - November 24, 2008) - MetaSwitch has become the number one
provider of VoIP call control solutions in North America, according to Infonetics Research's latest
quarterly report, "Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and
Subscribers." The report, one of the industry's definitive snapshots of the
VoIP Market, recognizes MetaSwitch's market leadership with a commanding
44% of total subscriber licenses shipped in the North American Class 5
softswitch category, as well as leading the overall North American
softswitch market with a 33% share of licenses shipped.
With more than 400 service provider customers, MetaSwitch has maintained consistent
and profitable year-over-year growth. For the quarter, the company shipped
capacity for more than two million subscribers worldwide.
"Despite the global economic turmoil that has already slowed down some
projects, we anticipate a continued migration of voice services to IP, with
revenues from call control equipment and software reaching $2.1 billion by
2011," explained Stéphane Téral, principal analyst with Infonetics Research and lead analyst
of the report. "This presents an opportunity for MetaSwitch to consolidate
its leadership position in North America, still the largest market for
carrier VoIP infrastructure, and grow share in other markets."
Infonetics' detailed and comprehensive market analysis for Q3 2008, with
forecasts out to 2011, tracks licenses and revenue from a wide variety of
vendors for softswitch-based switching systems, call agents, media gateways
and session border controllers. MetaSwitch's broad portfolio also made
progress in terms of market share growth with the MetaSwitch MG3510 media
gateway ranked third in North America in the high density media gateway
ports category with 12% share.
"Given the current economic situation, it has become more important than
ever for MetaSwitch to hold fast to its core values -- reliability,
exceptional service, quality engineering and innovation -- in order to
deliver best-of-breed solutions to our customers," said John Lazar,
president and chief operating officer, MetaSwitch. "We are pleased that even
in these fast-changing times, the fundamental MetaSwitch value proposition
continues to drive strong growth and its success is recognized by such a
well-respected independent industry analyst as Infonetics Research."
About Infonetics
Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market
research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since
1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established
technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan,
strategize, and compete more effectively.
About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of switching and applications
solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its MetaSphere
applications suite enables a broad set of hosted IP communications
services, while its core session control and media/signaling gateway
products support a full range of Class 4/5 softswitch capabilities. Customers
include many of the world's leading operators of wireline, wireless and
cable networks, with deployments that scale to millions of subscribers. For
more information, please visit www.metaswitch.com.
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