[April 23, 2012]

Infonetics Research: Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Market a $2 Billion Opportunity by 2016

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its Service Provider Deep Packet Inspection Products report, which tracks standalone DPI vendors and solutions for wireless and fixed line networks.

ANALYST NOTE

"Though fixed-line operators continue to invest in deep packet inspection solutions for traffic management and to manage the impact of over-the-top (OTT) content on their networks, wireless operators are looking to DPI for more granular traffic management, including prioritization and strategic offload, and are starting to deploy DPI hand-in-hand with their LTE (News - Alert) network upgrades," notes Shira Levine, directing analyst for next gen OSS and policy at Infonetics (News - Alert) Research.

DPI MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Service provider deep packet inspection (DPI) product revenue grew 29% to over $470 million worldwide in 2011
• Infonetics Research (News - Alert) forecasts the service provider DPI market to grow to $2.0 billion in 2016, with the bulk of the growth coming from the mobile space
• Huawei narrowly pulled ahead of Sandvine (News - Alert) to take the lead in global service provider DPI revenue share in 2011
• DPI is increasingly being incorporated into larger solutions, such as video optimization and mobile offload, creating opportunities for suppliers that offer DPI technology on an OEM basis
• Operators are evaluating alternatives to throttling or blocking high-bandwidth video content, including using DPI for media caching, to prioritize select video content to support guaranteed QoS and as part of a content delivery network strategy
• Infonetics expects strong growth for service provider DPI products in emerging markets in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa as operators look to address network congestion caused by rapid subscriber growth, comply with regulatory requirements, and support cybersecurity initiatives

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' biannual DPI report provides market size, vendor market share, forecasts, and in-depth analysis and trends for standalone deep packet inspection products used in wireless and fixed-line service provider networks. Vendors tracked: Allot (News - Alert), Arbor, Cisco, CloudShield, Huawei, ipoque, Procera, Qosmos, Sandvine, and others. Regions tracked: North America, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, Africa), Asia Pacific, and CALA (Caribbean and Latin America).

RELATED RESEARCH

• Latest Infonetics Next Gen OSS and Policy research newsletter: http://bit.ly/IjA0qG
• Policy management market grew 41% in 2011, vendor shakeups expected
• App stores and enterprise drive service delivery platform (SDP) spending
• Telecom operators rate policy vendors in Infonetics survey; Tekelec, Openet top players
• Convergent charging passes the billion-dollar mark in 2011, up 42%
• Millions opting into shared data plans represent huge opportunity for mobile operators
• Competition heating up in policy management market as role of policy evolves

Download report prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see Next Gen OSS and Policy).

• Download Infonetics' 2012 Research Publication Calendar: http://bit.ly/zwjcRs
• Subscriber Data Management Software and Services Market Share and Forecast
• SDP Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
• Convergent Charging Software and Services Market Share and Forecast
• Convergent Charging Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Infonetics continues to expand and is looking to hire more analysts. See http://bit.ly/jmXOYO for current job openings, including a senior Video analyst and enterprise VoIP market analyst.

TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT SALES:

N. America (West), Asia, Latin America: Larry Howard, larry@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3335

N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: Scott Coyne, scott@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3395

Europe, Middle East, Africa: George Stojsavljevic, george@infonetics.com, +44-755-488-1623

Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

Infonetics Research 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.

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